by our College Data Analytics TeamThe goal of College Factual's yearly Best Quality Schools rankings is to help students find graduate schools that provide excellent learning environments that are a great fit for them. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
Winston - Salem State University landed the #857 spot in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking out of a pool of 1149 colleges and universities that were eligible for this year's ranking.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina, WSSU came in at #19.
WSSU was ranked #447 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
In addition, WSSU took the #11 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in North Carolina.
Women make up 77.5% of the total graduate student body at WSSU while men make you 22.5%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 50.4% of the graduate students who attend WSSU are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. Americans aren't the only ones who appreciate the graduate programs at WSSU. Around 5.0% of graduate students are international. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $3,872 | $14,407 |
| Fees | $2,846 | $2,846 |
After obtaining their master's degree from WSSU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $67,719. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 16% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Doctorate degree recipients from WSSU earn an average salary of $69,950 during the early years of their career. Unfortunately for those graduates, that figure is about 7% lower than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Winston - Salem State University.
Contact details for WSSU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 601 S. Martin Luther King Jr Dr, Winston-Salem, NC 27110-0001 |
| Phone: | 336-750-2000 |
| Website: | www.wssu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/WSSU1892 |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/wssurams |
In 2020-2021, 80.2% of the graduate students at Winston - Salem State University took at least one class online. Approximately 71.8% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
| Master’s Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 20 |
| Computer Information Systems | 1 |
| Health & Medical Administrative Services | 15 |
| Nursing | 24 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 40 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 5 |
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
| Doctorate Degree Program | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Nursing | 6 |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 64 |
Footnotes
*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.
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