North Carolina A & T State University

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for North Carolina A & T State University

North Carolina A & T State University operates as a public institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina (city: large), with a total reported enrollment of 12,182 students of which 13,493 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. North Carolina A & T State University is categorized as “16” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 49.9%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,074 and an ACT midpoint of 19. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $10,846, with published in-state tuition of $6,813 and a Pell grant recipient share of 52.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $27,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 56.2%, and the first-year retention rate is 77.5%. Graduates earn a median of $44,440 ten years after enrolling, compared with $36,638 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 458100.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 51.5% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.