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#61 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#69 Best Value Schools
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#34 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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#28 Entrepreneurship
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#6 Biological / Agricultural
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#29 Biomedical
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#22 Chemical
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#20 Civil
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#28 Computer
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#32 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#21 Environmental / Environmental Health
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#13 Industrial / Manufacturing
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#15 Materials
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#52 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#31 Most Innovative Schools
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#224 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#34 Top Public Schools
North Carolina State University--Raleigh is ranked #84 in National Universities. 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
54
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
89
Graduation and retention rank
78
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
79%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
94%
Social Mobility Rank
224
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
76%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
83%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
79%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
2
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
3.2
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
194
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
121
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
95%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
92%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
34.6%
Classes with 50 or more students
16%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
14:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
70
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1250-1390
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
48%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
103
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
115
Average alumni giving rate
10.3%
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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%)
