The Graduate College.
In 2020, N.C. A&T dedicated its first named college, Willie A. Deese College of Business and Economics. The college is named for the 1977 alumnus, retired pharmaceutical executive, and philanthropist.
Since 1968, A&T's academic programs were divided among nine different academic divisions. During this time, the university added a number of schools including of the School of Business and Economics in 1970; School of Technology in 1987; and the Joint School of Nanoscience and Nanoengineering in 2010. This realignment would remain until 2016, when the university again realigned its academic programs in an effort to meet the objectives of their Preeminence 2020 strategic plan. All courses at the university are on a credit hour system.
=== Rankings ===
According to the 2020 issue of U.S. News & World Report's Best Colleges, N.C. A&T was ranked 6th as the best historically black university (HBCU) in the nation. Among "national universities", it was tied for 281 and one of only a few HBCU represented …
