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#24 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#44 Best Value Schools
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#54 Regional Universities South
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#7 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#21 Top Public Schools
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#11 Historically Black Colleges and Universities
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#466-#504 Business Programs
North Carolina Central University is ranked #54 in Regional Universities South. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
43
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
29
Graduation and retention rank
49
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
44%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
80%
Social Mobility Rank
7
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
44%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
50%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
41%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
5
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
2.5
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
74
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
19
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
84%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
69%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
38.9%
Classes with 50 or more students
4%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
15:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
112
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
900-1050
First-year students in top 25 percent of high school class (2.25%)
21%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
43
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
24
Average alumni giving rate
10%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
