North Carolina's Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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February 2010

North Carolina A&T State University

“High Research Activity”

North Carolina A&T began in 1891 by act of the North Carolina General Assembly as an agricultural and mechanical school to separately serve black students and spent its first three years as an annex of Shaw University in Raleigh. A group of Greensboro citizens donated 14 acres and raised $11,000 to locate it at its permanent home. Today, it is a public, land-grant constituent institution of the University of North Carolina system located on 200 acres in Greensboro offering baccalaureate, master’s and doctoral degrees.

Academic Emphasis: Engineering, science and technology, with programs also in business, education and liberal arts. 117 baccalaureate and 58 master’s degree programs. One of North Carolina’s three engineering schools, it offers the Ph.D. in mechanical, electrical and industrial engineering; energy and environmental systems; and leadership studies. It has the Carnegie Classification of a “high research activity” institution.

New or Noteworthy: A&T is the first HBCU to receive the prestigious Engineering Research Center grant awarded by the National Science Foundation for biomedical engineering and nano-bio applications research. It totals $18 million over five years with a 10-year life span. In 2007, A&T entered into a collaborative partnership with the University of North Carolina at Greensboro to establish Gateway University Research Park that will house academic research, corporate and community service agencies in life and physical sciences, engineering, technology and other applied science areas, as well as the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering offering master’s and doctoral degrees in nanoscience.

Tuition: $9,425 (in-state)
$18,867 (out-of-state)

Enrollment: 10,554

North Carolina A&T State University
1601 E. Market St.
Greensboro, NC 27411
336-334-7500
www.ncat.edu