Appalachian State University Rankings by Salary Score™

I would not recommend Appalachian State University to anybody based on numerous reasons. To start there is a crisis for housing and parking here. I overpay for my one-bedroom apartment that is in worse condition than one I could pay half for at my previous school. This is because App State chooses to accept more students than necessary so that housing can charge close to 1,000 in rent everywhere and so that App State can make more money. Also, you have to sign your lease in September-November to ensure you... Read More have a place to live the following year. Parking is ridiculous. Everywhere you have an 80% chance of being towed or booted. The parking passes are outrageously expensive for school and there is not enough. Even if you work at the school as a GA or for a student job they will not give you a priority pass making the trek to class 15+ minutes from the parking lot. For football games, students are no longer allowed to get tailgate spots because they're giving them to people who do not go here or slum because they'll pay more for them. They clearly only care about money. The program: The experimental psychology program is a joke of a master's program and requires Ph.D. level work without equipping you with the knowledge you need to complete tasks. The mentors give their mentees little to no attention as they require students to complete a thesis that is not feasible to complete in a two-year program. I ensured that I did everything needed to do to graduate on time, see my mentor and thesis committee's lack of help it has now been postponed to the summer. IF YOU GO HERE IT WILL TAKE YOU TWO YEARS AND A SUMMER SESSION TO COMPLETE YOUR DEGREE. This is falsely advertised on the app state website they say it'll take you two years then act like it's your fault you're graduating late, although they make no effort to ensure you graduate on time. Also, none of their students graduate on time so you would think they would make adjustments to ensure their students can graduate on time. But, they won't and I don't see them changing it anytime soon. Anything for more money is all this university cares about. I would not recommend this program at all. Go somewhere else that gives an accomplishable goal rather than expecting Ph.D. level work from master students with no guidance. The course material is fine and I enjoyed most of my professors when they weren't indoctrinating students.

I am so fed up with how this campus nickels and dimes you for existing. I am in a financially rough position, as most college-age personnel are, and what drew me particularly to App State was how cheap its instate tuition was for a master's level program. What no mentor of mine or anyone else told me before applying is how much they charge you for housing or parking spaces. They make you pay for not-ideal parking spaces at least a half hour to an hour bus ride away from your campus buildings, yet when there... Read More are vacant parking lots filled up by their brand new TESLAs and you try to park there and PAY EXTRA, their park mobile app goes belly up and you still get ticketed. The nonsense is outrageous, so just be prepared to spend an extra 1000-2000 a semester on car maintenance, tickets, and parking spots($800-1200). Faculty just accept this stuff, too, and don't even try to help but shrug their shoulders and say, "That's just how it always has been".