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Chris Barr
Broker | Team Leader, Keller Williams Legacy
NC State-area real estate guidance
Separate school demand evidence from the economics and restrictions of the specific property you are considering.
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Separate school demand evidence from the economics and restrictions of the specific property you are considering. This guide organizes 25 sourced questions for North Carolina State University.
What total NC State enrollment is reported for Fall 2026?
39,219 students.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Explicitly stated source periods: 2026. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
How many first-year students were enrolled in Fall 2026?
6,086.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Explicitly stated source periods: 2026. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What total headcount trend does NC State publish for Falls 2024–2026?
The published totals are 38,464 (Fall 2024), 39,259 (Fall 2025), and 39,219 (Fall 2026).
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Explicitly stated source periods: 2024, 2024–2026, 2025, 2026. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
How many undergraduates were counted in Fall 2026?
28,437 undergraduate students.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Explicitly stated source periods: 2026. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
How many master’s and doctoral students were counted in Fall 2026?
4,767 master’s and 3,517 doctoral students (8,284 combined).
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Explicitly stated source periods: 2026. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What total residential capacity does NC State University Housing report?
10,099 beds/places, excluding Greek Village beds.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
How many students are served by NC State Living and Learning Villages?
2,464 students.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
How many residence halls does NC State list for incoming students?
20 residence halls located throughout campus.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What is the on-campus housing requirement for new first-year students?
New first-year students must live on campus for their first two semesters, subject to the University’s exceptions/appeals.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What is the billing/contract period for the first-year housing agreement?
The housing agreement is a full academic-year agreement covering fall and spring; a student renewing for fall to fulfill the requirement becomes committed to the following spring as well, totaling three on-campus semesters.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What parent-residence fact can release a first-year from NC State’s live-on requirement?
A first-year may appeal based on living at a permanent residence with parent(s) or legal guardian(s) within a 15-mile driving distance of Main Campus (201 Dan Allen Dr.); appeals are case-by-case and not guaranteed.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
Does NC State require off-campus rental housing after the first year?
No: the University says housing after the first-year requirement is optional; the first-year live-on rule does not establish a general off-campus rental mandate.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What is the published 2025/26 per-semester rate for a residence-hall double?
$3,800 per person per semester.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Explicitly stated source periods: 2025. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What is the published 2025/26 per-semester rate for a residence-hall single?
$4,275 per person per semester.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Explicitly stated source periods: 2025. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What 2025/26 per-semester rates does NC State publish for Wolf Village/Wolf Ridge apartments?
$5,000 for a 1-bedroom/studio and $4,500 for a 2-, 3-, or 4-bedroom option, per person per semester.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Explicitly stated source periods: 2025. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
Is Raleigh’s rental dwelling registration program currently active?
No. Raleigh says the program was dissolved effective Jan. 1, 2017 after NC Senate Bill 326 eliminated municipalities’ ability to operate such a program.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Explicitly stated source periods: 2017. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
How does Raleigh define a boardinghouse relevant to room-by-room student leasing?
A facility renting individual rooms to the general public to more than four unrelated persons for periods exceeding 30 days, including a rooming house.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What boardinghouse limits does Raleigh UDO state?
If the facility was originally a detached house, total occupants are limited to 6; the minimum tenant rental period exceeds 30 days; and no boardinghouse may be within 1,200 feet of another, measured property-line to property-line.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What occupant limit does Raleigh UDO state for each rooming or dwelling unit in a congregate-care facility?
No more than two persons not related by blood, marriage, or adoption per rooming unit or dwelling unit.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What does Raleigh define as a dwelling unit?
One or more rooms arranged as an independent housekeeping establishment with separate cooking, sleeping, and toilet facilities.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What basic facilities must a Raleigh dwelling unit have before human habitation?
At minimum, the UDO requires a working kitchen sink with hot/cold water, a separate private room with a flush toilet and sink, a separate private room with a bathtub or shower, and heating facilities.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
When may a new building in Raleigh legally be occupied?
After a Certificate of Occupancy is issued following satisfactory completion and required inspections; Raleigh says a new building cannot legally be occupied before a CO.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
Is a Raleigh change-of-use permit required even if no physical work is planned?
Yes. Raleigh says a residential change-of-use permit documents the old and new occupancy/use even when no physical work is planned; depending on scope, a CO or certificate of completion is issued.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What Wake County conditions can trigger a flood review?
Examples include a lot flagged for potential flood hazard, a proposed structure within 100 feet of flood-hazard soils or a FEMA flood-hazard area, FEMA floodplain on/adjacent to the lot, or a road/driveway crossing a flood-hazard area.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
What flood-study thresholds and fees does Wake County publish?
A minor study covers flood-hazard-soil development with 25 or more but less than 100 acres of drainage and costs $500 per crossing/encroachment; a major study covers 100+ acres or a FEMA-mapped area and costs $1,000 per crossing/encroachment.
Source guidance recorded on 2026-10-15. Confirm the applicable policy year, cohort and property jurisdiction before relying on time-sensitive facts.
Prepare your next decision
- Check the source date and scope of enrollment or housing-demand claims.
- Obtain property-specific rent evidence, operating costs and applicable occupancy or rental restrictions.
- Compare financing, vacancy, maintenance and exit assumptions before treating asking prices as an investment return.
Where this information comes from
CollegeHousing.ai put this together using the sources above. Chris and Matt can help with your own situation; they haven’t written or reviewed this page. Check the current property details and rules before making a commitment. We’re independent of North Carolina State University.
Let’s talk about your plans.
Chris Barr, Broker | Team Leader at Keller Williams Legacy, is the local property and relocation contact. For financing, keep the NC State property and assumptions together in the state-aware NC State financing review, then review the financing scenario with Matt Dean of NEXA Lending, NMLS #227603, the CollegeHousing.ai financing contact for NC. Program, property and borrower eligibility still require review.