North Carolina
A & T State University
Public Research University in Greensboro, NC. Six-year graduation rate 57%. Median 10-year earnings $44,440.
Ten years after entry, the median North Carolina A & T State University student earns $44,440 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. 57% finish within six years — respectable, though a meaningful share still leave without a credential. Median debt at graduation reaches $27,000, heavy enough to shape the years right after the degree. Mobility is where this school separates itself: 2.7% of students move from the bottom income quintile to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Debt-to-income ratio 0.61 — elevated (above 0.60)
Admissions
Selectivity is real here: only 50% of applicants are offered a place. 36,496 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. Only 15% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. 19% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score. The bands below describe the middle half of that group, not of the class.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 510–600 | 511 (19%) |
| SAT Math | 510–590 | |
| ACT Composite | 17–23 | 552 (20%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Six-year completion sits at 57%, meaning about two in five students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 78% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Transfer-out runs to 23% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Retention drops to 56% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 11,925 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $10,097 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The income table below is the number that matters — $8,223 at $0–30k versus $17,311 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 76% of students at an average of $10,690. Most students borrow — 56% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 2,723 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $8,223 |
| $30–48k | $9,462 |
| $48–75k | $11,973 |
| $75–110k | $16,454 |
| $110k+ | $17,311 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 6,689 of these 11,925 students, totalling $44,017,185 — an average of $6,581 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Guilford County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)