Graduate Programs

The following graduate degree and certificate programs are offered by Western Carolina University. Program-specific admission requirements are included within the program descriptions. See also

Graduate Programs by Degree (Ed.D., M.S., M.A., Certificate, etc.) or
Graduate Programs by College (College of Business, Arts & Sciences, etc.).

• Accountancy (M.Ac.)
• Biochemistry (M.S.)
• Biochemistry - Cooperative Ph.D. Program with Bowman Gray School of Medicine (M.S./Ph.D.)
• Biology (M.S.)
• Business Administration (M.B.A.)
• Chemistry (M.S.)
• Chemistry—Four Plus One (M.S.)
• Cherokee Studies Interdisciplinary Certificate (Post Baccalaureate Certificate)
• College Student Personnel (M.Ed.)
• Communication Sciences and Disorders (M.S.)
• Community College Administration (M.A.Ed.)
• Construction Management (M.C.M.)
• Construction Management Land Development (Post Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Counseling, Clinical Mental Health (M.S.)
• Counseling, School (M.A.Ed.)
• Culturally Based Native Health (Post Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Education - Comprehensive Education (M.A.Ed.)
• Education - Comprehensive Education (M.A.T.)
• Education Specialist Degree Program (Ed.S.)
• Educational Leadership (Ed.D.)
• Educational Supervision (M.A.Ed.)
• English (M.A.)
• Entrepreneurship (M.E.)
• Family Nurse Practitioner (Post Master’s Certificate)
• Fine Arts (M.F.A.)
• Health Sciences (M.H.S.)
• History (M.A.)
• Human Resources (M.S.)
• Innovation Management, Graduate Certificate
• Mathematics or Applied Mathematics—Four Plus One (M.S.)
• Middle Grades Language Arts Certificate (Post Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Middle Grades Mathematics Certificate (Post Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Middle Grades Science Certificate (Post Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Middle Grades Social Sciences Certificate (Post Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Music Education (Post Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Nurse Educator (Post Master’s Certificate)
• Nursing (D.N.P.) Doctor in Nursing Practice
• Nursing (M.S.) - Family Nurse Practitioner Concentration
• Nursing (M.S.) - Nurse Anesthesia Concentration
• Nursing (M.S.) - Nurse Educator Concentration
• Nursing (M.S.) - Nursing Administration Concentration
• Physical Therapy (D.P.T.)
• Professional Writing (Post Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Project Management (Post Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Project Management Degree Program (M.P.M.)
• Psychology (M.A.)
• Psychology (S.S.P.)
• Public Affairs (M.P.A.)
• Public School Leadership (Post Master’s Certificate)
• School Administration (M.S.A.)
• Social Work (M.S.W.)
• Substance Abuse Studies (Post Baccalaureate Certificate)
• Technology (M.S.)
• TESOL (Post Baccalaureate Certificate)