A premier public institution and national leader in higher education, Appalachian State University provides a rigorous and challenging academic environment in which students develop their intellectual personal and professional growth — and does so while maintaining a highly competitive tuition rate.
The university is beginning a new chapter, empowered by a commitment to advance and drive innovation in our communities and industries that has been more than a century in the making.
On this site, you will find important information regarding App State’s future:
- Building the Physical Infrastructure
Our current and upcoming construction projects that develop the built environment to advance App State’s core missions of teaching, scholarship and service.
- Empowering Human Potential
Our goals and performance metrics that relate to college access, student success, affordability and degree efficiency in creating a better world for all people.
The information on this site aligns with App State’s strategic plan, “Empowering Human Potential through the Appalachian Experience,” and as such, informs the university’s path forward.
- Building Physical Infrastructure
- Empowering Human Potential
- App State Hickory Campus
- Innovation District
- Contact

The Appalachian State University sign installed in Founders Plaza in 2018. Photo by Marie Freeman