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North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University
1210 Varsity Drive
Raleigh, NC 27606

Official telephone: (919) 515-2434
Fax number: (919) 515-5039
Website: https://www.ncsu.edu/
Screen last updated on: October 2026
STUDENT PROFILE
Total undergraduates: 29,340
Full-time undergraduates: 26,878
Part-time undergraduates: 2,462
Degree seeking undergraduate student breakdown:
0.3% American Indian or Alaskan Native
10.1% Asian, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.8% Black or African American, non-Hispanic/Latino
10.1% Hispanic/Latino
0.1% Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic/Latino
65.0% White, non-Hispanic/Latino
5.2% Two or more races non-Hispanic/Latino
2.4% Nonresident Alien
0.9% Race and/or Ethnicity unknown

North Carolina State University
CAMPUS ENVIRONMENT
Campus size: 2,120 acres
Nearest major city: Raleigh-Durham

LIVING ON CAMPUS
Institution offers housing: yes
Housing types (% in housing type, if given):
  • coed dorms
  • women's dorms
  • men's dorms
  • special housing for disabled students
  • cooperative housing
Percent of students who live in school housing: 36%
Percent of students who live off campus: 64%

STUDY FACILITIES
Every student is required to lease or own a computer: no
School has a library on campus: yes
Additional library facilities/collections:
Other libraries on campus.

ASSISTANCE SERVICES
Additional services offered:
placement service, health service, women's center
Counseling services:
career, psychological
Career placement services:
interest inventory, on-campus job interviews, resumé assistance, alumni services, interview training, Job fairs are available to students through the career center.

SOCIAL ACTIVITIES
Student activities:
student newspaper, radio station, television station
Other student organizations, musical groups, activities, and committees:
Student Government; Universities Activities Board; Black Students Board; Panhellenic Council; Interfraternity Council

ATHLETICS
Athletic conference memberships: NCAA Division 1

Sports offered Scholarships? Athletic Assoc.
Men's baseball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's baseballyes 
Men's basketballyes 
Men's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cheerleadingyes 
Men's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's cross-country runningyes 
Men's football NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's footballyes 
Men's golfyes 
Men's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's socceryes 
Men's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and diving NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's swimming and divingyes 
Men's tennisyes 
Men's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's track and fieldyes 
Men's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Men's volleyballyes 
Men's wrestling NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's basketball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's bowlingyes 
Women's cheerleadingyes 
Women's cheerleading NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's cross-country running NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's golf NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's gymnastics NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's rock climbingyes 
Women's rowingyes 
Women's skiing (cross-country)yes 
Women's skiing (downhill)yes 
Women's soccer NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's socceryes 
Women's softball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's tennis NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's track and field NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's ultimate Frisbeeyes 
Women's volleyball NCAA Division 1, NCAA Div. I
Women's water poloyes 

Intramural/Recreational sports:
rock climbing; archery; badminton; baseball; basketball; cheerleading; crew; equestrian sports; fencing; football; golf; gymnastics; ice hockey; lacrosse; racquetball; rugby; sailing; soccer; softball; tennis; ultimate Frisbee; volleyball; water polo; weight lifting; wrestling; triathlon; rowing; sand volleyball; skiing (downhill); swimming and diving; track and field; table tennis; cross-country running; skiing (cross-country)

GETTING AWAY
Nearest international airport: RDU

PAYING THE BILLS
Institutional employment is available: yes

AFTER GRADUATION
Percent of graduates who enter job market in field related to major: 43% within six months of graduation

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