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Comparing NC State to Peer Institutions

2007-08 Admissions Statistics
for NC State's Official Peer Institutions

(Ranked in order of Number of Applications)

Institution
# Applicants
# Acceptances
# Enrolled
Accept/ Enrolled Rate
Enrolled/ Accept Rate
Penn State Univ.
39,551
20,156
6,495
51%
32%
Univ  of California – Davis
35,148
20,598
4,955
59%
24%
Cornell Univ
30,383
6,503
3,055
21%
47%
Univ of Minnesota
26,097
14,823
5,280
57%
36%
Purdue Univ. - Main Campus
25,929
20,429
6,755
79%
33%
Univ. of Wisconsin – Madison 
24,870
13,977
5,996
56%
43%
Michigan State 
24,436
18,040
7,541
74%
42%
Univ. of Maryland
24,172
11,370
4,236
47%
37%
University of Florida
24,126
10,158
6,441
42%
63%
Univ of Illinois – Urbana 
21,645
15,361
6,948
71%
45%
Ohio State 
21,508
12,697
6,168
59%
49%
Virginia Tech
19,429
13,031
5,122
67%
39%
Texas A&M Univ
18,817
14,380
8,094
76%
56%
Univ. of Georgia
17,022
9,242
4,721
54%
51%
NC State Univ
16,437
9,869
4,791
60%
49%
Iowa State Univ  
11,058
9,832
4,347
89%
44%
Georgia  Tech
9,664
6,122
2,628
63%
43%


Source: U.S. News and World Report College Rankings, August 2008
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