We Attract The Brightest Minds

Our 2012 freshman class was the academically strongest in the university’s history, with average SAT scores above 1,200 and average weighted GPAs above 4.3.

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Most Desired

The Wall Street Journal named NC State graduates among the top 20 university graduates most desired by recruiters. That’s why 74.3 percent of the 2012 senior class either had a job or were attending graduate/professional school within four months of graduation.

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World of Your Craft

The Lulu eGames is an annual competition for students from all disciplines to develop solutions to real-world challenges. The event is hosted by NC State’s Entrepreneurship Initiative in partnership with Lulu.com.

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Sweetest Garage Ever

The Garage is a 2,000-square-foot student entrepreneurial workspace managed by the Entrepreneurship Initiative and sponsored by Red Hat, the world’s leading provider of open-source software solutions. The Garage includes meeting rooms with interactive white boards, computer work stations, basic laboratory space, a woodworking shop and an electronics work area.

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Big Data = Great Jobs

The Institute for Advanced Analytics is home of the nation’s first Master of Science in Analytics program, teaching students how to turn big data into useful information. Over each of the past five years, more than 90 percent of the institute’s graduates have gotten job offers before graduation.

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