North Carolina State University at Raleigh
North Carolina State University at Raleigh admitted 42% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1300–1470 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid for in-state students was $16,486 a year. Within six years, 85% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 42%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1300–1470
- ACT middle 50%
- 28–32
Cost
- In-state cost of attendance, before aid
- $27,073 a year
- Average in-state net price after aid
- $16,486 a year
- In-state net price for families earning under $30,000
- $6,149 a year
- In-state tuition and fees
- $8,815 a year
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $33,780 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 85%
- Students who return for a second year
- 95%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $77,810 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 27,371
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 23%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 15 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Engineering
- 24%
- Business, management and marketing
- 16%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 9%
- Agriculture, animal and plant sciences
- 9%
- Computer and information sciences
- 6%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Dickinson College PA · 42% admitted
- Union College NY · 44% admitted
- Clark University MA · 40% admitted
- University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign IL · 42% admitted
- Whitman College WA · 38% admitted
- Gettysburg College PA · 39% admitted
More colleges in North Carolina
- 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
- Western Carolina University NC · 82% 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.