With President Biden coming to NC A&T, here’s what you need to know about the HBCU
Students and faculty at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University are welcoming President Joe Biden to campus Thursday.
Biden plans to tour the nation’s largest historically Black university and deliver a speech about revitalizing the economy and combating inflation, according to The White House.
Here’s what you need to know about the public HBCU in Greensboro:
How many students go to NC A&T?
In the Spring 2022 semester, NC A&T’s enrollment is 12,212. About 1,500 are graduate students. The majority of students are Black or African American (about 80%).
How much is tuition?
The UNC System Board of Governors set tuition at A&T for the 2022-23 academic year and it has not increased in six years.
For North Carolina students:
- undergraduate: $3,540
- graduate: $4,745
For out-of-state students:
- undergraduate: $17,545
- graduate: $19,545
Who is the chancellor?
Harold L. Martin Sr. began his tenure as chancellor is 2009. Martin is the first A&T alumnus to serve in this position.
What is NC A&T’s history?
It was founded in 1891 and became part of the UNC System in 1972.
The college was established “to teach practical agriculture and mechanic arts and such branches of learning as relate there to, not excluding academic and classical instruction” to Black North Carolinians. It has grown into a doctoral, high-research activity, land-grant university and the nation’s largest HBCU.
The university played a significant role in the Civil Rights Movement.
In 1960, Ezell Blair Jr. (Jibreel Khazan), Franklin McCain, Joseph McNeil and David Richmond, four freshman students, staged a sit-in protest at a segregated Woolworth’s lunch counter. They became known as The Greensboro Four and inspired other non-violent protests to help end segregation across the South.
What is A&T known for?
NC A&T ranked 8th overall among HBCUS and was named the second-best public HBCU by U.S. News & World Report.
The research university is nationally recognized for its science, technology, mathematics and engineering (STEM) education programs. NC A&T is the top producer of African American graduates in engineering and agriculture, according to the U.S. Department of Education.
What is an Aggie?
North Carolina A&T’s athletics teams are the Aggies and their mascot is a bulldog.
What NCAA sports does NC A&T have?
NC A&T teams compete in the NCAA Division I Colonial Athletic Association, as of July 1, 2022, except for football and bowling.
Football will be a member of the Big South Conference until 2023 season.
The bowling team competes in the Mid-Eastern Athletics Conference.
The intercollegiate teams include:
- Men’s Baseball
- Men’s Basketball
- Men’s Cross Country
- Men’s Football
- Men’s Golf
- Men’s Tennis
- Men’s Track & Field
- Women’s Basketball
- Women’s Bowling
- Women’s Cross Country
- Women’s Golf
- Women’s Softball
- Women’s Tennis
- Women’s Track & Field
- Women’s Volleyball
Who are some notable NC A&T alumni?
Actress Taraji P. Henson, astronaut Ronald McNair, NBA player J.R. Smith and the Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr. graduated from NC A&T State University.
