Fayetteville State University
Fayetteville State University admitted 82% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 890–1090 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid for in-state students was $10,009 a year. Within six years, 37% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 82%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 890–1090
- ACT middle 50%
- 15–19
Cost
- In-state cost of attendance, before aid
- $18,958 a year
- Average in-state net price after aid
- $10,009 a year
- In-state net price for families earning under $30,000
- $9,076 a year
- In-state tuition and fees
- $4,412 a year
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $8,412 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 37%
- Students who return for a second year
- 75%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $47,125 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 5,762
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 59%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 20 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
- Historically Black college or university
- Yes
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Business, management and marketing
- 19%
- Health professions
- 15%
- Psychology
- 14%
- Homeland security, law enforcement and firefighting
- 12%
- Social sciences
- 8%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Muskingum University OH · 82% admitted
- Goshen College IN · 84% admitted
- Morgan State University MD · 82% admitted
- Tiffin University OH · 80% admitted
- University of North Texas at Dallas TX · 85% admitted
- Francis Marion University SC · 86% admitted
More colleges in North Carolina
- North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC · 42% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte NC · 80% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC · 15% admitted
- East Carolina University NC · 89% admitted
- Appalachian State University NC · 90% admitted
- University of North Carolina Wilmington NC · 64% admitted
- University of North Carolina at Greensboro NC · 89% admitted
- North Carolina A & T State University NC · 50% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.