NC State

Admit rate: 41.7% (40,049 applicants)
SAT middle 50%: 1300–1470 (ACT 28–32)
Undergraduates: 27,371 (2.3% international)
Average net price: $17,303 (per year after aid)
Graduation rate: 85% (within 6 years)

North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC · Public · 27,371 undergrads

Deadlines

Explain why you selected the academic program(s) above and why you are interested in studying these at NC State.

Your two majors are the strategy. NC State admits you into a program, reviews you against that program, and falls back to your second choice if the first doesn't work. Pick two you'd actually enroll in, in different colleges, and make your coursework and short answer back both of them.
If you're a North Carolinian applying Early Action, the Nov. 10 residency check is part of the deadline. Miss it and your December decision slides to January. Everyone has to meet both the application date and the materials date.
Decide on scores with the numbers in front of you. More than half of the fall 2026 class applied without them, and NC State says it uses scores only when they help. If your scores sit at or above the enrolled middle range (ACT 25 to 32, SAT 1310 to 1440 for fall 2025), opting in is reasonable.