Entrepreneurial Studies at Western Carolina University

If you plan to study entrepreneurial studies, take a look at what Western Carolina University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

WCU is located in Cullowhee, North Carolina and approximately 12,243 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students received a bachelor's degree in entrepreneurship from WCU.

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

WCU Entrepreneurial Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Entrepreneurship

WCU Entrepreneurial Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks entrepreneurship programs across the country. The following shows how WCU performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The entrepreneurship major at WCU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Entrepreneurial Studies. 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 Entrepreneurial Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	88

Entrepreneurship Student Demographics at WCU

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

WCU Entrepreneurial Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Entrepreneurial Studies from WCU in 2020-2021, 58% were men and 42% were women.

About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in entrepreneurship at WCU are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WCU also has a doctoral program available in entrepreneurship. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Hospitality Management
• Human Resource Management
• Management Information Systems
• Finance & Financial Management
• Accounting

Careers That Entrepreneurship Grads May Go Into

A degree in entrepreneurship 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.