As a research powerhouse grounded in our land-grant mission, we solve educational problems and improve the educational outcomes of all learners across
North Carolina, the nation and the world.
We prepare extraordinary educators who change the world one student, one school, one community at a time. Join them.
"I chose the NC State College of Education because of their married notion of scholar and practitioner -- and because of their focus on changing the world from within -- inspiring us, as students, to be change makers that would send ripple effects into our larger society."
- Jemilia Davis '19PHD
Program Coordinator, Belk Center for Community College Leadership and Research
We are state, national and global leaders in education.
#1
Producer of STEM Educators
in North Carolina
Top 6%
In Active Funded
Research in the U.S.
#84
Among All Colleges
of Education in the World
Sources: N.C. Department of Public Instruction, U.S. News and Times Higher Education’s World University Rankings
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