Appalachian State University Graduate Admissions

Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northwestern North Carolina, Appalachian State University has built a national reputation for providing outstanding academics. With a student/faculty ratio of 17:1 and an average class size of 24, faculty members are able to take a personal interest in student progress, often becoming mentors, advisers, and friends - even tennis partners.

Appalachian is a public institution and part of The University of North Carolina System.

 

Appalachian State University:
http://www.appstate.edu

The Graduate School, including admission, assistantship, and scholarship materials:
http://www.graduate.appstate.edu

Financial Aid (Government Loans):
http://www.financialaid.appstate.edu

On-Campus Housing and Residence Life:
http://www.reslife.appstate.edu

The Social Order of Graduate Students, including off-campus housing info and the graduate student handbook:
http://www.sogs.appstate.edu

The Graduate Student Association Senate:
http://gsasenate.appstate.edu/

Appalachian State University
Cratis D. Williams Graduate School
BOX 32068
Boone, NC 28608
828-262-2130


 

Appalachian State University is located in Boone, North Carolina in the Blue Ridge Mountains. The mountain region offers many attractions, including sports, visual and performing arts, and outdoor activities both on and off campus. Snowy winters and cool summers draw visitors from all over the southeast, allowing the small town of Boone to offer many amenities usually found in much larger communities.

The University is home to more than 13000 undergraduates and 2000 graduate students enrolled in programs in five colleges and schools. Half of the graduate students work full time and pursue their studies at off-campus sites in the nine surrounding counties.

Students have access to information resources through the Belk Library and Information Commons and through top-speed connections to the internet via the North Carolina Information Highway.

Qualified full time graduate students have access to financial assistance through government loans, North Carolina tuition scholarships, and graduate assistantships, as well as awards available through individual programs.

Limited numbers of spaces in on-campus housing are available to graduate students on a first-come-first-served basis. Most students who attend in Boone live off but near campus. The Appalcart, a free bus service, is available for transportation around the campus and town of Boone.

 

Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/edl/index.aspx

 

Programs in Arts, Humanities & Culture
Appalachian Studies: Culture, Roots & Music, Sustainable Development
http://www.appstudies.appstate.edu/programs.html
English
http://english.appstate.edu/index.php?module=pagesmith&id=39
Geography & Planning
http://www.geo.appstate.edu/Programs/graduate.htm
History
http://www.history.appstate.edu/Graduate/Graduate.html
Media Literacy
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/ci/programs/edmedia/medialit/
Music Performance
http://www.music.appstate.edu/grad/index.html
Political Science
http://www.pscj.appstate.edu/mps/index.php
Spanish
http://www.fll.appstate.edu/

Programs in Business & Professional
Accounting
http://www.business.appstate.edu/accounting/msacc.php
Criminal Justice
http://www.pscj.appstate.edu/mscjc/
I/O Psychology
http://www.psych.appstate.edu/gradprograms.html
MBA
http://www.business.appstate.edu/mba/
Public Administration
http://www.mpa.appstate.edu/
Public History
http://www.history.appstate.edu/Graduate/Graduate.html

Programs in Science, Technology & Math
Biology
http://www.biology.appstate.edu/grad.htm
Computer Science
http://www.cs.appstate.edu/ProspectiveStudents/prostudents.html
Engineering  Physics
http://www.physics.appstate.edu/graduateprogram.htm
Exercise Science
http://www.hles.appstate.edu/areas/graduate_program/index.htm
Experimental Psychology
http://www.psych.appstate.edu/gradprograms.html
Appropriate Technology
http://www.tec.appstate.edu/masters/
Mathematics
http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/Student/Masters/
Media Literacy
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/ci/programs/edmedia/medialit/
Teaching: Technology
http://www.tec.appstate.edu/masters/

Programs in Helping Professions
Clinical Health Psychology
http://www.psych.appstate.edu/gradprograms.html
College Student Development
http://www.csd.appstate.edu
Community Counseling: Addiction Counseling, Body Centered Therapy, &      
     Expressive Arts Therapy
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/hpc/programs/community_counseling
Food & Nutrition
http://www.fcs.appstate.edu/students/index.html
Gerontology
http://www.aging.appstate.edu/
Marriage & Family Therapy
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/hpc/programs/mft
Music Therapy
http://www.music.appstate.edu/grad/grad_therapy.html
Social Work
http://www.soc.appstate.edu/socialwork/master.htm
Speech Language Pathology
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/lre/CDGraduateHomepage.aspx

Programs in K-12 Education
Curriculum Specialist
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/ci/programs/currspec/index.aspx
Early Childhood Education
http://www.fcs.appstate.edu/students/grad_programs/child_dev_b-k.htm
Educational Media
http://edtech.ced.appstate.edu/
Elementary Education
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/ci/degrees.aspx
Family & Consumer Sciences
http://www.fcs.appstate.edu/students/index.html
Instructional Technology
http://www.tec.appstate.edu/masters/
Library Science
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/les/programs/libsci/index.aspx
Media Literacy
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/les/programs/instr_tech/index.aspx
Middle Grades Education: Language Arts, Math, Science
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/ci/degrees.aspx
Music Education
http://www.music.appstate.edu/grad/index.html
Reading Education
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/lre/ReadingProgramInformation.aspx
School Administration
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/les/programs/schooladministration/index.aspx
School Counseling
http://hpcsc.appstate.edu/
School Psychology
http://www.psych.appstate.edu/gradprograms.html
Secondary English
http://english.appstate.edu/index.php?module=pagesmith&id=39
Secondary History
http://www.history.appstate.edu/Graduate/Graduate.html
Secondary Mathematics
http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/Student/Masters/
Secondary Spanish
http://www.fll.appstate.edu/
Speech Language Pathology
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/lre/CDGraduateHomepage.aspx
Special Education
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/lre/g_SpecialEd.aspx
Technology Education
http://www.tec.appstate.edu/masters/
 

Addictions Counseling
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/hpc/programs/community_counseling
Appalachian Studies
http://www.appstudies.appstate.edu/programs.html
Expressive Arts Therapy
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/hpc/programs/community_counseling
French
http://www.fll.appstate.edu/
Geographic Information Science
http://www.geo.appstate.edu/Programs/graduate.htm
Greontology
http://www.aging.appstate.edu/
Human Resource Management
http://www.business.appstate.edu/academics/gradhrm.php
Planning
http://www.geo.appstate.edu/Programs/graduate.htm
Reading Education
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/lre/ReadingProgramInformation.aspx
Rhetoric & Composition
http://www.compositionprogram.appstate.edu/cert.html
Spanish
http://www.fll.appstate.edu/
Web-based Distance Learning
http://edtech.ced.appstate.edu/
Women’s Studies
http://www.womenstudies.appstate.edu/certificate.html
 

Most of the programs offered off-campus accept applications for face-to-face instruction at sites in western North Carolina, including Ashe, Avery, Mitchell, Buncombe, Burke, Caldwell, Catawba, Forsyth, McDowell, Rutherford, Surry, Wilkes, and Yadkin counties. These programs are supplemented by web-based classroom environments.

Students in these programs attend classes together as a cohort and are enrolled part time in one or two classes each term year round. Cohorts only start at locations for which there is sufficient interst to guarantee enough enrollment, so indicating interest and applying early is important.

Check the Office of Extension and Distance Education website for the most current list of programs actively accepting applications in your area. http://www.ext-dl.appstate.edu

Programs in Business & Professional
Criminal Justice
http://www.pscj.appstate.edu/mscjc/
Geography
http://www.geo.appstate.edu/Programs/graduate.htm
Business Administration
http://www.business.appstate.edu/mba/
Public Administration
http://www.mpa.appstate.edu/

Programs in Helping Professions
Social Work
http://www.soc.appstate.edu/socialwork/master.htm
Higher Education-MA & EdS
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/les/programs/highered/index.htm
Educational Leadership-EdD
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/edl/index.aspx


Programs in K-12 Education
Curriculum Specialist
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/ci/programs/currspec/index.aspx
Educational Leadership-EdD
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/edl/index.aspx
Elementary Education
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/ci/degrees.aspx
Instructional Technology
http://www.tec.appstate.edu/masters/
Library Science
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/les/programs/libsci/index.aspx
Middle Grades Education
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/ci/degrees.aspx
Reading Education
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/lre/ReadingProgramInformation.aspx
Secondary English
http://english.appstate.edu/index.php?module=pagesmith&id=39
Secondary History
http://www.history.appstate.edu/Graduate/Graduate.html
Secondary Mathematics
http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/Student/Masters/
Special Education
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/lre/g_SpecialEd.aspx

Programs Online
Online MA programs
Educational Media: New Media & Global Education
http://edtech.ced.appstate.edu/
Instructional Technology Computers
http://www.ced.appstate.edu/departments/les/programs/instr_tech/index.aspx

Online Certificate programs
Educational Media: Web-based Distance Learning
http://edtech.ced.appstate.edu/
Gerontology
http://www.aging.appstate.edu/