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With more than 31,000 students and about 9,000 faculty and staff, North Carolina State University is a comprehensive university known for its leadership in economic development education and research, and globally recognized for its science, technology, engineering and mathematics leadership.
Perennially named as a "best value" by a number of magazines — a combination of academic strength and affordability — (U.S. News & World Report, Princeton Review, Kiplinger's Personal Finance), North Carolina State University provides a relevant, practical 21st century education at an affordable price. (Tuition is about $4,000 per year.)
Researchers across the university and its Centennial Campus — a "technopolis" that brings together university, government and industry partners to solve problems — are engaged in making new, application-driven discoveries. As a major research university, North Carolina State University has the people — from undergraduate and graduate students to faculty — and the responsibility to advance knowledge, transfer technology, and discover and develop innovations that solve some of the world's most pressing problems.