Admissions & selectivity
North Carolina A & T State University Acceptance Rate & Admissions
What is the acceptance rate at North Carolina A & T State University?
North Carolina A & T State University’s reported acceptance rate is 49.9%.
- Acceptance rate · Fall 2024
- 49.9%
Source: College Scorecard · Fall 2024 admissions. Acceptance rates can change from year to year; this figure does not predict the current or next admission cycle.
Source: North Carolina A & T State University Common Data Set 2024-25, C1 · first-time, first-year students.
How to interpret the acceptance rate
North Carolina A & T State University admits 49.9% of applicants, a rate below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size). In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 36,499 first-year applicants and 18,706 admitted applicants.
What SAT and ACT scores do enrolled North Carolina A & T State University students report?
In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported that 19% of enrolled first-year students submitted SAT scores, with the middle half of those submitters scoring between 1020 and 1180. Among enrolled first-year students who submitted ACT scores, representing 20% of the entering class, the middle half fell between 17 and 23.
The reported average high-school GPA was 3.73 for enrolled first-year students who reported a GPA. Among enrolled first-year students with a reported class rank, 1% finished in the upper tenth of their high-school class, 4% in the upper quarter, and 17% in the upper half.
Applicants should compare their own SAT and ACT results to the university’s 1020–1180 and 17–23 ranges, understanding that these describe enrolled score submitters rather than admission cutoffs.
The ranges below describe enrolled students who submitted test scores at North Carolina A & T State University. Use them as academic context, then check the university’s current testing policy for your application cycle.
19% of entering students submitted SAT scores
- 25th percentile
- 1020
- Median
- 1100
- 75th percentile
- 1180
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
20% of entering students submitted ACT scores
- 25th percentile
- 17
- Median
- 20
- 75th percentile
- 23
CDS 2024-25 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.
Source: North Carolina A & T State University Common Data Set 2024-25, C9 · Enrolled first-time, first-year score submitters.
Who enrolls at North Carolina A & T State University?
- Pell Grant recipients
- 52.3%
- Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group
- 20.6%
- First-year retention
- 77.5%
Retention source: College Scorecard; full-time first-year retention.
About these student measures
The entering-student group includes part-time entrants as well as other attendance patterns.
North Carolina A & T State University serves a broad undergraduate population that includes substantial federal grant aid use and an established transfer presence. 52.3% of undergraduates receive Pell Grants, and the estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 20.6%.
Federal enrollment data list 12,182 undergraduates, a composition that includes both grant-aided undergraduates and people continuing coursework begun elsewhere. In its 2024-25 Common Data Set, the university reported 3,033 degree-seeking transfer applicants, 1,510 admitted, and 696 enrolled.
The persistence picture is mixed: both retention and six-year completion sit below the medians for comparable institutions, and Pell recipients complete at a lower rate than the overall cohort. The first-year retention rate for full-time bachelor's-seeking entrants is 77.5%, below the peer median of 83.1% for comparable institutions.
The six-year graduation rate for the first-time full-time cohort is 57.2%, below the comparable-institution median of 65.0%. Pell recipients in that cohort have a six-year completion rate of 49.1%, below the overall rate by 8.1 percentage points.
Enrolled students can expect persistence and completion measures that trail the comparable-institution medians.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Admission rates describe past applicants, not an individual’s chance of admission; confirm requirements and deadlines with the institution.
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