North Carolina Central University Business Programs

North Carolina Central University is a public institution located in Durham, North Carolina. Durham is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

Where Is North Carolina Central University?

Contact details for North Carolina Central University are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1801 Fayetteville Street, Durham, NC 27707
Phone:	919-530-6100
Website:	www.nccu.edu
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/nccentraluniv
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/nccu

How Do I Get Into North Carolina Central University?

You can apply to North Carolina Central University online at: https://www.nccu.edu/apply-now

Admission Requirements for North Carolina Central University

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	recommended
Recommendations	recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into North Carolina Central University?

North Carolina Central University has the high acceptance rate of 87%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 29% of accepted students are men and 71% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 83%, and the acceptance rate for women is 89%.

Average Test Scores

About 52% of students accepted to North Carolina Central University submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 430 and 510. Math scores were between 420 and 500.

North Carolina Central University received ACT scores from 45% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 13 and 19. Math scores were between 15 and 18. Composite scores were between 15 and 19.

Can I Afford North Carolina Central University?

The overall average net price of North Carolina Central University is $27,631. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At North Carolina Central University, approximately 80% of students took out student loans averaging $6,565 a year. That adds up to $26,260 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at North Carolina Central University is 8.2%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.

North Carolina Central University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 6,067 undergraduate students at North Carolina Central University, with 4,962 being full-time and 1,105 being part-time.

There are also 2,011 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 4,962 full-time undergraduates at North Carolina Central University, 31% are male and 69% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of North Carolina Central University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	57
Black or African American	4,016
Hispanic or Latino	289
White	208
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	379

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at North Carolina Central University. At this time, 21 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 29 countries are represented at North Carolina Central University. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Nigeria, India, and China.

Online Learning at North Carolina Central University

In 2019-2020, 4,329 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at North Carolina Central University has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 32nd most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of North Carolina Central University

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at North Carolina Central University was $6,629 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $19,336. The following table shows how North Carolina Central University is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Hospitality Management	#4	#25
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#4	#19
General Business Administration and Management	#40	#233
Business Administration & Management	#43	#238

Online Growth Rankings of North Carolina Central University

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at North Carolina Central University was 17.6%. This is the #999 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at North Carolina Central University regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at North Carolina Central University ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at North Carolina Central University.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Hospitality Administration/Management	#36
Hospitality Management	#70

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

North Carolina Central University Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	116	14	130
Accounting	20	0	20
General Hospitality Administration/Management	10	0	10
TOTAL	146	14	160

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By RDUpedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.