Faculty and Staff Sources of Information and Notes

Finance and Sponsored Research Sources of Information and Notes

NC State is located in the center of Raleigh, NC, a city with a population of over 350,000. NC State is one of three research universities and nine colleges located in the Research Triangle area of North Carolina. The Research Triangle Park, the largest planned research and development park in the U.S. is also located in this area. Near the main campus, NC State has established a Centennial Campus which incorporates teaching and joint university/industry/government research in a beautiful, rapidly expanding campus area. The entire campus has 2,200 acres, 20 residence halls, and 613 apartments. The campus offers full student access to internet and e-mail from over 2800 computer stations. All residence halls and many off-campus housing units have internet access.

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STUDENT STATISTICS--Sources of Information:
Items 1-8, 10-12 Student Data File as submitted to UNC-General Administration
Item 9 - UPA Academic Advancement Reports
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STUDENT STATISTICS--Explanatory Notes:
1. Total Headcount Enrollment - Includes all students enrolled for one or more course in both on-campus regular fall term enrollment and distance education fall enrollment. Each person is counted only once. Excludes audit only.
2. Undergraduate Enrollment - Includes bachelor's, associate, and lifelong undergraduate students.
3. Graduate Enrollment -Includes masters, doctoral, professional, graduate in education and lifelong graduate students.
2a. Bachelor's Enrollment - Includes only bachelor degree-seeking undergraduates.
3a. Masters Enrollment - Includes only masters degree-seeking graduate students.
3b. Doctoral Enrollment - Includes only Ph.D. and D.V.M. degree-seeking graduate students.
4. Female Percent of Enrollment - Percent of headcount enrollment that is female.
5. In-State Percent of Enrollment - Percent of headcount enrollment whose tuition residency is North Carolina.
6. Black Percent of Enrollment - Percent of headcount enrollment who are black students. Excludes international black students.
7. Number of new freshmen - a first-time bachelor's degree-seeking student.
8. New Freshman Average SAT Total Score - The mean Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) total score-the sum of SAT math and SAT critical reading scores. Beginning in 2006 a SAT writing section was added and the SAT verbal was changed to SAT critical reading. At the present time the SAT writing scores are not included in the total reported in item 8. The College Board changed the scale for SAT scores beginning with the spring of 1996. This change was designed to set the average score at 500 for both math and verbal (critical reading) Scholastic Aptitude Tests.
9. Latest Six Year Cohort Graduation Rate - The six year graduation rate for the class that entered six years earlier. For example, the fall 2007 number represents the rate for the 2001 new freshman cohort.
10. On-campus Total Headcount Enrollment - Includes all on-campus students enrolled for one or more course in regular fall term with each person counted only once. Excludes audit only and extension students.
11. On-campus Undergraduate Enrollment - Includes on-campus bachelor's, associate, and lifelong undergraduate students.
12. On-campus Graduate Enrollment - Includes only on-campus masters, doctoral, professional, graduate in education and lifelong graduate students.

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DEGREES CONFERRED--Source of Information: UPA - Degrees Conferred Reports

DEGREES CONFERRED--Explanatory Notes:
Items 13-16 - Represent the number of degrees conferred in the academic year that ends with May graduation. This is a count of degrees and one person may receive dual degrees.
Degrees conferred by college represent the number of degrees conferred in the graduation year ending in May 2005. The colleges listed exclude the First Year College which does not grant degrees. Included in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are degrees in agriculture, natural resources, biological sciences, and pre-medicine. Included in the College of Engineering are degrees in computer and information sciences. Included in the College of Humanities and Social Sciences are degrees in communications, social sciences, public affairs and services, social work, letters, criminal justice, and foreign languages. Included in the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences are atmospheric sciences and geology.
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FACULTY AND STAFF: Sources of Information
Items 17,21 - IPEDS-S report created from Personnel Data File as submitted to UNC-General Administration.
Items 18-20, 23-25 - AAUP Faculty Salary Report from UNC-GA
Item 22. Years 1999 - Present - Personnel Data File.

FACULTY AND STAFF--Explanatory Notes:
17. Total Full-Time Faculty and Staff - Sum of full-time faculty and staff.
18. Instructional Faculty (AAUP) - Includes full-time instructional faculty on 9 or 12 month contracts. Instructional faculty must have a primary responsibility of instruction and receive at least half of their funding from state appropriated instructional or research funds.
19. Total Faculty with Tenure (AAUP) -Includes all full-time faculty who have tenure.(Subset of item 18)
20. Percent of Full-time Instructional Faculty with Terminal Degree - The percent of full-time instructional faculty with doctorates or other terminal degrees. Information from Common Data Set-item I-1f.
21. Total Full-Time Staff - Includes full-time SPA and EPA personnel who do not meet the IPEDS/AAUP definition of faculty. .
22. Graduate Assistants- Includes full and part-time teaching and research graduate assistants.
Average Faculty Salaries (AAUP)
23. Professor - Includes all named and full professors that are instructional faculty.
24. Associate Professor - Includes associate professors that are instructional faculty.
25. Assistant Professor - Includes assistant professors that are instructional faculty.

The definition of research funding used for selecting the IPEDS/AAUP faculty population changed as of 2003. It now includes those with at least half of their funding from Agricultural Research, Extension Service, and all of Veterinary Medicine funding.

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FINANCE AND SPONSORED RESEARCH--Source of Information:
Items 26 & 27 IPEDS F-1 Finance Report Section A
Items 28, 29, 30 & 31 - Sponsored Programs - Research Administration Data and Reports (RADAR) Report Generator

FINANCE AND SPONSORED RESEARCH--Explanatory Notes:
26. Total Current Funds Revenues: Includes tuition and fees; state, federal and local appropriations; private gifts, grants, contracts; endowment , sales and auxiliary enterprise income; and income from other sources. Note: IPEDS made definitional changes in this item in FY 01-02 and FY 02-03.
27. Total State Appropriations The part of item 23 (current revenues) that comes from state appropriations.
28. Amount of Grant Proposals Submitted: Total dollar amount of proposals submitted for organized research, extension, public service and instruction activities funded through sources external to the University.
29. Amount of Grants Proposals Awarded: Total dollar amount of grants awarded for organized research, extension, public service and instruction activities funded through sources external to the University.
30. Number of Grant Proposals Submitted: Total number of grant proposals submitted for funding to sources external to the University.
31. Number of Grants Awarded: Total number of grants awarded from sources external to the University.

DEGREE PROGRAMS--Source of Information:
Number of Degree Programs - UNC - Academic Program Inventory for North Carolina State University.
Degree Programs - Explanatory Notes:
Degree Programs shown reflect number in each CIP (Classification of Instructional Programs) category by degree level and sub-program (12 digit CIP). Return