Appalachian State University, or App State, is a public research university in Boone, North Carolina, United States. It was founded as a teachers' college in 1899 by brothers B. B. and D. D. Dougherty and the latter's wife, Lillie Shull Dougherty. The university expanded to include other programs in 1967 and joined the University of North Carolina System in 1971.
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Location
Boone, NC, 28608
36.215536, -81.680583
Accreditation
Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges
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