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Winston - Salem State University is a public institution located in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Winston-Salem is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

336 Undergraduate Degrees
138 Graduate Degrees
$21,700 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
73% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Winston - Salem State University?

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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

How Do I Get Into WSSU?

You can apply to WSSU online at: https://www1.cfnc.org/applications/University_of_North_Carolina/apply.html?application_id=1552

Admission Requirements for WSSU

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 3
Recommendations 3
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into WSSU?

73% Acceptance Rate
73% Of Accepted Are Women
8% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 73%, WSSU may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 27% of accepted students are men and 73% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 70%, and the acceptance rate for women is 75%.

Average Test Scores

About 8% of students accepted to WSSU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 420 and 530. Math scores were between 410 and 520.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Winston - Salem State University  ( 420 to 530 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Winston - Salem State University  ( 410 to 520 )
200
800
WSSU received ACT scores from 16% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 12 and 19. Math scores were between 15 and 0. Composite scores were between 14 and 19.

ACT English Scores for Winston - Salem State University  ( 12 to 19 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Winston - Salem State University  ( 14 to 19 )
1
36

Can I Afford Winston - Salem State University?

$21,700 Net Price
72% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of WSSU is $21,700. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At WSSU, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $6,507 a year. That adds up to $26,028 over four years for those students.

Winston - Salem State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

4,033 Full-Time Undergraduates
75% Women
89% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 4,689 undergraduate students at WSSU, with 4,033 being full-time and 656 being part-time.

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There are also 480 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,033 full-time undergraduates at WSSU, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Winston - Salem State University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 25
Black or African American 3,237
Hispanic or Latino 157
White 120
International Students 40
Other Races/Ethnicities 454

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at Winston - Salem State University. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 15 countries are represented at WSSU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Saudi Arabia, and Philippines.

Winston - Salem State University Healthcare Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Registered Nursing 158 0 0 0 158
Health Care Management 82 0 30 0 112
Laboratory Sciences & Medical Technology 54 0 0 0 54
Physical Therapy/Therapist 0 0 0 35 35
Vocational Rehabilitation Counseling 19 0 16 0 35
Occupational Therapy 0 0 29 0 29
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy 23 0 0 0 23
Family Practice Nurse/Nursing 0 0 20 0 20
Nursing Practice 0 2 0 6 8
Nursing Education 0 0 0 0 0
Other Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 336 2 95 41 474

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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