North Carolina State University at Raleigh
Raleigh, North Carolina
- Public
- City
- 27,371 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 42%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $16,486per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 85%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $77,81010 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
The Goodnight Scholars Program gives $23,000 a year, renewable for four years, to students from low- and middle-income North Carolina families studying STEM or related education majors. You need an invitation to apply.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 42%About 4 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1300–1470Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 28–32Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
From North Carolina State University at Raleigh's own report
These numbers come from the school's Common Data Set for 2025–26, a standard report colleges publish about their applicants and first-year students. Open the report.
78% had a 3.75 or higher. The average was 3.84. Schools count GPA differently (weighted or not), so compare ranges loosely.
- Admit rate in this report
- 40%19,510 admitted of 49,350 first-year applicants
- Off the wait list
- 11%476 admitted of 4,311 who stayed on the wait list (10,710 were offered a spot)
- SAT, middle 50%
- 1310–144013% of first-years sent SAT scores
- ACT, middle 50%
- 25–3240% of first-years sent ACT scores
- Top 10% of their class
- 41%78% were in the top quarter. Based on the 75% whose school ranks.
What the admissions office says it weighs
Very important
- How challenging your classes were
- GPA
Important
- Class rank
Considered
- Test scores
- Essay
- Recommendations
- Activities
- A talent or ability
- Character and personal qualities
- Being first in your family to go to college
- Where you live
- Living in the state
- Volunteer work
- Work experience
Not considered
- Interview
- Family who went there (legacy)
- Religious affiliation
- Showing interest in the school
Where you'd stand
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Sources: North Carolina State University at Raleigh Common Data Set 2025–26. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $16,486full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $27,073sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $8,815Source: College Scorecard
- Tuition, out-of-state
- $33,780Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 85%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 94%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $77,81010 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $19,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 27,371Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 23%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 19%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC — admits 80%
- Appalachian State University Boone, NC — admits 90%
- East Carolina University Greenville, NC — admits 89%
- University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC — admits 64%
Also worth a look
- The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN — admits 42%
- University of California-Davis Davis, CA — admits 42%
- University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI — admits 45%
- University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD — admits 45%
- University of California-Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA — admits 33%
- University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA — admits 39%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for North Carolina State University at Raleigh, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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