How many students at NCSU? For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 36,700 students have enrolled in North Carolina State University at Raleigh with 26,254 undergraduate and 10,446 graduate students.

By gender, 18,643 male and 18,057 female students are attending the school.

It has relatively many students compared to similar colleges (33,713 students in average - public Research University (very high research activity)).

3,124 students are enrolled exclusively, and 13,593 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.


Student Population by Gender

North Carolina State University at Raleigh has a total of 36,700 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 26,254 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 10,446 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 18,643 male and 18,057 female students (the male-female ratio is 51:49) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total36,70026,25410,446
Men18,64313,2875,356
Women18,05712,9675,090
North Carolina State University at Raleigh 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartNorth Carolina State University at Raleigh 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartNorth Carolina State University at Raleigh 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 22,487 White, 2,303 Black, and 2,983 Asian students out of a total of 36,700 are attending at North Carolina State University at Raleigh. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in chart below (academic year 2022-2023 data).

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American1236360
Asian2,9831,4911,492
Black2,3039731,330
Hispanic2,5701,2111,359
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders24159
White22,48711,26511,222
Two or more races1,465686779
Race Unknown776406370
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American934845
Asian2,4421,2201,222
Black1,540706834
Hispanic2,0861,0081,078
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders19118
White17,5058,9218,584
Two or more races1,202563639
Race Unknown583324259
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American301515
Asian541271270
Black763267496
Hispanic484203281
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders541
White4,9822,3442,638
Two or more races263123140
Race Unknown19382111
North Carolina State University at Raleigh 2023 Student Population by Gender and Race chartNorth Carolina State University at Raleigh 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chartNorth Carolina State University at Raleigh 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Gender and Race chart

Student Age Distribution

By age, NCSU has 630 students under 18 years old and 24 students over 65 years old. There are 28,396 students under 25 years old, and 8,304 students over 25 years old out of 36,700 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 629 students are younger than 18 and 8 students are older than 65. NCSU has 24,961 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 1,293 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at NCSU, 1 students are younger than 18 and 16 students are older than 65. It has 3,435 graduate students aged under 25 and 7,011 students aged 25 and over.

Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18630310320
18-1911,0955,8035,292
20-2110,6945,3585,336
22-245,9772,6153,362
25-294,3382,0252,313
30-341,777800977
35-39931468463
40-49861464397
50-64373207166
Over 6524717
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18629310319
18-1911,0935,8015,292
20-2110,4185,2275,191
22-242,8211,0631,758
25-29662294368
30-34272110162
35-391476285
40-491537182
50-64512526
Over 65844
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 18101
18-19220
20-21276131145
22-243,1561,5521,604
25-293,6761,7311,945
30-341,505690815
35-39784406378
40-49708393315
50-64322182140
Over 6516313
North Carolina State University at Raleigh 2023 Student Population by Age chartNorth Carolina State University at Raleigh 2023 Student Population Age Diversity Pie chartNorth Carolina State University at Raleigh 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment by Age chartNorth Carolina State University at Raleigh 2023 Undergraduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chartNorth Carolina State University at Raleigh 2023 Graduate Enrollment by Age chartNorth Carolina State University at Raleigh 2023 Graduate Enrollment Age Diversity Pie chart

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At North Carolina State University at Raleigh, 3,124 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 13,593 students are enrolled in some online courses.

2,633 students lived in North Carolina or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 491 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students36,7003,12413,593
Undergraduate26,25470612,082
Graduate10,4462,4181,511
Online Student Population by Locality
North Carolina ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students2,63340685
Undergraduate6157516
Graduate2,01833169
North Carolina State University at Raleigh 2023 Online Student Population chart

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 26,254 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,284 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.89%.1,186 students have transferred in as full-time status and 98 students transferred in as part-time status.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time22,642
Transfer-in Full-time1,186
Regular Part-time2,328
Transfer-in Part-time98

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