Graduate Programs at Appalachian
Below is the list of all degree programs and graduate certificates offered by Appalachian. Follow the links to read more about the programs, including program contacts and application deadlines. Questions? Email gradadmissions@appstate.edu.
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Browse the List of Off Campus and Online Programs
LOCATION OF INSTRUCTION: Listed below are the typical locations for each program. To check which programs are currently open for admission online or off campus, contact the Distance Education office.
- On campus programs are offered in Boone on our main campus.
- Off campus programs are predominantly face-to-face at sites in nearby towns in northwestern NC;
- Online programs have limited or no face-to-face requirements. Note: We cannot admit applicants from Alabama, Maryland or Massachusetts into online programs at this time.
Master's Degree Programs
- Accounting MS (on campus)
- Appalachian Studies MA (on campus)
- Biology MS (on campus)
- Business Administration MBA (on and off campus)
- Clinical Mental Health Counseling MA (on campus)
- College Student Development MA (on campus)
- Computer Science MS (on campus)
- Curriculum Specialist MA (online)
- Educational Media MA:
- Media Literacy, Media Production, New Media and Global Education (Department of Curriculum & Instruction) (online)
- Instructional Technology Specialist/Computers (Department of Leadership & Educational Studies) (online)
- Elementary Education MA (closed for admission)
- Engineering Physics MS (on campus)
- English MA (on campus)
- Exercise Science MS (on campus)
- French - see Romance Languages
- Geography MA (on campus)
- Higher Education MA (on and off campus)
- History MA (on campus)
- Industrial - Organizational Psychology and HRM MA (on campus)
- Instructional Technology - see Educational Media (LES)
- Library Science MLS (online)
- Marriage and Family Therapy MA (on campus)
- Mathematics MA (on campus)
- Mathematics Education MA (closed for admission)
- Media Literacy, Media Production, New Media - see Educational Media (C&I)
- Middle Grades Education MA (closed for admission)
- Music Performance MM and Music Therapy MMT (on campus)
- Nutrition MS (on campus)
- Physics - see Engineering Physics
- Planning - see Geography
- Political Science MA (on campus)
- Professional School Counseling MA (on campus)
- Psychology, MA (clinical and experimental) - see also I-O Psychology, School Psychology (on campus)
- Public Administration MPA (on and off campus)
- Reading Education MA (on and off campus)
- Romance Languages MA (on campus)
- School Administration MSA (online)
- School Counseling - see Professional School Counseling
- Social Work MSW (on and off campus)
- Spanish - see Romance Languages
- Special Education MA Degree (off campus)
- Speech-Language Pathology MS (on campus)
- Technology MS (on campus)
Specialist and Doctoral Degree Programs
- Educational Administration EdS Degree (off campus and online)
- Higher Education EdS Degree (on and off campus)
- School Psychology MA/SSP Degree (combined master's and specialist - on campus)
- Educational Leadership EdD Degree (on and off campus)
Graduate Certificate (Non-degree) Programs
- Addiction Counseling (on campus)
- Appalachian Studies (on campus)
- Autism Spectrum Disorders (on campus)
- Business Analytics (on campus)
- Educational Media: Web-based Distance Learning (online)
- Elementary Math Education (on and off campus)
- Expressive Arts Therapy (on campus)
- French (on campus)
- Gerontology (online)
- GIScience (on campus)
- Media Literacy (closed for admission)
- Middle and Secondary Teaching (online)
- Planning (on campus)
- Reading Education (on campus)
- Rhetoric and Composition (on campus)
- School Leadership: Building-Level Educational Leadership (online)
- Sociology (online)
- Spanish (on campus)
- Women's Studies (on campus)