Last week, NC State released its top statistics of the campus’ strengths. The highlights of the report are as follows:

Basic facts and figures

• 34,015 students and 2,323 faculty members, with a student-faculty ratio of 16:1

• $1.48 billion budget projected for 2016

• $308 million in sponsored research awards in 2015

• $984 million endowment

Ranking up top

• No. 1 best value among North Carolina universities

• No. 3 veterinary medicine program in the country

• NC State graduates rank among top 20 most desirable by job recruiters

Making economic advancements

• NC State research created more than 100 Startups and Spinoffs

• NC State students, alumni and associated startups created $6.5 billion of North Carolina income in 2013

• Over 850 U.S. patents and more than 1,500 worldwide

• At Centennial, more than 60 corporate, government and nonprofit partners work alongside more than 70 NC State research and academic units

Raising funds

• Top-25 fundraiser among public colleges and universities

• 133 percent growth in gifts and pledges since 2010

• 2015 gifts and pledges totaled $208.5 million, a university record

• NC State’s first endowed center, Moise A. Khayrallah Center for Lebanese Diaspora Studies, recently received an $8 million gift