NC State At a Glance

Students

• Largest four-year institution in North Carolina
• Largest number of applications from N.C. Students
• 34,767 students from all 100 N.C. counties, 54 states and territories and 118 foreign countries (25,176 undergraduates; 9,591 graduate and professional)
• 5,175 undergraduate and 2,552 graduate degrees awarded in 2010–11
• Bachelor’s degrees in 106 fields; master’s in 104 fields; doctorates in 61 fields; Doctor of Veterinary Medicine
• 100+ national scholars and fellows in past five years

Faculty and Staff

• 2,068 teaching, research and extension faculty
• 20 members of the National Academies
• 7th among 16 peers in NSF Career faculty awards over last four years
• 5,554 administrative and support staff

Colleges

• Agriculture and Life Sciences
• Design
• Education
• Engineering
• Humanities and Social Sciences
• Poole College of Management
• Natural Resources
• Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• Textiles
• Veterinary Medicine

Rankings

• 3rd best value among public universities (U.S. News & World Report, 2012)
• 31st among U.S. research universities (Lombardi Ranking, 2010)
• 23rd among U.S. universities for collaborative research (Leiden Ranking, 2011/2012)
• 1st in graduate textiles (U.S. News & World Report, 2007; the most recent ranking)
• 3rd in graduate veterinary medicine (U.S. News & World Report, 2011)
• 10th in undergraduate industrial engineering (U.S. News & World Report, 2011)
• 4th in math and statistics undergraduate degrees awarded to African-Americans (Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2009)

Extension, Engagement and Economic Development

• Economic impact on the state of North Carolina of about $1.7 billion annually
• 710 employees stationed in all 100 counties and the Cherokee Reservation
• 13 off-campus regional research and extension centers, nine field laboratories and 18 shared research stations

Financials and Private Support

• Total revenues, 2010–11: $1.26 billion (38% from state appropriations and 16% from tuition)
• Total endowment: $618 million (as of June 30, 2011)

Research

• $380 million in total research expenditures
• 8th in industry research expenditures among universities without medical schools (National Science Foundation, 2009)
• More than 70% of faculty engaged in sponsored research
• More than 2,900 graduate students supported on research and teaching appointments
• 57 multidisciplinary centers and institutes

Technology Transfer

• 150 products available to consumers
• 750 U.S. patents held
• 82 startup companies representing more than $1.4 billion in venture capital investment and more than 6,000 jobs
• Top 20 in active licenses per $100 million in research expenditures (Association of University Technology Managers)
• 3rd in commercialization of micro- and nanotechnology inventions (Small Times Media)

Centennial Campus

• National model for government, business and university partnerships and mixed-use environments
• Includes 1,075-acre Centennial Campus and 152-acre Centennial Biomedical Campus
• Home to Colleges of Textiles, Engineering and Veterinary Medicine, as well as the Graduate School
• Technology Incubator and Office of Technology Transfer help entrepreneurs and faculty commercialize products and processes
• More than 60 corporate, nonprofit and government partners and more than 2,000 employees
• Houses the 600-student Centennial Campus Magnet Middle School and the William and Ida Friday Institute for Educational Innovation

Athletics

• NCAA Division I University
• Member of Atlantic Coast Conference
• 23 sports represented at NC State

Alumni

• More than 190,000 living NC State alumni
• More than 120,000 alumni living in North Carolina
• Alumni living in North Carolina earn $5.6 billion annually