North Carolina State University--Raleigh is a public institution that was founded in the year 1887. It has undergraduate enrollment of around 25,246, its setting is urban, and the campus area is 2,200 acres. The University has a semester-based academic calendar. North Carolina State University—Raleigh is ranked 101 in the 2012 edition of best Colleges is National Universities.
North Carolina State University, also well known as NC State, is the biggest four-year college in state. As such, students have a surplus of choices, from more than 100 programs to major in to over 400 clubs and organizations to join. The university has a large Greek community that fields over 20 percent of the student body. For the other extracurricular activities, students can check out annual events in Raleigh, such as the North Carolina State Fair and Winterfest. On the sports fields, NC State is called as The Wolfpack and takes part in the NCAA Division I Atlantic Coast Conference (ACC).
NC State has a range of academic departments which serve graduate students, too, including a top ranked engineering school which is particularly well known for its nuclear and biological/agricultural/engineering programs; an education program; and Jenkins Graduate School of Management. Famous NC State graduates are the former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs and Olympic swimmer and the gold medalist Cullen Jones.
Campus Location
Box 7001
Raleigh, NC 27695
General Information
School type-public, coed college
Year founded-1887
Religious affiliation-N/A
Academic calendar-semester
Setting-urban