February 2010

• Introduction
• Barber-Scotia College
• Bennett College for Women
• Elizabeth City State University
• Fayetteville State University
• Johnson C. Smith University
• Livingstone College
• North Carolina A&T State University
• North Carolina Central University
• St. Augustine's College
• Shaw University
• Winston-Salem State University
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Winston-Salem State University

“Enter to Learn, Depart to Serve.”

Founded in 1892 as Slater Industrial Academy in a one-room school with 25 students, today it is a public, co-educational constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system spread across 110 acres in the heart of Winston-Salem. In 1925 the North Carolina General Assembly changed its name to Winston-Salem Teachers College. It became the nation’s first HBCU to grant degrees in elementary education. The Nursing School was established in 1953 and today it is the only program in a North Carolina HBCU granting the nurse practitioner degree.

Academic Emphasis: 47 baccaleureate programs in health sciences, business and economics, education, and the arts and sciences; 10 master’s degrees in computer science, business, education, nursing, allied health and healthcare administration. Students can complete an MBA entirely through evening classes. The Center for Mathematics, Science, and Technology Education, established in 2003, focuses on strengthening the quality and increasing the number of teachers in mathematics and science education.

New or Noteworthy: WSSU offers several unique degree programs, including one in music business to prepare students for the business side of the music recording industry. It offers the nation’s first B.S. degree in motorsport management with emphases in either motorsport operations or motorsport marketing and event planning.

Tuition: $10,332 (in-state)
$19,318 (out-of-state)

Enrollment: 6,442

Winston-Salem State University
601 S. Martin Luther King Jr. Dr.
Winston-Salem, NC 27110
336-750-2000
www.wssu.edu