University Planning & Analysis
N.C. State University
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| Cohort Year ====> | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freshmen | |||||||||||
| Applied | 11,060 | 12,227 | 12,040 | 11,835 | 12,153 | 12,852 | 13,947 | 13,620 | 15,500 | 16,376 | |
| Admitted | 7,621 | 7,555 | 7,824 | 7,789 | 7,178 | 7,947 | 8,186 | 9,039 | 9,470 | 9,869 | |
| Admit/App % | 68.9% | 61.8% | 65.0% | 65.8% | 59.1% | 61.8% | 58.7% | 66.4% | 61.1% | 60.3% | |
| Enrolled | 3,641 | 3,553 | 3,748 | 3,831 | 3,628 | 3,851 | 3,847 | 4,253 | 4,559 | 4,791 | |
| Enroll/Admit % | 47.8% | 47.0% | 47.9% | 49.2% | 50.5% | 48.5% | 47.0% | 47.1% | 48.1% | 48.5% | |
| Freshman Score Profile | |||||||||||
| SAT Verbal - Average | 567 | 577 | 578 | 573 | 578 | 580 | 580 | 576 | 572 | 570 | |
| SAT Math - Average | 592 | 602 | 607 | 602 | 615 | 615 | 613 | 610 | 610 | 604 | |
| SAT Writing - Average | 555 | 557 | |||||||||
| SAT Total | 1159 | 1179 | 1185 | 1175 | 1193 | 1195 | 1193 | 1186 | 1182 | 1174 | |
| Middle - 50 % Range | |||||||||||
| SAT Verbal | 520-610 | 530-620 | 530-630 | 520-620 | 530-630 | 530-630 | 530-630 | 530-620 | 520-620 | 520-620 | |
| SAT Math | 530-650 | 550-650 | 550-660 | 550-660 | 560-670 | 570-670 | 570-660 | 560-660 | 560-660 | 560-650 | |
| SAT Writing | 510-600 | 510-610 | |||||||||
| High School GPA | 3.80 | 3.86 | 3.94 | 3.91 | 4.00 | 4.05 | 4.09 | 4.07 | 4.11 | 4.12 | |
| High School Rank - Avg | 81.2 | 82.7 | 82.8 | 81.7 | 83.1 | 84.2 | 84.6 | 82.9 | 83.2 | 82.5 | |
| % in top 10th of HS class | 33.5 | 36.2 | 36.9 | 34.8 | 37.4 | 39.6 | 42.8 | 36.0 | 37.0 | 34.0 | |
| Number Valedictorians | 97 | 75 | 99 | 89 | 72 | 88 | 75 | 70 | 77 | 70 | |
| Number Salutatorians | 69 | 67 | 80 | 75 | 86 | 72 | 77 | 67 | 65 | 67 | |
| Freshman Demographics | |||||||||||
| Male (%) | 58.1 | 57.6 | 56.6 | 57.2 | 57.0 | 56.8 | 56.0 | 55.1 | 54.9 | 54.5 | |
| Female | 41.9 | 42.4 | 43.4 | 42.8 | 43.0 | 43.2 | 44.0 | 44.9 | 45.1 | 45.5 | |
| White (%) | 80.4 | 82.8 | 80.4 | 80.6 | 81.3 | 82.3 | 79.9 | 80.2 | 79.3 | 79.4 | |
| African American | 12.1 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 10.9 | 11.1 | 9.9 | 10.7 | 9.5 | 8.9 | 9.0 | |
| Native American | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.6 | |
| Asian | 4.5 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 5.1 | 5.0 | |
| Hispanic | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 | 2.7 | |
| International | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.6 | |
| Not Reported | 1.1 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | |||||||
| In State (%) | 88.7 | 87.3 | 88.9 | 87.5 | 89.2 | 88.8 | 90.0 | 90.7 | 91.2 | 91.4 | |
| Out of State | 10.7 | 11.7 | 10.0 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 10.5 | 9.4 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 8.1 | |
| International | 0.6 | 1.0 | 1.1 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 0.5 | |
| Freshman Persistence Rates | |||||||||||
| in 1 year | 88 | 89 | 89 | 89 | 90 | 91 | 89 | 89 | 89 | ||
| 2 years | 79 | 81 | 81 | 82 | 83 | 84 | 83 | 83 | |||
| 3 years | 75 | 78 | 78 | 79 | 79 | 81 | 80 | ||||
| Freshman Graduation Rates | |||||||||||
| in 4 years | 30 | 36 | 37 | 37 | 39 | 42 | |||||
| 5 years | 61 | 65 | 65 | 65 | 66 | ||||||
| 6 years | 67 | 71 | 70 | 70 | |||||||