North Carolina A&T State University

Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach National
Population 700,000

Weather

Comfortable Days 115 (84%)
Sunshine Hours 2,680 (63%)
Days Without Precipitation 256 (71%)

Honors College

Name Honors College
Students 600 (5%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 11,861
Men / Women 37% / 63%
From State 56%
From Region 12%
Athletes 405 (3.6%)

Racial/Ethnic

Black 79%
Hispanic 4%
Mixed 4%
White 2%
Native American 1%
International 1%
Asian 0%

Schools & Majors

⇅ Ranked Trends Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn Accept SAT p25 SAT p75
North Carolina A&T State University 2,330 35% 4% 1% 85% 4% 0% $65,496 30 -0.71 71 96% 7.5%
Agricultural and Biological Engineering 5 — 40% 0% 0% 80% 0% 0% $83,064 10 -1.12 88 — — — — —
Architectural Engineering 37 — 51% 3% 0% 86% 5% 3% $82,018 4 -1.47 88 96% — — — —
Biomedical Engineering 42 — 31% 2% 0% 83% 5% 0% $91,975 31 -0.58 93 100% — — — —
Chemical Engineering 26 — 42% 12% 4% 77% 0% 0% $126,553 97 +2.16 99 92% — — — —
Civil Engineering 31 — 71% 3% 0% 84% 10% 3% $83,056 7 -1.32 88 95% — — — —
Computer Engineering 26 — 77% 8% 4% 73% 4% 0% $109,963 41 -0.33 98 100% — — — —
Electrical Engineering 30 +1 90% 7% 0% 83% 7% 0% $109,214 38 -0.37 98 98% — — — —
Industrial Engineering 23 — 52% 0% 4% 96% 0% 0% $97,349 13 -1.05 95 97% — — — —
Mechanical Engineering 68 — 69% 18% 1% 74% 6% 0% $92,041 14 -0.90 93 97% — — — —
Surveying Engineering 5 — 100% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% $81,903 4 -1.49 88 — — — — —
Artificial Intelligence — — — — — — — — $86,160 3 -1.79 90 — — — — —
Computer Graphics 39 — 54% 0% 3% 87% 8% 0% $68,577 33 -0.59 75 — — — — —
Computer Science 78 — 68% 3% 1% 86% 4% 1% $114,459 43 -0.31 99 95% — — — —
Informatics 2 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $79,890 16 -0.89 86 — — — — —
Information Technology 89 — 67% 7% 2% 82% 4% 0% $80,679 16 -0.86 87 — — — — —
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology 2 — 50% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $59,752 26 -0.48 60 — — — — —
Chemistry 17 — 12% 0% 0% 94% 0% 0% $63,315 15 -0.80 67 — — — — —
Mathematics 7 — 29% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $60,661 10 -0.93 62 — — — — —
Physics 7 +1 43% 0% 0% 71% 0% 0% $64,288 6 -1.39 69 — — — — —
Biology 116 — 12% 0% 0% 93% 5% 0% $60,641 22 -0.67 62 98% — — — —
Agriculture 32 — 66% 3% 3% 81% 6% 0% $56,233 25 -0.48 52 93% — — — —
Animal Sciences 55 +2 15% 5% 0% 84% 4% 0% $53,291 46 -0.16 44 91% — — — —
Animal Sciences 9 +3 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $53,291 46 -0.16 44 91% — — — —
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies 16 — 38% 0% 0% 94% 6% 0% $68,921 73 +0.47 76 100% — — — —
Nursing 76 — 8% 17% 0% 80% 1% 0% $90,567 51 -0.17 93 97% 2.9% — — —
Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene 6 — 33% 50% 0% 50% 0% 0% $74,178 73 +0.39 81 100% — — — —
Accounting 27 — 37% 0% 0% 93% 4% 0% $83,641 46 -0.22 89 100% — — — —
Business Management and Administration 106 — 37% 3% 1% 90% 3% 1% $64,210 21 -0.70 69 97% — — — —
Economics 21 — 57% 5% 0% 90% 0% 0% $50,829 0 -1.77 37 89% 7.3% — — —
Finance 28 +1 43% 4% 0% 89% 4% 0% $73,397 9 -0.89 81 — — — — —
Health Administration 66 — 5% 0% 0% 89% 5% 0% $64,103 55 -0.12 68 — — — — —
Information Resources Management 44 — 52% 0% 0% 86% 0% 0% $78,531 21 -0.80 85 — — — — —
Marketing 69 +1 33% 1% 0% 88% 3% 0% $63,676 11 -1.08 68 94% — — — —
Sports Management 138 — 29% 1% 0% 91% 3% 0% $47,876 6 -1.41 29 97% — — — —
Transportation Management 31 +2 58% 3% 0% 87% 3% 0% $64,210 21 -0.70 69 97% — — — —
English 14 — 36% 0% 0% 71% 21% 0% $40,564 4 -1.44 13 96% — — — —
History 8 — 38% 0% 0% 62% 12% 0% $46,906 9 -0.98 27 — — — — —
Child Development 22 — 0% 0% 0% 82% 0% 0% $50,136 28 -0.37 35 100% — — — —
Family and Consumer Sciences 18 +1 6% 0% 0% 94% 6% 0% $40,561 7 -1.51 13 94% — — — —
Journalism and Mass Communication 121 — 31% 1% 0% 89% 5% 1% $50,518 12 -1.06 36 94% — — — —
Political Science 32 — 12% 0% 0% 84% 3% 3% $51,475 3 -1.53 39 100% — — — —
Psychology 207 — 11% 1% 0% 85% 6% 0% $50,185 22 -0.74 35 95% — — — —
Social Work 48 — 10% 0% 0% 98% 0% 0% $51,042 33 -0.26 38 95% — — — —
Sociology 23 — 22% 4% 0% 91% 0% 0% $45,725 4 -1.01 24 100% — — — —
Speech Communication and Rhetoric 10 — 20% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $50,518 12 -1.06 36 94% — — — —
Agricultural Teacher Education 17 — 18% 71% 6% 6% 6% 0% $62,888 65 +0.21 66 94% 6.2% — — —
Business Teacher Education 1 — 0% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $62,888 65 +0.21 66 94% 6.2% — — —
Elementary Education 18 — 0% 6% 0% 89% 0% 0% $59,676 91 +1.10 60 100% — — — —
General Education 176 — 47% 2% 0% 84% 5% 1% $50,152 24 -0.58 35 96% — — — —
Secondary Education and Teaching 5 — 80% 0% 0% 100% 0% 0% $59,676 79 +0.54 60 100% — — — —
Art/Art Studies 26 — 23% 0% 0% 85% 4% 0% $34,863 6 -1.28 6 96% — — — —
Graphic Design 2 — 0% 0% 0% 50% 50% 0% $50,732 21 -0.73 37 89% — — — —
Landscape Architecture 8 — 38% 12% 0% 88% 0% 0% $62,482 20 -0.64 65 87% — — — —
Music 6 — 67% 0% 0% 83% 0% 0% $36,911 10 -1.06 8 — — — — —
Theater 13 — 46% 0% 0% 92% 8% 0% $31,690 3 -1.52 4 91% — — — —
Criminal Justice 115 — 19% 1% 1% 88% 6% 0% $53,995 16 -0.81 46 98% 10.7% — — —
Electrical/Electronic Engineering Technologies/Technicians 9 — 100% 11% 0% 78% 11% 0% $76,138 11 -1.05 83 94% 9.0% — — —
Engineering/Engineering-Related Technologies/Technicians 19 — 58% 16% 0% 68% 11% 0% $77,074 12 -0.97 84 100% — — — —
Industrial Technology/Technician 17 — 100% 6% 0% 88% 6% 0% $80,807 17 -0.66 87 90% — — — —
Manufacturing Engineering Technology/Technician 21 — 71% 19% 5% 67% 5% 0% $80,807 17 -0.66 87 90% — — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,158
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $21,993
Est. In-State Cost $9,260
Est. Out-of-State Cost $28,450
ROI Percentile 71th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 78%
4-Year Graduation Rate 36%
6-Year Graduation Rate 57%
Transfer-Out Rate 22%

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl Earnings Earn % Earn z ROI Employment Debt-to-Earn
Business & Economics 22.7% 530 34% 2% 0% 89% 3% 0% $62,008 7 -0.90 65 96% 7.3%
Social Sciences 20.6% 481 16% 1% 0% 88% 4% 1% $49,871 8 -0.86 35 96% —
Engineering 12.6% 293 61% 9% 1% 80% 5% 1% $96,317 23 -0.62 95 97% —
Education 9.3% 217 41% 7% 0% 79% 4% 1% $52,218 40 -0.35 41 96% 6.2%
Computer Science 8.9% 208 65% 4% 2% 85% 5% 0% $91,070 18 -0.60 93 95% —
Professional 7.8% 181 41% 6% 1% 83% 7% 0% $63,148 38 -0.81 67 96% 10.6%
Life & Natural Sciences 5.0% 116 12% 0% 0% 93% 5% 0% $60,641 20 -0.67 62 98% —
Agriculture & Food Science 4.8% 112 31% 4% 1% 86% 4% 0% $56,364 34 -0.16 52 93% —
Health Sciences 3.5% 82 10% 20% 0% 78% 1% 0% $89,368 86 -0.13 92 97% 2.9%
Arts 2.4% 55 35% 2% 0% 85% 5% 0% $38,931 5 -1.20 10 93% —
Physical Sciences & Math 1.4% 33 24% 0% 0% 91% 0% 0% $62,742 9 -0.93 66 — —
Humanities 0.9% 22 36% 0% 0% 68% 18% 0% $42,870 2 -1.28 17 96% —

Research R2

⇅ Research $ Rank Federal Industry $ PhDs Rank PhD students Postdocs
Engineering $29.9M #137 54% $0.2M 27 #115 216 12
Agriculture & Food Science $27.5M #48 46% $0.0M — — 44 14
Physical Sciences & Math $5.0M #219 92% $0 12 #161 132 3
Life & Natural Sciences $2.9M #226 71% $0 — — — 1
Computer Science $2.9M #171 96% $0.0M 8 #109 — 3
Education $2.7M #154 10% $0.0M 5 #383 — —
Health Sciences $1.9M #205 39% $0 1 #236 — —
Business & Economics $1.9M #164 79% $0 — — — —
Humanities & Social Sciences $1.5M #284 98% $0 2 #308 5 —
Total $76.0M #172 55% $0.2M 55 #245 397 33

Expenditure and funding source: NSF HERD, FY2024. Degrees: IPEDS completions, 2023–24. Students and postdocs: NSF Survey of Graduate Students and Postdoctorates, fall 2024, which covers science, engineering and selected health fields only. An em dash means the source does not report the figure, which is not the same as zero.

Sports NCAA D1

⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Football 146 $4.3M $4.3M -$90
Track & Field (combined) 105 $883K $882K $501
Baseball 39 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Basketball 16 $1.9M $1.9M $0
Golf 14 $524K $524K $0
Tennis 7 $213K $213K $0
Total 280 $9.1M $9.1M $411
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 82 $939K $939K $1
Softball 22 $737K $737K -$1
Basketball 19 $2.3M $2.3M $0
Volleyball 16 $547K $547K -$1
Bowling 10 $621K $621K $0
Tennis 7 $145K $145K $0
Golf 6 $292K $292K $1
Total 125 $5.5M $5.5M $0
⇅ Athletes ▼ Revenue Expenses Net
Track & Field (combined) 187 $1.8M $1.8M $502
Football 146 $4.3M $4.3M -$90
Baseball 39 $1.3M $1.3M $0
Basketball 35 $4.2M $4.2M $0
Softball 22 $737K $737K -$1
Golf 20 $816K $816K $1
Volleyball 16 $547K $547K -$1
Tennis 14 $359K $359K $0
Bowling 10 $621K $621K $0
Total 405 $19.1M $19.0M $112K

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Equity in Athletics Data Analysis. Each team's revenue and expenses are what the college attributes to it. The Total view's totals row is the department's grand total, which also includes money not attributed to any team; the Male and Female totals rows only add up their teams.

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes
Acceptance Rate 51%
Yield (non-ED) 15%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 51% 51% 51%

This college’s Common Data Set does not break down admissions by applicant demographics, so in-state, out-of-state, and international applicants share one Regular Decision rate.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional
Submitted Test Scores 39%
SAT Range 1020 – 1190
SAT Math Range 510 – 590
SAT RW Range 510 – 600