Rankings
Whether it’s Princeton Review ranking NC State among the nation’s best values for universities or one of 81 nationwide "Colleges with a Conscience," NC State has a lot to be proud of. And Princeton Review is not alone. When it comes to recognizing NC State’s outstanding academic quality, affordable tuition rates, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios, financial aid and four-and-six year graduation rates, others agree. Kiplinger's Personal Finance ranked NC State University 12th and U.S. New & World Report ranked the university fifth among the nation's best values for colleges and universities.
It’s not just academic value that places NC State among the nation’s top 50 public universities. It’s a commitment to innovation that affects people’s lives in relevant and powerful ways. This page provides rankings from various sources and publications.
NC State University Rankings
Students
- 100+ national scholars and fellows in past five years
Faculty and Staff
- 17 members of the National Academies
- 4th among 16 peers in NSF CAREER faculty awards since 2003
Rankings
- America’s best value colleges (Princeton Review, 2007)
- 2nd best value among the nation’s public colleges and universities (Princeton Review, 2006)
- 5th in best overall university value among public universities (U.S. News & World Report, August 2006)
- 12th best value among the nation’s colleges and universities (Kiplinger’s Personal Finance, 2007)
- 27th among research-extensive public universities (The Center, 2006)
- 5th among public American research universities without medical schools (The Center, 2006)
- 19 graduate programs among top 30 public universities
- 5th among the nation's 28 colleges of veterinary medicine (U.S. News & World Report, 2008)
- 30th among the nation's top engineering programs (U.S. News & World Report, 2008)
- 4th in undergraduate engineering degrees and 3rd in total engineering degrees awarded
- 18th among public colleges of engineering in total research expenditures
- 59th among the nation's top MBA programs (U.S. News & World Report, 2008)
- Among the 25 “Most Connected Campuses” in the nation (Princeton Review, 2006)
- 18th among public university research libraries in North America
- 3rd in corporate fundraising among public universities
- Top 150 Universities in the World, and Top 77 in the Americas (Center for World-Class Universities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University)
Technology Transfer
- 3rd in "Patent Pipeline Power" of all universities in life sciences (The Scientist, June 2005)
- 9th among U.S. universities in patent production, quality and strength (IEEE Spectrum, Nov. 2006)