North Carolina State University--Raleigh Academic Life

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The student-faculty ratio at North Carolina State University--Raleigh is 18:1, and the school has 20.8 percent of its classes with fewer than 20 students. The most popular majors at North Carolina State University--Raleigh include: Engineering; Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services; Biological and Biomedical Sciences; Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences; and Social Sciences. The average freshman retention rate, an indicator of student satisfaction, is 90.5 percent.

Faculty & Classes

General education/core curriculum required Yes
Coursework required for graduation
Arts/fine arts Foreign languages
Humanities Sciences (biological or physical)
Computer literacy History
Mathematics Social science
English (including composition)
Class sizes
Class sizes
Student-faculty ratio 18:1
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Full-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution
Part-time faculty gender distribution

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Majors

Five most popular majors for 2011 graduates
Engineering 23%
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services 14%
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 11%
Agriculture, Agriculture Operations, and Related Sciences 6%
Social Sciences 6%

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Academic Programs & Offerings

Degrees offered Certificate, Associate, Bachelor's, Post-bachelor's certificate, Master's, Post-master's certificate, Doctorate - professional practice, Doctorate - research/scholarship
Combined-degree programs Biomedical Engineering (graduate level) with UNC-CH; Family and Consumer Sciences (Master's Degree) with UNC-G
Student participation in special academic programs
First-year experiences 16.4%
Service learning N/A
Senior capstone or culminating academic experience N/A
Writing in the disciplines N/A
Undergraduate research/creative projects N/A
Learning communities N/A

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Graduation & Retention

Average freshman retention rate 91%
4-year graduation rate 41

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* Academic Life details based on 2011 data

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