North Carolina State University Overview

North Carolina State University is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

What Is North Carolina State University Known For?

• The 1% student loan default rate at NC State is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• The highest award offered at NC State is the doctor's degree.
• For the <nil> academic year, 88% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from NC State with a bachelor's degree make about $65,211 a year. That's 60% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is North Carolina State University?

Contact details for NC State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2101 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27695-7001
Phone:	919-515-2011
Website:	www.ncsu.edu

How Do I Get Into NC State?

You can apply to NC State online at: admissions.ncsu.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for NC State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	Recommended
High School Rank	Considered but not required
High School Transcript	Required
College Prep Program	Required
Recommendations	Considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores	Considered but not required
TOEFL	Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into NC State?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to NC State. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 47%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 42%, and the acceptance rate for women is 53%.

Average Test Scores

About 21% of students accepted to NC State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 630 and 700. Math scores were between 640 and 740.

NC State received ACT scores from 34% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 33. Math scores were between 26 and 31. Composite scores were between 27 and 32.

Can I Afford North Carolina State University?

The overall average net price of NC State is $33,469. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At NC State, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $7,162 a year. That adds up to $28,648 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NC State is 1.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

North Carolina State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 26,505 undergraduate students at NC State, with 23,414 being full-time and 3,091 being part-time.

There are also 10,326 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 23,414 full-time undergraduates at NC State, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of North Carolina State University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,954
Black or African American	1,385
Hispanic or Latino	1,711
White	16,016
International Students	716
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,632

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at North Carolina State University. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 103 countries are represented at NC State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and South Korea.

Online Learning at North Carolina State University

There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 78 master’s degree programs available online at NC State. In 2020-2021, 18,409 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NC State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 7th most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of NC State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at North Carolina State University was 59.0%. This is the #600 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NC State regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Haruhide000 under License

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