FOUNDATIONS
By the numbers
A look at some of the figures that shape the College of Engineering
8,769 Fall 2009 graduate and undergraduate student enrollment, the most in the College's history and the fourth largest engineering enrollment in the nation. The College expects to reach 10,000 students, football fans among them, by the end of the decade.
3 Raleigh's national ranking among metropolitan areas best for young adults, according to Portfolio.com.
$1 billion Statewide economic impact created by NC State's Industrial Extension Service, which is part of the College, from 2006 to 2009.
88 Faculty members who have received Presidential and National Science Foundation recognitions for achievement, including 62 NSF CAREER Awards.
4 NC State's rank on a list of greenest schools in the Southeast published by Blue Ridge Outdoors magazine. The university was lauded for its campus-wide energy efficiency achievements and free alternative transportation options.