***Important Notice: As a result of the General Assembly of North Carolina's Appropriations Act of 2011, the State of North Carolina will not participate in the Academic Common Market for the 2012-13 academic year, as either a sender or receiver of students.  Students certified for the ACM for an approved degree program who are enrolled in the program and begin study prior to July 1, 2012 may continue to pay in-state tuition as long as they are enrolled in the program.***

If you’re applying to WCU from out of state, you may be able to pay in-state tuition rates through the Academic Common Market (ACM). ACM is a tuition-savings program for students in the 16 Southern Regional Educational Board (SREB) member states who want to pursue degrees in fields that are neither offered by their own state's institutions nor commonly available in the other SREB states.

Active, eligible graduate programs at WCU currently include:

• American History (Cherokee Studies) (MA)
• Communication Sciences & Disorders (MS)

To be eligible, you must:

• Seek enrollment in a campus-based program of study. (In North Carolina, online/distance degree programs of study are not eligible for ACM participation.)
• Seek enrollment in one of WCU’s eligible graduate-level degree programs. (North Carolina does not participate at the undergraduate level.)
• Be a resident of one of the SREB’s member states: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, or West Virginia. 

To learn more, contact WCU’s ACM coordinator or the UNC-ACM state coordinator.

WCU coordinator:
Scott Higgins
higgins@wcu.edu
828.227.7398

State coordinator, General Administration:
Morris Dean
mdean@northcarolina.edu
919.962.4597