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North Carolina Central University landed the #1,701 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when North Carolina Central University held the #1,713 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
North Carolina Central University is also ranked #59 out of 93 schools in North Carolina.
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The acceptance rate at North Carolina Central University is 84%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that North Carolina Central University is a good fit for you.
About 1% of students accepted to North Carolina Central University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 400 and 590. Math scores were between 410 and 540.
Learn more about North Carolina Central University admissions.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At North Carolina Central University, this ratio is 14 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at North Carolina Central University is 71%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
North Carolina Central University has a freshmen retention rate of 76%. 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 North Carolina Central University is 27%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at North Carolina Central University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 6,067 undergraduates at North Carolina Central University with 4,962 being full-time and 1,105 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $12,256 | $13,569 | $15,726 | $19,510 | $22,618 |
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 North Carolina Central University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At North Carolina Central University, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $5,949 a year. That adds up to $23,796 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for North Carolina Central University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27707 |
| Phone: | 919-530-6100 |
| Website: | https://www.nccu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Criminal Justice & Corrections | 144 | $33,829 |
| Law | 132 | NA |
| Social Work | 125 | $30,615 |
| Business Administration & Management | 117 | $35,819 |
| General Psychology | 109 | $29,400 |
| General Social Sciences | 100 | $35,978 |
| Library & Information Science | 94 | NA |
| General Family & Consumer Sciences | 89 | $31,586 |
| Health & Physical Education | 61 | $26,682 |
| Nursing | 60 | $76,142 |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2022-2023, 4,590 students took at least one online class at North Carolina Central University. This is a decrease from the 4,866 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 4,590 | 1,593 |
| 2021-2022 | 4,866 | 1,812 |
| 2020-2021 | 4,329 | 1,500 |
| 2018-2019 | 3,607 | 1,063 |
Learn more about online learning at North Carolina Central University.
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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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