Undergraduate Admissions FAQs

We do accept SAT/Collegeboard fee waivers for freshman applications. You can complete an application online and choose "mail" as your fee payment option. Waivers should be mailed to the Office of Undergraduate Admissions:

North Carolina Central University
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
1801 Fayetteville Street
Durham, NC 27707

North Carolina Central University has an online system to check your application status.

Check Your Status (Undergraduates)

You can monitor and check the status of your application by logging into your Eagle Promise portal anytime, day or night.

You can mail any official documents to us at the following address:

North Carolina Central University
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
1801 Fayetteville Street
Durham, NC 27707

The application fee is $50 USD (non-refundable).  When you complete your application online, you can submit your payment electronically with a debit or credit card.  

Please contact Undergraduate Admissions if payment needs to be made by cash, check, or money order. 

We require the SAT or the ACT. Most applicants take the SAT or ACT more than once, in which case we use the best score for each section (SAT only). Applications will not be processed without recent official scores.

Actually, we will be waiving test scores for students interested in enrolling during the 2020–2021 enrollment cycle. Please note that NCCU is not a test optional institution; however, we have elected to waive your scores for one year.

For consideration at North Carolina Central University, you must meet one of the following criteria:

• 2.5 weighted GPA
• 19 ACT or 1010 SAT

You must accept the offer of admission. Once you log into the Eagle Promise Portal to accept the offer, you will begin to receive updates via email. Please read all of the emails you receive from the University.

To change or defer their enrollment term, students must complete a new application for their new desired term. Please note that an additional application fee may be required to process your application.

Consecutive Term Change
Students who change their term to the next upcoming semester will not be required to pay an additional fee with the new application. Example: A consecutive term change qualifies as moving from Fall to Spring or Spring to Summer.

Non-Consecutive Term Change
Students who change their term non-consecutively by skipping over the upcoming semester will be required to pay an additional $50 fee with the new application. Example: A non-consecutive term change qualifies as moving from Fall to Summer or Spring to Fall.

Note: Students who defer/change terms more than once will be required to pay an additional application fee.

Now, it's time to complete the steps below, which are required to finalize your enrollment. Once you complete these steps, you have officially accepted the offer of admission. Visit the Admissions Resources section for additional information.

Admitted for Fall 2021

Step 1. Financial Assistance

• File the 2021–2022 FAFSA at https://studentaid.gov. Use school code 002950 (Section VI).
• Electronically transfer your 2019 tax information using the IRS Data Retrieval Tool.
• Apply for NCCU scholarships online at https://nccu.academicworks.com/ for the 2021–2022 academic year. The deadline to apply is February 28, 2021. All applicants must be admitted students.

Step 2. Pay your enrollment deposit

• Visit our Account Creation Tool and enter your Banner ID (820 number), provided on the Eagle Promise Portal.
• Enter your PIN (your date of birth in MMDDYY format).
• Click "Verify My Info."
• After reviewing account information, click "Create My Account."
• Upon account creation, click "Enroll Now" to submit your enrollment deposit and register for Student Orientation, Advising, and Registration (SOAR) and pay your enrollment fee.

Step 3. Apply for On-Campus Housing

• Visit myEOL and click on the "My Housing" button. First-year students who are admitted and complete their housing application by June 30 are guaranteed housing. The housing application opens in January 2021. Students will be able to select their room in May of 2021.  

Step 4. Submit Immunization Records

Students enrolled in four or more credit hours must submit proof of immunizations by the first day of class. Students must be registered for classes to have access to the Medicat Portal. A link for the "Instructions and NC Immunization Requirements" is located on the Medicat home page. Please open and view the instructions before entering and uploading your immunization record.

1. Under "click here to find your school," select North Carolina Central University.
2. Click on the link for instructions; view and follow the instructions for entering and uploading. Failure to do so will result in the student being dropped from all classes.

You may submit your transcript electronically via CFNC for NC schools, via mail, or via other electronic methods. We strongly encourage documents to be sent electronically.

SpanTran has created a custom application to help NCCU international students get their transcripts evaluated at a discounted rate. Visit the SpanTran application.

The mailing address is:

North Carolina Central University
Office of Undergraduate Admissions
1801 Fayetteville Street
Durham, NC 27707