One of 16 constituent universities in the University of North Carolina System, North Carolina A&T is a land-grant doctoral research institution described as R2 – High Research Activity by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. The university offers 114 degree programs and minors at the baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral levels, in addition to 19 certificate and professional development programs. In addition to its main campus, the university co-manages Gateway Research Park, which fosters technology transfer and regional economic development, and is a partner in both the Union Square health sciences campus in downtown Greensboro and the North Carolina Research Campus in Kannapolis.
N.C. A&T enrolls approximately 15,000 students, making it America’s largest historically Black university for the ninth consecutive year. It is America’s largest producer of Black graduates in engineering, agricultural science, journalism and liberal arts and is recognized as a national leader in STEM teaching and research. U.S. News & World Report ranks it among the nation’s top 50 national universities in innovation and among its top 40 in social mobility. It also lists A&T’s Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics among the nation’s top 100 graduate business programs, and graduate programs in rehabilitation counseling, industrial and systems engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering all among America’s top 150 .
The primary function of the Office of Undergraduate Admissions is to identify, attract, and enroll first year and transfer students with outstanding academic ability and potential.
