NCAT Fun Facts

• FOUNDED IN THE BASEMENT OF SHAW UNIVERSITY
• NUMBER 1 PRODUCER OF UNDERGRADUATE DEGREES AWARDED TO AFRICAN-AMERICANS IN AGRICULTURE AND ENGINEERING
• NATION'S LARGEST HBCU
• FRANCES GRIMES WAS A&T'S 1ST FEMALE GRADUATE. SHE GRADUATED MAY 30, 1901.
• AMERICA'S 2ND BLACK ASTRONAUT, RONALD MCNAIR GRADUATED FROM A&T IN 1971 WITH A B.A. IN PHYSICS