North Carolina State University Graduate Programs

North Carolina State University is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The location of the school is great for students who enjoy the amenities of city life.

Where Is North Carolina State University?

Contact details for NC State are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	2101 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27695-7001
Phone:	919-515-2011
Website:	www.ncsu.edu

North Carolina State University Graduate Student Diversity

Gender Diversity

Of the 10,326 graduate students at NC State, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of North Carolina State University graduate students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	549
Black or African American	800
Hispanic or Latino	428
White	5,419
International Students	2,649
Other Races/Ethnicities	481

Geographic Diversity

North Carolina students aren't the only ones who study at North Carolina State University. At this time, 42 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 103 countries are represented at NC State. The most popular countries sending students to the school are India, China, and South Korea.

Online Learning at North Carolina State University

There are 6 bachelor’s degree and 78 master’s degree programs available online at NC State. In 2022-2023, 16,717 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at NC State has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 3rd most popular in North Carolina for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of NC State majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	1%
Business, Management & Marketing	4%
Communication & Journalism	3%
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	30%
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	2%
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	3%
Natural Resources & Conservation	4%
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, & Fitness Studies	23%
Physical Sciences	3%
Social Sciences	4%

North Carolina State University Graduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods	22	324	0	346
Computer Science	6	109	27	142
Educational Administration	0	110	23	133
Teacher Education Grade Specific	19	113	0	132
Computer Software & Applications	0	115	0	115
Statistics	0	80	29	109
Mechanical Engineering	0	82	21	103
Electrical Engineering	1	74	27	102
Veterinary Medicine	0	0	99	99
Business Administration & Management	56	43	0	99
Textile Engineering	12	54	26	92
Social Work	0	89	0	89
Physiology & Pathology Sciences	0	83	0	83
Civil Engineering	3	44	33	80
Geography & Cartography	75	0	0	75
Natural Resources Conservation	16	50	5	71
Chemical Engineering	0	46	21	67
Recreation Administration	26	34	6	66
Computer Engineering	0	57	5	62
Animal Science	8	46	7	61
Student Counseling	11	45	0	56
Curriculum & Instruction	0	45	10	55
Public Administration	17	31	3	51
Marketing	47	0	0	47
Teacher Education Subject Specific	1	33	12	46
Materials Engineering	0	21	22	43
Biotechnology	16	26	0	42
Applied Mathematics	0	32	7	39
Systems Theory	0	36	3	39
Human Development & Family Studies	20	17	0	37
Physics	0	13	19	32
Industrial Engineering	0	25	6	31
Forestry	0	14	17	31
Zoology	0	16	14	30
General English Literature	0	30	0	30
Mathematics	5	9	16	30
Design & Applied Arts	0	30	0	30
Agricultural Engineering	4	16	9	29
Finance & Financial Management	28	0	0	28
Human Resource Management	28	0	0	28
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	0	22	6	28
Chemistry	0	2	26	28
General Psychology	0	9	19	28
Nuclear Engineering	0	16	11	27
Writing Studies	0	27	0	27
Plant Sciences	2	15	9	26
Educational Assessment	20	0	5	25
Manufacturing Engineering	0	25	0	25
Economics	0	17	8	25
International Relations & National Security	1	23	0	24
Public Relations & Advertising	8	15	0	23
Biomedical Engineering	0	10	12	22
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences	0	6	15	21
Agricultural Public Services	3	12	3	18
Liberal Arts General Studies	1	17	0	18
Architectural Sciences & Technology	0	17	0	17
Instructional Media Design	3	14	0	17
Linguistics & Comparative Literature	0	17	0	17
Botany/Plant Biology	0	4	11	15
Other Education	0	0	15	15
History	0	11	4	15
Food Science Technology	0	10	4	14
Genetics	0	7	7	14
Environmental Design	5	0	8	13
Environmental Engineering	0	13	0	13
Nutrition Science	0	9	4	13
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology	0	9	3	12
General Engineering	0	12	0	12
General Architecture	10	0	0	10
Operations Research	0	6	4	10
Other Physical Science	0	5	5	10
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	9	9
Radio, Television & Digital Communication	0	8	0	8
Sociology	0	2	6	8
Pharmacology & Toxicology	0	0	7	7
Soil Sciences	0	5	1	6
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics	0	2	4	6
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology	0	4	2	6
Natural Resource Management	0	6	0	6
Anthropology	0	6	0	6
General Biology	5	0	0	5
General Physical Sciences	5	0	0	5
Special Education	2	2	0	4
Energy Systems Technologies	4	0	0	4
Engineering-Related Fields	0	4	0	4
Computer Systems Networking	0	3	0	3
Other Engineering	0	3	0	3
Public Health	3	0	0	3
Homeland Security	3	0	0	3
Accounting	2	0	0	2
Agricultural Economics & Business	0	0	0	0
Agricultural Mechanization	0	0	0	0
Agricultural Production	0	0	0	0
General Agriculture	0	0	0	0
Horticulture	0	0	0	0
Other Agriculture	0	0	0	0
Business/Managerial Economics	0	0	0	0
Communication & Media Studies	0	0	0	0
General Education	0	0	0	0
Environmental Control Technology	0	0	0	0
Construction Engineering	0	0	0	0
Computational Science	0	0	0	0
International Studies	0	0	0	0
Science, Technology & Society	0	0	0	0
Health & Physical Education	0	0	0	0
Philosophy	0	0	0	0
Religious Studies	0	0	0	0
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology	0	0	0	0
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	0	0
Other Science Technologies/Technicians	0	0	0	0
Criminology	0	0	0	0
Political Science & Government	0	0	0	0
Arts & Media Management	0	0	0	0
Fine & Studio Arts	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	498	2,387	675	3,560

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Haruhide000 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.