2018–2019 Facts and Figures Contents Think and Do the Extraordinary 4 • Pack Promise 25 • Faculty and Staff Economic Impact 6 Overview 7 Partnerships Faculty Race and Ethnicity Essential Facts 8 Faculty Rank • Location • University Budget and Funding 26 • Academic Excellence Financial Stewardship • Research and Discovery 9 Operating Budget by Source • Outreach 10 Giving 27 • Service 11 Total Endowment • The Pathway to the Future 12 Recent Academic Rankings 29 • Campuses 13 Achievements and Honors 30 • Colleges • Faculty Achievement Highlights 2017-18 • Centennial Campus 14 • Student Achievement Highlights 2017-18 31 • Athletics 16 • Alumni 18 University Leadership 32 • Residence Life • Chancellor’s Cabinet • Student Life 20 • College Deans 33 • Arts NC State 21 • Board of Trustees 34 By the Numbers 22 Enrollment Fall 2018 Enrollment by Academic Unit Fall 2018 Enrollment by Race and Ethnicity Fall 2018 24 Degrees Conferred 2017-2018 Academic Year Estimated Costs of Attendance 2019-2020 Think and Do the Extraordinary NC State University was founded as a land-grant partnerships with government, industry, nonprofits and university providing a practical education and conducting academia to make our world a better place. useful research in agriculture and the “mechanic arts.” Today we’ve become a powerhouse in science, technology, NC State is leading efforts to curb nuclear proliferation, engineering and mathematics. We’re at the forefront of develop a smart electric grid, create self-powered health design, the humanities and the social sciences. We lead monitors, help farmers confront climate change and in agriculture, education, textiles, business and natural build a new American manufacturing sector. Our award- resources management. And we’re home to one of the winning Centennial Campus is home to more than 70 world’s best colleges of veterinary medicine. Every day, corporate, government and nonprofit partners — as well NC State and its students, faculty, staff and alumni as the innovative Hunt Library, which Time magazine has create economic, societal and intellectual prosperity. dubbed “the library of the future.” Our students learn by doing. They pursue original Each year, NC State adds more than $6.5 billion to North research and start new companies. They establish Carolina’s economy, providing significant return on the connections with top employers and serve communities state’s investment in the form of groundbreaking research, both locally and globally. Through it all, they’re cutting-edge technologies, successful companies, skilled getting one of the best values in higher education. graduates and new jobs awaiting them. Our world-leading faculty bridge the divides between More than 130 years after its creation, NC State continues academic disciplines and train high-caliber students to make the fruits of learning and discovery available to to meet tomorrow’s challenges. They forge powerful people across the state, throughout the nation and around the world. 4 Think and Do the Extraordinary Think and Do the Extraordinary 5 Economic Impact Partnerships • NC State creates a ripple effect of additional spending For businesses and government agencies that want to by businesses and individuals across the state, solve complex challenges and accelerate innovation, generating $6.5 billion annually in added income there’s no better partner than NC State. statewide. We’ve been chosen to lead six federal research hubs • Among U.S. universities without a medical school, tackling America’s grand challenges: NC State ranks No. 5 for invention disclosures, No. 5 for • PowerAmerica, spurring the development of an startups launched and No. 2 for licenses and options advanced manufacturing sector in the United States executed based on university research. • The Laboratory for Analytic Sciences, developing and • The university has helped launch more than 135 improving techniques for analyzing and interpreting startup and spinoff companies, such as multinational big data electronics and lighting giant Cree. • The Consortium for Nonproliferation Enabling • Our Industry Expansion Solutions unit leverages Capabilities, developing technologies and talent to halt NC State’s engineering expertise to help North the spread of nuclear weapons Carolina’s businesses and governments boost • The FREEDM Systems Center, a National Science efficiency, productivity and profitability, creating an Foundation Engineering Research Center designing a average economic benefit of $150 million per year. smart energy grid for the 21st century • NC State research has yielded more than 595 consumer • ASSIST, a National Science Foundation Nanosystems products brought to market. Engineering Research Center developing wearable, • NC State startups have attracted more than $1.7 billion self-powered health monitors in external funding to date. • The Southeast Climate Adaptation Science Center, • The Wolfpack Investor Network (WIN) matches NC helping land, water and wildlife resource managers State alumni investors with promising university- respond and adapt to changes in climate affiliated startups to facilitate mentoring, support and NC State is a partner in seven of the nation’s 14 angel investments for entrepreneurial businesses. WIN manufacturing innovation institutes, the most of any currently has 146 members, and WIN members have university in the country. In addition to PowerAmerica, invested more than $9 million in 15 NC State startups. we’re leading the Southeast hub for a new Smart • The Milken Institute, an economic think tank, cited the Manufacturing Innovation Institute that aims to improve collaboration and innovation fostered by NC State—and the efficiency of U.S. advanced manufacturing, and particularly by Centennial Campus—as key reasons why we’re part of the National Institute for Innovation Raleigh is the one of the top 10 best-performing large in Manufacturing Biopharmaceuticals, a new cities in the United States. initiative aimed at advancing U.S. leadership in the biopharmaceutical sector. 6 Economic Impact Partnerships 7 Essential Facts Location Research and Discovery NC State is located in Raleigh, the capital of North NC State conducts cutting-edge, solution-driven research Carolina. Raleigh is an integral part of the state’s vibrant in fields ranging from textiles to nanotechnology. Our Research Triangle region, which is home to industry discoveries — from the world’s first synthetic aorta to leaders such as NC State partners SAS, Cisco, IBM, cloud computing to lifesaving gear for first responders GlaxoSmithKline and Lenovo. The city is a few hours’ — make the world a better place. NC State research drive from the Blue Ridge Mountains to the west and inspires students, enhances teaching, spurs innovation Atlantic Ocean beaches to the east. Raleigh and the and fuels the economy. surrounding area are consistently rated among the best In fiscal year 2018, NC State attracted $334 million in places to live and work in the United States. externally funded research awards. Among universities without a medical school, we’re No. 2 in the nation for Academic Excellence commercialization agreements based on university NC State is the university of choice for high-performing research, and we’re No. 6 nationwide for research students from across North Carolina and around the commercialization among all universities. world. The exceptional quality of NC State’s students and We’re one of only two universities in the nation to lead faculty make the university a national leader in teaching, two National Science Foundation Engineering Research research and outreach that make a difference. Centers, and we’re one of only three universities to ever • Twenty-three of our faculty are members of the house three ERCs. NC State research has led to more prestigious National Academies. than 1,000 U.S. patents and more than 595 consumer • More than 100 of our students have won national products. NC State is home to: scholarships and fellowships over the last five years. In • The only NSF-funded smart grid research center in the the 2017-2018 academic year, NC State students won a United States Goldwater Scholarship, a Marshall Scholarship, a • The only NSF-funded nanotech research center in the Truman Scholarship, a Udall Scholarship, a Fulbright United States focused on self-powered health monitors grant and 24 National Science Foundation graduate research fellowships. • The largest academic biomanufacturing education center in the world • The 2018 freshman class is the academically strongest in the university’s history, with 48 percent of students in • The first North American location for an IBM Q Hub, a the top 10 percent of their high school class, an average collaborative effort to advance quantum computing SAT score of 1320 (critical reading and math), an • One of the nation’s top advanced analytics programs average ACT score of 29 and an average weighted GPA • The only academic center in the country that of 4.59. incorporates in one location the ability to research, test • NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine is No. 4 in the and evaluate the comfort and protective performance nation, according to U.S. News & World Report. of textiles • U.S. News & World Report ranks NC State as the No. 6 best value among public universities nationally. 8 Essential Facts Essential Facts 9 Outreach Service As a land-grant university, NC State is charged with Service to society is one of NC State’s hallmarks. Among improving the lives of people throughout North Carolina, the