Entrepreneurship at Western Carolina University

If you are interested in studying entrepreneurship, you may want to check out the program at Western Carolina University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and has a total student population of 11,639. In 2019, 20 entrepreneurial studies majors received their bachelor's degree from WCU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Entrepreneurship section at the bottom of this page.

WCU Entrepreneurship Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Entrepreneurial Studies

WCU Entrepreneurship Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the entrepreneurial studies progam at WCU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The entrepreneurial studies major at WCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Entrepreneurship. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Degree Schools	48
Most Popular Entrepreneurship Schools	89
Most Focused Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Degree Schools	90
Best Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Degree Schools	146
Most Focused Entrepreneurship Schools	182
Best Entrepreneurship Schools	242

Entrepreneurial Studies Student Demographics at WCU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the entrepreneurial studies majors at Western Carolina University.

WCU Entrepreneurship Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Entrepreneurship from WCU in 2018-2019, 75% were men and 25% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in entrepreneurial studies at WCU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities in its entrepreneurial studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Western Carolina University with a bachelor's in entrepreneurial studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WCU also has a doctoral program available in entrepreneurial studies. In 2019, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Entrepreneurial Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in entrepreneurial studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NC, the home state for Western Carolina University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
General and Operations Managers	54,330	$131,600
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Chief Executives	3,820	$210,050
Business Professors	3,440	$88,470

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.