NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY D-9

Raleigh, NC 27695
Tel: (919)515-2011
Admissions: (919)515-2434
Fax: (919)515-5039
E-mail: undergrad_admissions@ncsu.edu
Web Site: http://www.ncsu.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of University of North Carolina System. Awards associate, bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and first professional degrees and first professional certificates. Founded 1887. Setting: 1,623-acre suburban campus. Endowment: $342 million. Research spending 2003-04: $176.8 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $9950 per student. Total enrollment: 29,957. Faculty: 1,825 (1,638 full-time, 187 part-time). Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 16:1. 13,947 applied, 59% were admitted. 43% from top 10% of their high school class, 83% from top quarter, 98% from top half. 21 National Merit Scholars, 75 valedictorians. Full-time: 18,890 students, 42% women, 58% men. Part-time: 3,864 students, 42% women, 58% men. Students come from 52 states and territories, 54 other countries, 7% from out-of-state, 1% Native American, 2% Hispanic, 10% black, 5% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 9% 25 or older, 33% live on campus, 5% transferred in. Retention: 90% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Academic areas with the most degrees conferred: engineering/engineering technologies; business/marketing; biological/life sciences. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, accelerated degree program, self-designed majors, honors program, independent study, distance learning, double major, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at five members of the Cooperating Raleigh Colleges, Duke University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Naval, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, electronic application, early action, deferred admission, international baccalaureate accepted. Required: high school transcript, SAT or ACT. Recommended: essay, SAT Subject Tests. Required for some: interview. Entrance: very difficult. Application deadlines: 2/1, 11/1 for early action. Notification: continuous until 10/15, 1/15 for early action. Preference given to state residents.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $55. State resident tuition: $3505 full-time. Nonresident tuition: $15,403 full-time. Mandatory fees: $1162 full-time. Full-time tuition and fees vary according to program. College room and board: $6851. College room only: $4183. Room and board charges vary according to board plan and housing facility.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: 300 open to all; national fraternities, national sororities, local sororities; 11% of eligible men and 11% of eligible women are members. Most popular organizations: student government, student media, student musical groups, intramural sports. Major annual events: homecoming, Wolfstock Concert Weekend, Pan-African Week. Student services: legal services, health clinic, personal-psychological counseling, women's center. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, student patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. 6,700 college housing spaces available; 6,164 were occupied in 2003-04. Freshmen given priority for college housing. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. D. H. Hill Library plus 6 others with 3.4 million books, 5.4 million microform titles, 54,799 serials, 135,347 audiovisual materials, an OPAC, and a Web page. Operations spending 2003-04: $22.8 million. 3,189 computers available on campus for general student use. Computer purchase/lease plans available. A campuswide network can be accessed from student residence rooms and from off campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.