College profile
North Carolina A & T State University
NC · Public · Large city · 30,717 applicants 2023
A parent's read
- Top feeder high schools: Cape Henry Collegiate School (2), Avenues the World School (1), Prestonwood Christian Academy (1), Providence Day School (1), The Haverford School (1). Graduates per class year, from each high school's own published list. 20 high schools' lists name North Carolina A & T State University; every one is ranked below.
- The major moves the money more than the admit letter. Chemical Engineering grads from here earn about $109,537 four years out; sports, kinesiology, and physical education grads about $42,978 — a 2.5× spread on the same diploma. Have the major conversation before you deposit, not after.
- The payoff holds even at full price: roughly 5× over a decade. With no aid at all — the full in-state ~$20,427/yr — a decade of median earnings (~$44,440/yr) still runs about 5× the four-year cost. This payoff doesn't depend on qualifying for anything. (Out-of-state costs more.)
- Ask the submit question deliberately. This college is test-optional — but at many such colleges, applicants who submit strong scores are admitted at meaningfully higher rates. “Optional” is a strategy decision, not a pass.
Composed from this page's data — every claim is backed by a number in the sections below.
Feeder high schools
Which high schools send graduates to North Carolina A & T State University?
The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to North Carolina A & T State University, from each school's own published list: Cape Henry Collegiate School (2), Avenues the World School (1), Prestonwood Christian Academy (1), Providence Day School (1), The Haverford School (1). 20 high schools' lists name North Carolina A & T State University.
Enrolled — from the schools' matriculation lists
All 20 schools, with the class years each list covers
Published, but not ranked — these schools name North Carolina A & T State University on a list of where their graduates enrolled whose class years we cannot read ("Since 2023", or no class year printed), so their totals are shown rather than divided: Garrison Forest School (1, Three-Year Survey); The Lovett School (1, List as of 5/1/2026 (no class year printed on the list itself; page 2 header reads "College Acceptance and Matriculation" and links this file as the "Class of 2026 matriculation list")).
How this is counted
20 high schools publish a numbered matriculation list — where their graduates actually enrolled, counted, in the school's own School Profile — and name North Carolina A & T State University on it. Between them they printed 23 enrolled graduates. Ranked by graduates per class year enrolling at North Carolina A & T State University, from each school's own published list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, so a one-year list and a five-year list can sit on the same page. A list whose class years we cannot read is not divided by a guess — it is listed below with its total instead.
Is my high school on this list?
Admitted — from the schools' acceptance lists
All 6 schools, with the class years each list covers
How this is counted
6 high schools publish a numbered list of college acceptances — where their graduates were admitted, not where they enrolled — and name North Carolina A & T State University on it. Between them they printed 15 admissions. Ranked by admissions per class year to North Carolina A & T State University, from each school's own published acceptances list: the number that school printed, divided by the class years its list covers. Admits are counted at each college a student was admitted to, the same way the UC Reach Score counts a student admitted to three UC campuses three times — so this is a count of admissions, not of students. The published total and the school's own years label are shown beside every school, and a list whose class years we cannot read is listed below with its total rather than divided by a guess.
All 25 feeder schools, ranked →
Counted from each school's own published document, linked on that school's page. A high school that is not here does not publish a numbered list we could read — that is all absence means, and it says nothing about its graduates. Where a school publishes both, the two lists are shown separately: an acceptances list is not a list of enrollments, and the two are never added together.
Parent/student verdict
Moderately selectiveSolid match for academically prepared students. Affordable — net price averages ~$10,846/yr among aid recipients. Major value play for in-state residents.
Best for
- In-state residents (tuition ~$6,813 — major value play)
- Students drawn to Engineering or Liberal Arts, Humanities, & General Studies (the two biggest majors)
- Research-curious students (R2 — active research output)
The reality
- You'd be near the bottom of their admitted class if: SAT below 960, or ACT below 16 (test bands are the school's own; the GPA floor is our estimate, not a published figure)
- Out-of-state tuition is 3.0× the in-state rate
Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price with aid and at full price, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.
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Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
13% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, 15% an ACT — these ranges describe students who submitted, not the whole class.
Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.
Outcomes & cost
What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.
Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).
The real cost
What North Carolina A & T State University actually costs
Which side your family lands on isn't set by any national income line — it's set by North Carolina A & T State University's own aid decision: the gap between its price and your family's finances.
Your odds + estimated cost across your whole college list, side by side.
The payoffTen years of typical graduate pay minus four years of cost — how many dollars ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten. Check both the full-price and with-aid versions to see which applies to you; median pay reflects who a college admits and what they study as much as the college itself., both ways
+$363K ahead at full price +$401K with aidSource: College Scorecard (average net price among Title IV first-time, full-time undergraduates who received aid) and each college's published cost of attendance. We don't show the federal net-price-by-income brackets: their categories were fixed in 2008 and never adjusted, and none of the averages is your family's own number — the full story. Payoff = (10-yr median earnings × 10) − (4 years of cost), in dollars — how far ahead a typical graduate runs by year ten; medians travel with the students a college admits and the majors they choose as much as with the college itself. Full price is the published cost of attendance, largely in-state for publics; earnings are 10 years after enrollment, all majors combined.
What students study here
Most popular majors at North Carolina A & T State University
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what North Carolina A & T State University actually graduates — not just what it markets.
What those majors earn here
Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major — North Carolina A & T State University's own graduates, not national averages.
| Major (CIP) | 4-yr earnings |
|---|---|
| Chemical Engineering. | $109,537 |
| Computer Science. | $105,342 |
| Computer Engineering. | $98,567 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | $98,061 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | $93,564 |
| Industrial Engineering. | $93,183 |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering. | $91,235 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | $85,463 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | $81,704 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | $77,940 |
Sources: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a; bachelor's-level first majors, 2-digit CIP family — share is of the top 5 only) · College Scorecard program-level outcomes (PP-FOS). Full college-vs-major comparison: /college-outcomes →
Student body & economic mobility
Who attends here — and what the campus adds.
Opportunity Insights data. It measures two things at once: how many lower-income students a college enrols, and how many of them reach the top earnings quintile later. A high rate says the college does both — it does not establish that the campus caused the earnings, because the students it admits differ from the students it doesn't. Read it as a signal about access and destination, not as proof of value added.
Full leaderboards: /college-mobility →
AI program signal
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At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantNorth Carolina A & T State University is a public four-year college in NC. It admitted 46% of applicants (30,717 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.
Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 960–1190, ACT 16–22. 13% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, 15% an ACT — these ranges describe students who submitted, not the whole class.
Cost: about $10,846 a year on average with aid, $20,427 a year at full price for in-state students.
Median earnings ten years after entry: $44,440 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $401,016 ahead with aid, $362,692 ahead at full price.
Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Chemical Engineering ($109,537); Computer Science ($105,342); Computer Engineering ($98,567).
Economic mobility (Opportunity Insights): 17% of students came from families in the bottom fifth of income, and 16% of those reached the top fifth as adults.
High schools that publish a numbered matriculation list and name North Carolina A & T State University: 20, 23 enrolled students between them — ranked by graduates per class year, most often Cape Henry Collegiate School (2.0 per class year, 2 over 1 class year, Class of 2025); Avenues the World School (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, CLASSES OF 2023–2026, counted column "CLASS OF 2026"); Prestonwood Christian Academy (1.0 per class year, 1 over 1 class year, Class of 2025). Each figure is the number that school printed divided by the class years its own list covers; the totals and years are shown. These are the schools that publish such a list, not every school that sends students; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/north-carolina-a-and-t-state-university.
High schools that publish a numbered list of college acceptances naming North Carolina A & T State University: 6, 15 admissions between them — ranked by admissions per class year, most often Chaminade College Preparatory (2.0 per class year, 2 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); The Baldwin School (2.0 per class year, 2 over 1 class year, Class of 2026); Key School (0.8 per class year, 5 over 6 class years, 2021 - 2026, counted column "Acceptances"). Admits are counted at each college, so this counts admissions, not students. These are a different set of documents from the matriculation lists above and the two are never added together; full list: https://highschoolreach.com/leaderboards/feeder-schools/north-carolina-a-and-t-state-university.
Machine-readable version of this page: https://highschoolreach.com/colleges/north-carolina-a-and-t-state-university.json
Questions families ask
What is North Carolina A & T State University's acceptance rate? North Carolina A & T State University is a public four-year college in NC. It admitted 46% of applicants (30,717 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.
Does North Carolina A & T State University require the SAT or ACT? North Carolina A & T State University is a public four-year college in NC. It admitted 46% of applicants (30,717 applied, 2023). Test policy: Test-optional.
What SAT or ACT scores do North Carolina A & T State University students have? Middle 50% of enrolled first-years who submitted that test: SAT 960–1190, ACT 16–22. 13% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, 15% an ACT — these ranges describe students who submitted, not the whole class.
How much does North Carolina A & T State University cost? Cost: about $10,846 a year on average with aid, $20,427 a year at full price for in-state students.
What do North Carolina A & T State University graduates earn? Median earnings ten years after entry: $44,440 a year. Payoff, meaning ten years of that pay minus four years of cost: $401,016 ahead with aid, $362,692 ahead at full price.
Which majors at North Carolina A & T State University pay the most? Highest median earnings four years after the degree, by program: Chemical Engineering ($109,537); Computer Science ($105,342); Computer Engineering ($98,567).
Which high schools send the most graduates to North Carolina A & T State University? The high schools sending the most graduates per class year to North Carolina A & T State University, from each school's own published list: Cape Henry Collegiate School (2), Avenues the World School (1), Prestonwood Christian Academy (1), Providence Day School (1), The Haverford School (1). 20 high schools' lists name North Carolina A & T State University.
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