North Carolina State University Computer Science Programs

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

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

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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	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	5
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into NC State?

You'll need to do what you can to make your application stand out if you plan to apply to NC State. The school screens its applicants carefully and has a fairly low acceptance rate of 47%. So, don't just throw your admission packet together at the last minute!

Approximately 44% of accepted students are men and 56% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 43%, and the acceptance rate for women is 52%.

Average Test Scores

About 25% 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 630 and 710. Math scores were between 650 and 750.

NC State received ACT scores from 27% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 34. Math scores were between 26 and 0. Composite scores were between 28 and 33.

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

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 NC State, approximately 41% of students took out student loans averaging $7,162 a year. That adds up to $28,648 over four years for those students.

North Carolina State University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 26,505 undergraduate students at NC State, with 23,414 being full-time and 3,091 being part-time.

There are also 10,326 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 23,414 full-time undergraduates at NC State, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,954
Black or African American	1,385
Hispanic or Latino	1,711
White	16,016
International Students	716
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,632

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

There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 78 master’s degree programs available online at NC State. In 2022-2023, 16,717 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 4th most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

North Carolina State University Computer Science Concentrations

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

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Computer Science	281	6	109	27	423
Data Modeling/Warehousing & Database Administration	0	0	115	0	115
Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications	0	0	3	0	3
TOTAL	281	6	227	27	541

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.