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North Carolina State University

North Carolina State University
121 Peele Hall, Campus Box 7103
Raleigh, NC 27695


Fax number: (919) 515-5039
Website: https://ncsu.edu/
Screen last updated on: February 2024
ACADEMIC CALENDAR
Calendar system: semester system (two terms comprise academic year)
Month(s) in which new student orientation is held: Orientation for new students is held prior to start of fall term.
Number and length of summer sessions: A summer session is offered for credit.

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
Percent of full-time freshman students who returned for sophomore year: 94%
Student:Faculty ratio: 16:1
Total faculty: 1329 men, 877 women
Full-time faculty: 1096 men, 745 women
Part-time faculty: 233 men, 132 women
Graduation rate: 86% within six years

North Carolina State University
REQUIRED UNDERGRADUATE CURRICULUM
General education/core curriculum is required: yes

PROGRAMS OFFERED
Special programs offered:
student-designed majors, double majors, independent study, accelerated program, honors program, internships, distance learning, external degree program, online courses
Cooperative programs are offered: yes
Combined 3-2 programs available:
Institution offers 3-2 degree programs.
Graduate schools/programs are offered: yes
Study abroad opportunities:
Study-abroad program offered.
Army ROTC: offered on-campus
Navy ROTC: offered on-campus
Air Force ROTC: offered on-campus

LIST OF MAJORS
Associate's Degrees

  • Agricultural and Food Products Processing
  • Agricultural Business and Management, General
  • Agriculture, General
  • Animal/Livestock Husbandry and Production
  • Applied Horticulture/Horticulture Operations, General
  • Crop Production
  • Landscaping and Groundskeeping
  • Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
  • Turf and Turfgrass Management
Bachelor's Degrees

  • Accounting
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agricultural and Extension Education Services
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agricultural Mechanization, General
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agroecology and Sustainable Agriculture
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Art History, Criticism and Conservation
  • Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Business/Managerial Economics
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Construction Engineering
  • Criminology
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • English/Language Arts Teacher Education
  • Environmental Design/Architecture
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental/Environmental Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, General
  • Fine and Studio Arts Management
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forest Management/Forest Resources Management
  • Genetics, General
  • Geology/Earth Science, General
  • Graphic Design
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial and Product Design
  • Industrial Engineering
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education and Teaching
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Microbiology, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Oceanography, Chemical and Physical
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management, General
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Philosophy
  • Philosophy and Religious Studies, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Political Science and Government, General
  • Poultry Science
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Religion/Religious Studies
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Science Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Science Technologies/Technicians, Other
  • Science, Technology and Society
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Speech Communication and Rhetoric
  • Sport and Fitness Administration/Management
  • Statistics, General
  • Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education
  • Textile Sciences and Engineering
  • Turf and Turfgrass Management
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology/Technician
  • Zoology/Animal Biology
Certificates

  • Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations
  • Agricultural Business and Management, General
  • Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other
  • Agriculture, General
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biotechnology
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Entomology
  • Environmental/Environmental Engineering Technology/Technician
  • Food Science
  • Horticultural Science
  • International/Globalization Studies
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Microbiology, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Plant Protection and Integrated Pest Management
  • Plant Sciences, General
  • Poultry Science
  • Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
  • Soil Science and Agronomy, General
Diplomas

  • Accounting
  • Adult and Continuing Education Administration
  • Adult and Continuing Education and Teaching
  • Agricultural and Extension Education Services
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agricultural Teacher Education
  • Agricultural/Animal/Plant/Veterinary Science and Related Fields, Other
  • Agriculture, General
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Architecture
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biology/Biological Sciences, General
  • Biotechnology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business Statistics
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Crisis/Emergency/Disaster Management
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Education, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational Statistics and Research Methods
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Engineering/Industrial Management
  • Environmental Design/Architecture
  • Environmental Science
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Finance, General
  • Geography
  • Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General
  • Homeland Security, Law Enforcement, Firefighting and Related Protective Services, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • International Public Health/International Health
  • Land Use Planning and Management/Development
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Marketing/Marketing Management, General
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • National Security Policy Studies
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Organizational Behavior Studies
  • Organizational Communication, General
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management, General
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Physical Sciences, General
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Solar Energy Technology/Technician
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Structural Engineering
  • Technical Teacher Education
  • Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education
  • Textile Sciences and Engineering
Doctorates

  • Adult and Continuing Education Administration
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agricultural and Extension Education Services
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biometry/Biometrics
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Economics, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Administration and Supervision, Other
  • Educational Evaluation and Research
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Engineering, Other
  • Entomology
  • Environmental Design/Architecture
  • Food Science
  • Forestry, General
  • Genetics, General
  • Genome Sciences/Genomics
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Microbiology, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Operations Research
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management, General
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Public/Applied History
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Sociology, General
  • Soil Science and Agronomy, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Systems Science and Theory
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other
  • Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education
  • Textile Sciences and Engineering
  • Toxicology
  • Veterinary Medicine
  • Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General
  • Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology/Technician
  • Zoology/Animal Biology
Master's Degrees

  • Adult and Continuing Education Administration
  • Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering, General
  • Agricultural and Extension Education Services
  • Agricultural Economics
  • Agricultural Engineering
  • Agriculture, General
  • Agronomy and Crop Science
  • Animal Sciences, General
  • Anthropology, General
  • Applied Mathematics, General
  • Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology
  • Architectural Sciences and Technology, Other
  • Biochemistry
  • Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering
  • Bioinformatics
  • Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other
  • Biometry/Biometrics
  • Biotechnology
  • Botany/Plant Biology
  • Business Administration and Management, General
  • Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Chemistry, General
  • Civil Engineering, General
  • College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
  • Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other
  • Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
  • Computer Engineering, General
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Systems Networking and Telecommunications
  • Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services
  • Creative Writing
  • Curriculum and Instruction
  • Data Modeling/Warehousing and Database Administration
  • Design and Visual Communications, General
  • Digital Communication and Media/Multimedia
  • Economics, General
  • Education, Other
  • Educational Administration and Supervision, Other
  • Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • Educational/Instructional Technology
  • Electrical and Electronics Engineering
  • Elementary Education and Teaching
  • Engineering Technologies/Technicians, General
  • Engineering, General
  • Engineering, Other
  • Engineering/Industrial Management
  • English Language and Literature, General
  • English Language and Literature/Letters, Other
  • Entomology
  • Environmental Science
  • Environmental Studies
  • Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
  • Environmental/Natural Resources Management and Policy, General
  • Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other
  • Financial Mathematics
  • Food Science
  • Foreign Languages and Literatures, General
  • Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Other
  • Forestry, General
  • Genetics, General
  • Genome Sciences/Genomics
  • Higher Education/Higher Education Administration
  • History, General
  • History, Other
  • Horticultural Science
  • Human Development and Family Studies, General
  • Human Services, General
  • Industrial and Product Design
  • Industrial Engineering
  • International Relations and Affairs
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
  • Management Science
  • Manufacturing Engineering
  • Materials Engineering
  • Mathematics and Statistics, Other
  • Mathematics Teacher Education
  • Mathematics, General
  • Mechanical Engineering
  • Microbiology, General
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General
  • Natural Resources and Conservation, Other
  • Natural Resources/Conservation, General
  • Nuclear Engineering
  • Nutrition Sciences
  • Operations Research
  • Organizational Communication, General
  • Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management, General
  • Parks, Recreation, Leisure, Fitness, and Kinesiology, Other
  • Physical Sciences, Other
  • Physics, General
  • Physiology, General
  • Plant Pathology/Phytopathology
  • Poultry Science
  • Professional, Technical, Business, and Scientific Writing
  • Psychology, General
  • Psychology, Other
  • Public Administration
  • Public/Applied History
  • Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
  • Social Sciences, Other
  • Social Work
  • Sociology, General
  • Soil Science and Agronomy, General
  • Special Education and Teaching, General
  • Statistics, General
  • Systems Science and Theory
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other
  • Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education
  • Textile Sciences and Engineering
  • Toxicology
  • Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General
  • Visual and Performing Arts, Other
  • Wood Science and Wood Products/Pulp and Paper Technology/Technician
  • Zoology/Animal Biology

ADVANCED CREDIT/PLACEMENT
Credit placement options:
  • credit for CEEB Advanced Placement (scores of 2 or higher)
  • credit for CLEP subject
  • credit for international baccalaureate

CERTIFICATES OFFERED
  • True
 
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