North Carolina State University At Raleigh

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a large city.

Overview

North Carolina State University was established as a land-grant college on March 7, 1887. At that time, it was named the North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts. The university covers an area of more than 2,000 acres in Raleigh, North Carolina. The following are the academic divisions of the North Carolina State University:

• College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
• College of Design
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Humanities & Social Sciences
• College of Management
• College of Natural Resources
• College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences
• College of Textiles
• College of Veterinary Medicine
• First-Year College
• The Graduate School

Some natable alumni of North Carolina State University are personalities like James B. Hunt Jr., the 4-term Governor of North Carolina; Donald Bitzer, the Emmy Award winner and father of Plasma Television; and Rajendra Kumar Pachauri, the 2007 Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in engineering, animal science and care, science, agricultural science and management, computer science and engineering, mathematics, landscaping and horticulture, conservation and resource management, and design.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High male/female ratio.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 32,872 in 2009-2010 (28,827 full-time equivalent).

About 54% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 46% of the class.

Undergrads are 74% of enrolled students, graduate students are 26%, and those seeking first-professional graduate degrees represent 1%.

Students under 25 years old represent 74% of the student body. About 5% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 100% are full-time and 0% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

NC State provides on-campus housing for 8,735 of its 28,827 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Atlantic Coast Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 217 male students received the aid (men were 61% of those receiving aid) and 138 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 39% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

NC State offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is STEM Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (241 awarded)

• Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
• Agricultural Business and Management
• Agricultural Economics
• Agricultural Mechanization
• Agricultural and Extension Education Services
• Agriculture
• Crop Production
• Food Science

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (150 awarded)

• Animal Sciences
• Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production
• Poultry Science

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (87 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• Environmental Design/Architecture
• Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)

ART STUDIES (32 awarded)

• Arts Management

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (889 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business/Managerial Economics

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (512 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
• Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (139 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Forest Management/Forest Resources Management
• Forestry
• Natural Resources Management and Policy
• Natural Resources/Conservation
• Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology

DESIGN (96 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications
• Graphic Design
• Industrial Design

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (513 awarded)

• Adult and Continuing Education Administration
• Agricultural Teacher Education
• College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
• Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Education
• Education/Teaching Individuals - Specific Learning Disabilities
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Emotional Disturbances
• Education/Teaching of Individuals with Mental Retardation
• Educational Administration and Supervision
• Educational Evaluation and Research
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
• History Teacher Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Reading Teacher Education
• Sales & Marketing Oper/Marketing & Distribution Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Studies Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Technical Teacher Education
• Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (1,430 awarded)

• Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering
• Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering
• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Construction Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Operations Research
• Textile Sciences and Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (25 awarded)

• Environmental Engineering Technology/Environmental Technology

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (86 awarded)

• Human Development and Family Studies
• Public Administration
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (0 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (174 awarded)

• Agronomy and Crop Science
• Horticultural Science
• Landscaping and Groundskeeping
• Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
• Soil Science and Agronomy
• Turf and Turfgrass Management

LIBERAL ARTS (796 awarded)

• African-American/Black Studies
• Anthropology
• Creative Writing
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• French Language and Literature
• German Studies
• History
• International Relations and Affairs
• International/Global Studies
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Public/Applied History and Archival Administration
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Technical and Business Writing
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (158 awarded)

• Applied Mathematics
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (269 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Organizational Communication

MEDICINE (83 awarded)

• Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies
• Veterinary Medicine (DVM)
• Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sci, Gen (Cert,MS,PhD)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (198 awarded)

• Nutrition Sciences
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management
• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (14 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religion/Religious Studies

SCIENCE (828 awarded)

• Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology
• Biochemistry
• Bioinformatics
• Biological and Biomedical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biometry/Biometrics
• Biotechnology
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Chemistry
• Entomology
• Genetics
• Geology/Earth Science
• Immunology
• Microbiology
• Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
• Physical Sciences
• Physics
• Physiology
• Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
• Science, Technology and Society
• Toxicology
• Zoology/Animal Biology

SCIENCE AND LABORATORY TECHNICIAN (1 awarded)

• Science Technologies/Technicians

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (68 awarded)

• Criminal Justice/Safety Studies
• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (210 awarded)

• Psychology
• School Psychology