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North Carolina A & T State University was awarded 34 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is social work.
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According to College Factual's 2025 analysis, NC A&T is ranked #1,507 out of 2,152 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality.
NC A&T is also ranked #51 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.
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North Carolina A & T State University has an acceptance rate of 56%, which means the school is serious about who it admits. Take your time in putting together a strong application that highlights why you are a good fit for NC A&T.
About 29% of students accepted to NC A&T submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 480 and 580. Math scores were between 480 and 560.
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The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At North Carolina A & T State University, this rate is 19 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at North Carolina A & T State University is 60%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
North Carolina A & T State University has a freshmen retention rate of 74%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at NC A&T is 26%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,130 undergraduates at NC A&T with 9,933 being full-time and 1,197 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,606 | $8,973 | $12,465 | $16,981 | $17,893 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of NC A&T, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
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 A&T, approximately 64% of students took out student loans averaging $6,617 a year. That adds up to $26,468 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at NC A&T 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.
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Contact details for NC A&T are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1601 E Market St, Greensboro, NC 27411 |
| Phone: | 336-334-7500 |
| Website: | www.ncat.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Business Administration & Management | 163 | $45,114 |
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 161 | $30,397 |
| General Psychology | 153 | $27,653 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 145 | $28,985 |
| Health & Physical Education | 117 | $26,498 |
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 110 | $32,152 |
| General Biology | 96 | $31,660 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 94 | $72,278 |
| Nursing | 84 | $73,368 |
| Social Work | 84 | $27,508 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 8,247 students took at least one online class at North Carolina A & T State University. This is an increase from the 7,764 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 8,247 | 1,604 |
| 2021-2022 | 7,764 | 1,796 |
| 2020-2021 | 12,114 | 5,023 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,989 | 1,068 |
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Footnotes
*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.
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