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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 in Top Ranks of U.S. Universities

American Association of Engineering Profiles, 2007

  • 6th among All U.S. Engineering Colleges in Number of B.S. Degrees Awarded
  • 11th among All U.S. Engineering Colleges in Number of B.S. Degrees Awarded to Women
  • 7th among All U.S. Engineering Colleges in Number of B.S. Degrees Awarded to African Americans

Association of Research Libraries Membership Index, 2007

  • 18th in Public University Libraries

Center for World-Class Universities, 2008

  • 111th in the Top 500 World Ranking 

Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System 

  • 5th in Engineering M.S. degrees awarded among official 16 peers (2007)
  • 6th in Engineering Doctorates awarded among official 16 peers (2007)

Kiplinger Magazine, 2008

  • 18th in Best Value

National Science Foundation 

  • 4th in Industry Research Funding among universities without medical schools (2008) 
  • 9th in Total Research Expenditures Among Public Universities Without Medical Schools  (2006)
  • 25th in Graduate Students in Science and Engineering Fields in Doctorate-Granting Institutions (2006)
  • 33rd in Total Research Expenditures Among Public Universities (2006)
Princeton Review, 2009 
  • 6th in Best Overall Public University Value 
The Center for Measuring University Performance
  • 11th among American Public Research Universities without medical schools (2007)
  • 29th among public American Research Universities (2007)
  • 30th in National Academy Membership among Public Universities (2006)
  • 30th in Faculty Awards among Public Universities (2006)
  • 26th in the Number of Awarded Doctorates among Public Universities (2006)  
  • 17th in Annual Giving among Public Universities (2006)
  • 49th in Endowment Assets among Public Universities (2006)
U.S. News & World Report, 2008
  • 83rd National Universities Ranking 
  • 37th Public National Doctoral Ranking
  • 73rd High School Counselor Ranking
  • 4th in Best Overall Public University Value
  • 13 Graduate Programs among top 30 Public Universities
  • 28th in Undergraduate Engineering Program  
  • 10th in Undergraduate Agricultural Engineering     
  • 20th in Undergraduate Chemical Engineering   
  • 20th in Undergraduate Environmental Engineering
  • 15th in Undergraduate Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering  
  • 83rd in Undergraduate Business
  • 30th in Graduate Engineering
  • 26th in Graduate Aerospace Engineering  
  • 23rd in Graduate Applied Mathematics
  • 59th in Graduate Business   
  • 20th in Graduate Chemical and Biomedical Engineering
  • 20th in Graduate City Management and Urban Policy
  • 24th in Graduate Civil Engineering
  • 37th in Graduate Computer Engineering 
  • 48th in Graduate Computer Science
  • 48th in Graduate Economics    
  • 26th in Graduate Electrical Engineering
  • 7th in Graduate Graphic Design
  • 14th in Graduate Industrial Engineering
  • 22nd in Graduate Materials Engineering
  • 7th in Graduate Nuclear Engineering  
  • 46th in Graduate Sociology     
  • 5th in Graduate Veterinary Medicine 
  • 1st in Textiles (2007)   

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