College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

North Carolina State University at Raleigh

Raleigh, NC · Public · Bachelor-granting · 27,371 undergrads · 42% admitted

Do students finish?

85% complete

Most students who start here finish.

What does it cost?

$26,425/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships. ~$105,700 over four years if you finish on time.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$68,758 median, 10 yrs after entry

25th pct $45,891 median $68,758 75th pct $99,809

82% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

58 Bachelor's programs · $17,554 to $73,857 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt

Computer Science.Bachelor's $73,857 $20,500

Chemical Engineering.Bachelor's $73,222 $21,155

Computer Engineering.Bachelor's $69,627 $22,681

Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $68,806 $23,500

Nuclear Engineering.Bachelor's $66,420 $23,250

Industrial Engineering.Bachelor's $66,081 $21,096

Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $64,232 $23,140

Civil Engineering.Bachelor's $63,383 $23,972

Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering.Bachelor's $63,111 $20,750

Engineering, General.Bachelor's $61,567 —

Agricultural Engineering.Bachelor's $59,810 $25,000

Applied Mathematics.Bachelor's $56,954 $21,976

Forestry.Bachelor's $54,960 $21,750

Architecture.Bachelor's $53,848 $25,759

Materials Engineering.Bachelor's $53,714 $21,111

Statistics.Bachelor's $52,455 $23,430

Food Science and Technology.Bachelor's $50,459 $18,921

Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $49,783 $19,500

Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $49,578 $19,028

Business/Managerial Economics.Bachelor's $49,220 $22,062

Biomedical/Medical Engineering.Bachelor's $48,979 $19,872

Mathematics.Bachelor's $47,941 $19,949

Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $46,979 $18,500

Textile Sciences and Engineering.Bachelor's $45,374 $22,773

Chemistry.Bachelor's $44,209 $16,500

Agricultural Mechanization.Bachelor's $43,530 —

Agricultural Business and Management.Bachelor's $43,092 $19,500

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $41,060 $23,129

Environmental Control Technologies/Technicians.Bachelor's $40,350 $21,141

Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $39,620 $21,500

Microbiological Sciences and Immunology.Bachelor's $39,532 $22,956

Design and Applied Arts.Bachelor's $38,731 $19,500

Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.Bachelor's $37,773 $20,029

Science, Technology and Society.Bachelor's $37,598 $20,846

Plant Sciences.Bachelor's $37,111 $19,432

Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology.Bachelor's $36,488 $22,000

Agriculture, General.Bachelor's $35,692 $19,500

Physics.Bachelor's $34,952 $22,710

Criminology.Bachelor's $34,305 $20,374

Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.Bachelor's $34,163 $19,000

Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $34,004 $20,500

Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $33,358 $20,000

Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management.Bachelor's $31,983 $19,000

Sociology.Bachelor's $31,753 $18,200

Natural Resources Conservation and Research.Bachelor's $31,727 $21,073

Animal Sciences.Bachelor's $31,223 $20,921

Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services.Bachelor's $31,164 $19,000

Nutrition Sciences.Bachelor's $30,421 $20,405

Botany/Plant Biology.Bachelor's $29,699 $24,875

International/Globalization Studies.Bachelor's $29,355 $22,366

English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $28,983 $20,724

History.Bachelor's $28,855 $16,500

Biology, General.Bachelor's $27,992 $20,500

Anthropology.Bachelor's $27,417 $23,953

Psychology, General.Bachelor's $27,334 $20,063

Social Work.Bachelor's $26,792 $17,423

Zoology/Animal Biology.Bachelor's $20,595 $20,500

Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management.Bachelor's $17,554 —

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt

$17,320

≈ 25% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (97 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website