Residency Licensure Programs

Residency Licensure Programs at App State

The Residency Licensure programs are designed to provide candidates fast-track options to meet residency licensure requirements for teaching.

Appalachian State offers approved educator preparation programs (EPP) in accordance with this licensure pathway.

To enroll, you must have been offered employment by an LEA (Local Education Agency) in North Carolina.

App State Online: Change your future.

• Submit your graduate application online.
• Pay the non-refundable application fee online.
• Provide names of three references.
• Upload your current resume or vita.
• Submit official scores from the appropriate standardized test (GRE, GMAT, MAT). Test waivers may be available for certain programs.
• Submit unofficial transcript(s) from all colleges or universities from which you earned a degree, or that you have attended within the past five years. Transcripts must be evaluated by a NACES accredited evaluation service(link is external).
• Provide proof of English proficiency.

If you have previously started or submitted an application to the Graduate School at Appalachian, select "Log in" under Returning users and login using the same email address as before, then select Start New Application.

To start a new application to the Graduate School, select "Create an account" under First-time users if you have never had an account with us before and follow the instructions.