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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?

6,572 Undergraduate Awards
$33,469 Avg Cost After Aid
47% Acceptance Rate
  • The highest award offered at NC State is the doctor's degree.
  • In a recent academic period87% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from NC State makes roughly $68,758 a year. This is 69% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is North Carolina State University?

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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

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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 1
High School Rank 5
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 1
Recommendations 5
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into NC State?

47% Acceptance Rate
56% Of Accepted Are Women
25% Submit SAT Scores
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 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 43%, and the acceptance rate for women is 52%.

Average Test Scores

About 25% 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 710. Math scores were between 650 and 750.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for North Carolina State University  ( 630 to 710 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for North Carolina State University  ( 650 to 750 )
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800
NC State received ACT scores from 27% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 34. Math scores were between 26 and 0. Composite scores were between 28 and 33.

ACT English Scores for North Carolina State University  ( 25 to 34 )
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ACT Composite Scores for North Carolina State University  ( 28 to 33 )
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36

Can I Afford North Carolina State University?

$33,469 Net Price
42% Take Out Loans
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 42% of students took out student loans averaging $7,194 a year. That adds up to $28,776 over four years for those students.

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North Carolina State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

22,929 Full-Time Undergraduates
49% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 26,150 undergraduate students at NC State, with 22,929 being full-time and 3,221 being part-time.

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There are also 9,892 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 22,929 full-time undergraduates at NC State, 51% are male and 49% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 1,826
Black or African American 1,368
Hispanic or Latino 1,539
White 15,731
International Students 704
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,761

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.

North Carolina State University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Basic Certificate Associate’s Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Business Administration & Management 2 0 918 23 11 0 954
Computer Science 0 0 287 5 391 26 709
General Biology 0 0 436 3 5 16 460
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 0 0 46 337 0 383
Mechanical Engineering 0 0 250 0 67 22 339
Computer Engineering 27 0 111 0 176 5 319
General Psychology 0 0 296 0 6 15 317
Electrical Engineering 0 0 136 10 128 33 307
Textile Engineering 0 0 192 5 59 28 284
Animal Science 3 0 233 8 28 9 281
Civil Engineering 0 0 141 1 62 32 236
Communication & Media Studies 0 0 197 0 0 0 197
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 133 7 56 1 197
Chemical Engineering 0 0 131 0 46 18 195
Industrial Engineering 0 0 117 0 66 11 194
Teacher Education Grade Specific 0 0 64 10 111 0 185
Biomedical Engineering 0 0 160 0 12 7 179
Political Science & Government 0 0 177 0 0 0 177
Statistics 0 0 80 0 65 23 168
Agricultural Economics & Business 1 29 123 0 0 0 153
Social Work 0 0 46 0 93 0 139
Accounting 0 0 125 0 0 0 125
Teacher Education Subject Specific 0 0 83 1 19 15 118
General English Literature 0 0 82 0 34 0 116
Health & Physical Education 0 0 115 0 0 0 115
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 0 77 0 31 6 114
Forestry 0 0 72 0 18 20 110
Business/Managerial Economics 0 0 108 0 0 0 108
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 0 0 0 0 106 1 107
Nutrition Science 0 0 89 0 11 4 104
Plant Sciences 12 0 57 3 19 11 102
Veterinary Medicine 0 0 0 0 0 94 94
Recreation Administration 0 0 40 16 33 4 93
Educational Administration 0 0 0 0 81 11 92
Computer Software & Applications 0 0 0 0 89 0 89
Student Counseling 0 0 0 14 72 1 87
Design & Applied Arts 0 0 77 0 10 0 87
Applied Mathematics 0 0 25 0 46 11 82
Manufacturing Engineering 0 0 0 0 78 0 78
Materials Engineering 0 0 39 2 27 10 78
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 0 0 64 0 14 0 78
History 0 0 58 0 13 2 73
Zoology 0 0 50 0 11 10 71
Nuclear Engineering 0 0 27 0 21 20 68
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 0 59 0 6 2 67
Criminology 0 0 67 0 0 0 67
Biotechnology 7 0 0 22 33 0 62
Mathematics 0 0 40 1 10 11 62
Chemistry 0 0 41 0 3 18 62
Agricultural Engineering 0 0 34 0 14 11 59
General Agriculture 0 16 40 0 0 0 56
Public Administration 0 0 0 20 33 3 56
General Architecture 0 0 25 30 0 0 55
Sociology 0 0 46 0 5 4 55
Environmental Engineering 0 0 39 0 15 0 54
Environmental Design 0 0 32 16 0 3 51
Botany/Plant Biology 10 0 28 0 8 5 51
Physics 0 0 20 0 11 19 50
Genetics 0 0 37 0 4 6 47
Human Resource Management 0 0 0 47 0 0 47
International Studies 5 0 41 0 0 0 46
Geography & Cartography 0 0 0 46 0 0 46
Marketing 0 0 0 45 0 0 45
General Engineering 0 0 31 0 13 0 44
Science, Technology & Society 0 0 44 0 0 0 44
Systems Theory 0 0 0 0 39 5 44
Anthropology 0 0 33 0 9 0 42
Agricultural Production 3 27 11 0 0 0 41
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 0 32 0 4 4 40
Computer Systems Networking 0 0 0 0 40 0 40
Liberal Arts General Studies 1 0 25 1 12 0 39
Architectural Sciences & Technology 0 0 0 0 37 0 37
Geological & Earth Sciences 0 0 34 0 0 0 34
Economics 0 0 0 0 24 10 34
Operations Research 0 0 0 0 25 7 32
Food Science Technology 2 0 17 0 10 2 31
Arts & Media Management 0 0 29 0 0 0 29
Agricultural Public Services 0 0 2 5 16 5 28
Human Development & Family Studies 0 0 0 13 15 0 28
Agricultural Mechanization 0 0 27 0 0 0 27
Curriculum & Instruction 0 0 0 0 13 13 26
General Education 0 0 26 0 0 0 26
Engineering-Related Fields 0 0 0 4 22 0 26
Fine & Studio Arts 0 0 24 0 0 0 24
Horticulture 0 17 6 0 0 0 23
Natural Resource Management 0 0 16 0 7 0 23
Soil Sciences 10 0 0 0 10 2 22
Finance & Financial Management 0 0 0 22 0 0 22
Writing Studies 0 0 0 0 21 0 21
International Relations & National Security 0 0 0 0 21 0 21
Public Relations & Advertising 0 0 0 2 18 0 20
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 14 0 4 18
Instructional Media Design 0 0 0 6 11 0 17
Philosophy 0 0 17 0 0 0 17
Environmental Control Technology 1 0 15 0 0 0 16
Construction Engineering 0 0 16 0 0 0 16
Other Education 0 0 0 0 0 15 15
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 0 0 14 0 0 0 14
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 0 0 0 0 1 11 12
Other Physical Science 0 0 0 0 7 5 12
Homeland Security 0 0 0 12 0 0 12
Computer Information Systems 0 0 0 0 10 0 10
General Physical Sciences 0 0 0 10 0 0 10
Other Science Technologies/Technicians 0 0 10 0 0 0 10
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0 0 9 9
Other Agriculture 2 0 0 5 0 0 7
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 0 0 7 7
Radio, Television & Digital Communication 0 0 0 0 7 0 7
Other Engineering 0 0 0 0 7 0 7
Special Education 0 0 0 1 4 0 5
Public Health 0 0 0 3 0 0 3
Religious Studies 0 0 3 0 0 0 3
Energy Systems Technologies 0 0 0 2 0 0 2
Information Technology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Computational Science 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Music 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 86 89 6,397 481 2,997 647 10,697

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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