University

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, North Carolina, United States

Verified · last verified 2026-09-02

University details

Institution type: Public
Campus setting: Urban
Application platforms: Not available
Testing policy: Not available
In-state tuition: $8,799
Out-of-state tuition: $32,847
Cost of attendance: Not available (2024–2025)
Undergraduate enrollment: 27,371

Website

Common Data Set

Institution-reported facts by reporting cycle. Missing and withheld values are shown explicitly.

2025–2026 · most recent available

First-year admission rate

39.5%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 29,340 students
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF publishes the B1 table, but its current text layer does not expose the populated full-time cell reliably; no estimate was substituted.
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF publishes the B1 table, but its current text layer does not expose the populated part-time cell reliably; no estimate was substituted.

Majors

Accounting and Related Services
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering
Engineering
Agricultural Business and Management
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences
Agricultural Engineering
Engineering
Agricultural Mechanization
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences
Agricultural Production Operations
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences
Agricultural Public Services
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences
Agriculture, General
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences

Deadlines

Early action · 2026–2027
2026-11-01 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Regular decision · 2026–2027
2027-01-15 — First-year deadline listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-14.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf

Supplemental essays

How many responses?

1 required academic-interest short answer

NC State requires the academic-program short answer; Honors and studio-based programs can add conditional questions.

2026–2027

Required · First-year applicants
Explain why you selected the academic program(s) above and why you are interested in studying these at NC State.
Limit: 650 words — Required NC State short-answer question; the application also includes the Common App/Coalition personal essay.
https://admissions.ncsu.edu/apply/first-year/

Application requirements

2026–2027

Application fee · Required
Value: $85
First-year U.S. application fee listed in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Fee waiver · Optional
Value: Accepted
Common App fee-waiver availability listed in the 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Personal essay · Required
The Common App personal essay is marked required in the Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid, updated 2026-08-28.
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Supplemental essays · Required

Sources

Direct sources supporting this university’s facts, with retrieval dates.

Secondary source · supports requirements:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-09-02 — Common App member-reported first-year fee, waiver, essay, and deadline fields; grid updated 2026-08-28.
Common App 2026–2027 Requirements Grid · supports deadlines:2026–2027
https://content.commonapp.org/Files/ReqGrid.pdf
Retrieved 2026-08-20 — Common App member-reported first-year deadlines; grid updated 2026-08-14.
Official source
https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?199193
Retrieved 2026-06-10

First-year admission

First-year applications (C1): 49,351 applicants
First-year students admitted (C1): 19,514 students
First-year students enrolled (C1): 5,906 students
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF does not expose the populated GPA-distribution cells reliably in its current text layer.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF does not expose the populated GPA-distribution cells reliably in its current text layer.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF does not expose the populated GPA-distribution cells reliably in its current text layer.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF does not expose the populated GPA-distribution cells reliably in its current text layer.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF does not expose the populated GPA-distribution cells reliably in its current text layer.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF does not expose the populated GPA-distribution cells reliably in its current text layer.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF does not expose the populated GPA-distribution cells reliably in its current text layer.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF does not expose the populated GPA-distribution cells reliably in its current text layer.
High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF does not expose the populated GPA-distribution cells reliably in its current text layer.
Average high-school GPA (C12): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF does not expose the populated average GPA cell reliably in its current text layer.

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF does not expose the populated submitter-percent cell reliably in its current text layer.
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): Not reported by institution; The official CDS PDF does not expose the populated submitter-percent cell reliably in its current text layer.
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 650 score
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 720 score
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 650 score
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 730 score
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 25 score
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 32 score

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): 16:1; The official CDS reports a 16-to-1 student-to-faculty ratio.

Source: North Carolina State University at Raleigh Common Data Set 2025-2026 · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: url:https://report.isa.ncsu.edu/ir/cds/pdfs/CDS_2025-26.v1.pdf · Import: cds-2026-09-v103

2024–2025 · earlier reporting cycle

First-year admission rate

41.7%

Calculated from applications and admissions reported in CDS C1. This is a factual calculation, not a CollegePath rating.

First-year admission

High-school GPA distribution · GPA 4.0 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.75-3.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.50-3.74 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.25-3.49 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 3.00-3.24 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.50-2.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 2.00-2.49 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA 1.00-1.99 (C11): Not reported by institution
High-school GPA distribution · GPA below 1.0 (C11): Not reported by institution
Average high-school GPA (C12): Not reported by institution
First-year applications (C1): 44,047 applicants; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
First-year students admitted (C1): 18,385 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
First-year students enrolled (C1): 5,839 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Academics and class size

Student-to-faculty ratio (I2): Not reported by institution

Enrollment

Undergraduate enrollment (B1): 28,422 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Full-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 25,989 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Part-time undergraduate enrollment (B1): 2,433 students; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Testing

Enrolled students submitting scores · SAT (C9): 18%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
Enrolled students submitting scores · ACT (C9): 29%; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 25th percentile (C9): 650 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing · 75th percentile (C9): 720 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 25th percentile (C9): 650 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
SAT Math · 75th percentile (C9): 750 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 25th percentile (C9): 28 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS
ACT Composite · 75th percentile (C9): 32 score; IPEDS 2024 provisional statistic discovered via CollegeData.FYI; verify against the institution CDS

Source: North Carolina State University at Raleigh Common Data Set 2024-2025 (institutional data not reported) · Retrieved 2026-09-02

Open the official institutional source

Document ID: url:https://www.ncsu.edu/ · Import: cds-2026-09-v85

Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences

Anthropology

Social Sciences

Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services

Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences

Applied Mathematics

Mathematics and Statistics

Architecture

Architecture and Related Services

Area Studies

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management

Visual and Performing Arts

Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology

Physical Sciences

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Biology, General

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Biomedical/Medical Engineering

Engineering

Botany/Plant Biology

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Business Administration, Management and Operations

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Business/Managerial Economics

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services

Chemical Engineering

Engineering

Chemistry

Physical Sciences

Civil Engineering

Engineering

Communication and Media Studies

Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs

Computer Engineering

Engineering

Computer Science

Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services

Construction Engineering

Engineering

Criminology

Social Sciences

Design and Applied Arts

Visual and Performing Arts

Education, General

Education

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering

Engineering

Engineering, General

Engineering

English Language and Literature, General

English Language and Literature/Letters

Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians

Engineering Technologies and Engineering-Related Fields

Environmental Design

Architecture and Related Services

Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering

Engineering

Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy

Natural Resources and Conservation

Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

Fine and Studio Arts

Visual and Performing Arts

Food Science and Technology

Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences

Forestry

Natural Resources and Conservation

Genetics

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences

Physical Sciences

Industrial Engineering

Engineering

International/Globalization Studies

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Materials Engineering

Engineering

Mathematics

Mathematics and Statistics

Mechanical Engineering

Engineering

Microbiological Sciences and Immunology

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Music

Visual and Performing Arts

Natural Resources Conservation and Research

Natural Resources and Conservation

Nuclear Engineering

Engineering

Nutrition Sciences

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

Philosophy

Philosophy and Religious Studies

Physics

Physical Sciences

Plant Sciences

Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences

Political Science and Government

Social Sciences

Psychology, General

Psychology

Religion/Religious Studies

Philosophy and Religious Studies

Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

Science Technologies/Technicians, Other

Science Technologies/Technicians

Science, Technology and Society

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Social Work

Public Administration and Social Service Professions

Sociology

Social Sciences

Soil Sciences

Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

Statistics

Mathematics and Statistics

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods

Education

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas

Education

Textile Sciences and Engineering

Engineering

Zoology/Animal Biology

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Value: 1 required academic-interest short answer

NC State requires the academic-program short answer; Honors and studio-based programs can add conditional questions.