North Carolina State University Business Programs

North Carolina State University is a public institution situated in Raleigh, North Carolina. Raleigh is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

North Carolina State University Rankings

According to our 2023 analysis, NC State is ranked #99 out of 1,477 schools in the nation that were analyzed for overall quality. This puts it in the top 10% of all schools in the nation. NC State also holds the #5 spot on the Best Colleges in North Carolina ranking.

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

NC State has also been awarded the following overall awards by our latest rankings.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#37	Best Business Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#67	Best Business Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#78	Best Business Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#87	Best Business Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at NC State.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Most Popular Agricultural Economics Associate Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#6	Best Marketing Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#8	Most Popular Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#12	Best Managerial Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#17	Best Human Resource Management Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#30	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#54	Best Business Administration & Management Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#71	Most Popular Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#111	Best Accounting Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards NC State has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#8	Best Agricultural Economics & Business Schools	College Factual
#59	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#59	Best General Business Administration and Management Schools	College Factual
#76	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#92	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual
#114	Best Schools	Course Advisor

Where Is North Carolina State University?

Contact details for NC State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2101 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27695-7001
Phone:	919-515-2011
Website:	www.ncsu.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/ncstate
Twitter:	http://www.twitter.com/ncstate

How Do I Get Into NC State?

You can apply to NC State online at: admissions.ncsu.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for NC State

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	recommended
High School Rank	recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into NC State?

NC State has a fairly low acceptance rate of 46%, which makes it more selective than most schools. Take time to make sure you submit all the requested materials and you prepare the application in full. You don't want to get denied right off the bat due to an incomplete application!

Approximately 46% of accepted students are men and 54% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 43%, and the acceptance rate for women is 49%.

Average Test Scores

About 49% of students accepted to NC State submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 690. Math scores were between 620 and 720.

NC State received ACT scores from 50% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 33. Math scores were between 25 and 31. Composite scores were between 27 and 32.

Can I Afford North Carolina State University?

The overall average net price of NC State is $33,469. 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

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At NC State, approximately 42% of students took out student loans averaging $7,042 a year. That adds up to $28,168 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at NC State is 2.0%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

North Carolina State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 26,150 undergraduate students at NC State, with 22,929 being full-time and 3,221 being part-time.

There are also 9,892 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 22,929 full-time undergraduates at NC State, 51% are male and 49% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,826
Black or African American	1,368
Hispanic or Latino	1,539
White	15,731
International Students	704
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,761

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at North Carolina State University. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 103 countries are represented at NC State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and South Korea.

Online Learning at North Carolina State University

In 2019-2020, 32,700 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NC State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 6th 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 NC State

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at North Carolina State University was $9,101 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $29,220. The following table shows how NC State 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
Accounting	#67	#163
Accounting	#67	#149

Online Growth Rankings of NC State

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at North Carolina State University was 59.0%. This is the #507 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at NC State regardless of major.

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at NC State 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 NC State.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
General Organizational Communication	#4
Public Relations & Advertising	#19
Accounting	#70
Accounting	#110
General Business Administration and Management	#267
Business Administration & Management	#354

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 State University Business Concentrations

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

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	2	0	803	72	48	0	925
Accounting	0	0	157	0	0	0	157
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	4	0	111	0	0	0	115
Business Economics	0	0	91	0	0	0	91
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	0	0	0	76	0	0	76
Agricultural Business	1	56	0	0	0	0	57
General Economics	0	0	0	0	27	15	42
Finance	0	0	0	36	0	0	36
General Organizational Communication	0	0	0	9	9	0	18
Agricultural Economics	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	7	56	1,162	193	84	15	1,517

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 Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.