NORTH CAROLINA AGRICULTURAL AND TECHNICAL STATE UNIVERSITY C-6

1601 East Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27411
Tel: (336)334-7500
Admissions: (336)334-7946
Fax: (336)334-7082
Web Site: http://www.ncat.edu/

Description:

State-supported, university, coed. Part of University of North Carolina System. Awards bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees. Founded 1891. Setting: 191-acre urban campus. Endowment: $10.4 million. Research spending 2003-04: $1.3 million. Educational spending 2003-04: $5741 per student. Total enrollment: 9,115. Faculty: 458. Student-undergrad faculty ratio is 17:1. 5,636 applied, 81% were admitted. 8% from top 10% of their high school class, 17% from top quarter, 49% from top half. 7 National Merit Scholars. Full-time: 7,197 students, 52% women, 48% men. Part-time: 785 students, 48% women, 52% men. Students come from 42 states and territories, 20% from out-of-state, 0.4% Native American, 1% Hispanic, 92% black, 1% Asian American or Pacific Islander, 1% international, 21% 25 or older, 29% live on campus, 6% transferred in. Retention: 77% of full-time freshmen returned the following year. Core. Calendar: semesters. Academic remediation for entering students, services for LD students, advanced placement, honors program, summer session for credit, part-time degree program, adult/continuing education programs, co-op programs and internships, graduate courses open to undergrads. Off campus study at University of North Carolina at Greensboro, Guilford College, Bennett College, High Point University, Greensboro College. Study abroad program. ROTC: Army, Air Force.

Entrance Requirements:

Options: Peterson's Universal Application, early admission, deferred admission. Required: high school transcript, minimum 2.0 high school GPA. Recommended: SAT or ACT. Entrance: moderately difficult. Application deadline: 6/1. Notification: continuous.

Costs Per Year:

Application fee: $35. State resident tuition: $1769 full-time, $361.80 per credit hour part-time. Nonresident tuition: $11,211 full-time, $1,542.05 per credit hour part-time. Mandatory fees: $1297 full-time. College room and board: $5070. College room only: $2700.

Collegiate Environment:

Orientation program. Drama-theater group, choral group, marching band, student-run newspaper, radio station. Social organizations: national fraternities, national sororities, local fraternities, local sororities; 1% of eligible men and 1% of eligible women are members. Most popular organization: student government. Major annual events: Martin Luther King's Birthday, Homecoming, Commencement. Student services: health clinic, personal-psychological counseling. Campus security: 24-hour emergency response devices and patrols, late night transport-escort service, controlled dormitory access. Options: coed, men-only, women-only housing available. F. D. Bluford Library plus 1 other with 541,403 books, 1.1 million microform titles, 31,674 serials, and 35,735 audiovisual materials. Operations spending 2003-04: $3.4 million. 250 computers available on campus for general student use. A campuswide network can be accessed from off-campus. Staffed computer lab on campus.

Community Environment:

See Greensboro College.