Did You Know?

NC State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences offers quality, diversity and a strong reputation for its academic programs and faculty. Although it is the second largest college at North Carolina State University, it emphasizes a personalized approach to classroom and laboratory instructions, as well as academic advising. Comprised of 22 departments, the College strives to provide relevant scientific and practical knowledge of agriculture and life sciences.

Here are some interesting--Did You Know?--facts about NC State's College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.

Programs and Initiatives

• 8 associate, 40 baccalaureate and 26 graduate degree programs administered through 18 of 22 departments
• Interdisciplinary degree programs, and collaborative educational arrangements with other NC State colleges
• 118 courses that deliver significant materials via the World Wide Web
• Nearly 225 multimedia computers in facilities distributed across the college
• 20 multimedia classrooms with computers, projection systems and other audiovisual presentation equipment
• $715,000 awarded in scholarships
• Variety of scholarship, grant and internship programs for both broad and targeted student audiences
• 29 student clubs and organizations for professional, personal, and leadership development
• A full-time Career Services Office

Graduates

• Graduates have the highest graduate or professional study participation rate at NC State
• Six months after graduation: 67 percent of those responding to an alumni survey were working in their chosen field 29 percent were attending graduate or professional school 4 percent were seeking employment
• For 1999–2000, the average starting salary for a B.S. recipient was $30,806

Students

• 287 students in the two-year Agricultural Institute (second largest enrollment in the U.S.)
• 3,326 students in four-year undergraduate program (third largest enrollment in the U.S.)
• 751 students in graduate programs (fourth largest enrollment in the U.S.)
• Students from 100 North Carolina counties and 43 states; 4% international

Partnerships

• Joint appointments with college’s research and extension functions
• 34 percent of graduating seniors had one-on-one research/teaching experience with faculty
• Collaboration with the College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences on the North Carolina Science Teachers’ Workshop and the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Grant • Workshops for North Carolina’s Vocational Agriculture Teachers
• Career Services’ collaborations with North Carolina’s businesses and industries to establish internships, identify high-demand employee skills, set up on-campus interviews, and provide Web links for more in-depth employment information
• Cooperation among the academic, extension and research functions to establish faculty-mentored research projects both on- and off-campus

For more information

Check our Web site at www.cals.ncsu.edu or send e-mail to cals_programs@ncsu.edu