Early Decision
North Carolina State University at Raleigh Early Decision: there is no Early Decision round
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What is North Carolina State University at Raleigh's early decision acceptance rate?
North Carolina State University at Raleigh has no Early Decision acceptance rate to give: it runs no Early Decision round. Its early option is Early Action (not binding). The figure that compares early and regular odds there would be an early-round admit rate, and this page does not hold one.
Source: North Carolina State University at Raleigh's admissions website, 2026-27 cycle.
Does applying early decision to North Carolina State University at Raleigh help?
There is no Early Decision application to make: North Carolina State University at Raleigh runs no Early Decision round. Its early option is Early Action (not binding): an offer does not commit you to attend, so applying early there does not use up the one binding Early Decision application you can make somewhere else.
Source: North Carolina State University at Raleigh's admissions website, 2026-27 cycle.
Is early decision at North Carolina State University at Raleigh binding?
North Carolina State University at Raleigh has no Early Decision round, so there is no binding early application to make there. Its early option is Early Action (not binding): an offer does not commit you to attend, and you keep the option of comparing aid offers. Early Decision itself is binding wherever a school offers it.
Source: North Carolina State University at Raleigh's admissions website, 2026-27 cycle.
Admitted SAT · middle 50% · College Scorecard 2024
1300–1470
Half of admitted students scored inside this range. It is the admitted band, not a minimum and not a cutoff, and it covers the whole entering class rather than the Early Decision round alone.
What families actually pay (AY 2023–24)
An Early Action offer is not binding, so applying early here does not end the option of comparing two aid offers. These are the published averages either way.
Average paid by students receiving federal aid, by family income (College Scorecard).
In-state students only.
International students are not eligible for U.S. federal aid, so they are not in this cohort and typically pay closer to the sticker price.
Across the 8 recorded cycles from 2018 to 2025, North Carolina State University at Raleigh's overall acceptance rate fell from 46.9% to 39.5%. That is the whole entering class — Early Decision, Early Action and Regular Decision together — not the Early Decision round on its own.
See the year-by-year series →Common Data Set — the school's own annual filing, published by the school itself for the cycle named beside each figure. North Carolina State University at Raleigh’s filing