College of Arts and Sciences

29% of degrees awarded in the University are from the College

Over 77% of general education is taught in the College

48% of student credit hours produced on campus are in the College

57% Honors College students are CAS majors

Approximately 41,203 current CAS alumni

$432,238 Total Donations (2020)

$347 average gift size (2020)

'76, '78 & '96 tied for class years with the most gifts (2020)

$14,169 was raised by 67 contributors to the College SAFE fund on our first eligible participation in iBackAPP day (2021), the university's one day for unlimited impact to show pride and support your passion at Appalachian. This was 88% of our goal for the day!

$236,914 was awarded through 6 college-wide scholarships and 98 departmental scholarships for the 2020-21 academic year. Learn more about the scholarships offered and the students that they have assisted, https://cas.appstate.edu/students/scholarships.

$8,754,800 awarded to the college in external grants during 2020-21 academic year. Read about many of these awards at https://today.appstate.edu/grants.

$25,238 was awarded from the Student And Faculty Excellence (SAFE) College Fund to 18 faculty members and 21 undergraduate and graduate students for the 2020-21 academic year to assist with student and faculty travel, publication support for faculty and student research opportunities. 

Office of Student Research

72% of travel grants were awarded to CAS students for a total of $29,929

68% of student research grants were awarded to CAS students for a total of $28,877

5 years in a row the Undergraduate Research Mentorship Excellence Award for Faculty has been a CAS faculty member

4 out of 6 graduate and undergraduate winners of the 22nd Annual Celebration of Student Research and Creative Endeavors were CAS majors (2019, 2020 event canceled)

1,338 graduates in 2020 (undergraduate and graduate)
Dean's and Chancellor's List students and Degrees awarded can be found at the Registrars Office 

215 CAS students completed appointments with CAS Career Counselor Laura Pell in 2020

502 students in the college attended a career fair event with employers offering job and internship opportunities (2020)

844 CAS students attended a career event (such as networking event, info session, employer panel or workshop) in 2020

492 students  in the college were reached in classroom visits by CAS Career Counselor Laura Pell

27,598 Handshake postings were created (of which 18,647 were jobs and 6, 975 were internships) available to all App State students in 2020

5 Fulbright Awards in 2020-21 to faculty and students. (There were 7 in 2019-20)

3 Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship award winners for summer 2020

464 student internships processed by our CASSH office in 2019-20 academic year

561 total student internships from summer 2018- spring 2019 

13 International undergraduate internships 2018-19 including countries such as: Kenya, Poland, Saudia Arabia, Peru, Ecuador, Mexico, Germany, South Africa, Guatemala, Madagascar