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N.C. A&T(North Carolina A & T State University)

School colors: Blue and gold

North Carolina A&T State University Springtime
Bw2217a, 2016-03-17, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Greensboro, North Carolina · Founded 1891

Public · Four-year · ~14,000 students

www.ncat.edu · official site

Founding

North Carolina A&T State University was founded in 1891 and began its first session in 1893 with 37 students at Shaw University in Raleigh. It became a constituent institution of the University of North Carolina System in 1971.

Source: History and Traditions, North Carolina A&T State University, read 2026-09-14.

What the school says about itself

On the record
  • As a public, high-research activity land-grant university, North Carolina A&T is a research engine, education center and economic catalyst serving not only this state, but the nation. Source, read 2026-09-17.

On the official record

Campus address
1601 E Market St, Greensboro, NC 27411
Control
Public
Students
~14,000 students
Directory id
199102
OPE id
00290500
Student aid
Takes part in Title IV student aid
Title III Part B list, FY 2026
Listed
Location
1601 E Market St, Greensboro, NC. See it on the Ledger map.
Where this location comes fromCampus location from IPEDS 2024-25This campus location comes from the federal IPEDS 2024-25 record, used as published, so the pin on the map is the campus.IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 collection, file dated 2025-09-21, retrieved 2026-09-14: coordinate 36.07282, -79.773375 as published. The Census Bureau geocoder also matched this address exactly on 2026-09-14.

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Sources

  1. U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics. IPEDS Institutional Characteristics, Directory information (HD2024), 2024-25 provisional data collection. Unit id 199102. https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/HD2024.zip. File dated 2025-09-21.
  2. U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education. Higher Education Programs Eligibility Matrix, sheet 'HBCU', dated 2026-06-08. https://www.ed.gov/media/document/fy-2026-higher-education-programs-eligibility-matrix-june-8-2026-114185.xlsx.
  3. History and Traditions, North Carolina A&T State University. https://www.ncat.edu/about/history-and-traditions/index.php. Read 2026-09-14.
  4. Students: 13,885 total, Fall 2023 (12,216 undergraduate, 1,669 graduate). IPEDS Fall Enrollment 2023, derived variables (DRVEF2023). https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/data/DRVEF2023.zip. File dated 2024-09-30, read 2026-09-17.
  5. About, North Carolina A&T State University. https://www.ncat.edu/about/. Read 2026-09-17.
  6. School colors: Blue and gold. Values as stated. North Carolina A&T State University, Wikipedia (revision 1371672233). Read 2026-09-16.
  7. Photograph: Bw2217a, 2016-03-17, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:North_Carolina_A%26T_State_University_Springtime.jpg. Retrieved 2026-09-16.
  8. U.S. Census Bureau Geocoder, batch address service, benchmark Public_AR_Current. https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/geocoder/.

Enrollment is the official 2023 count, rounded. Tap a school for its source.

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