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North Carolina: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 10	9,535,483	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.6%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.3%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.9%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 44	27.0%	26.6%
45 to 64	26.3%	26.4%
65 and older	12.9%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 10	9,535,483	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.6%	6.5%
5 to 14	13.3%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.9%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.9%	7.0%
25 to 44	27.0%	26.6%
45 to 64	26.3%	26.4%
65 and older	12.9%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	1.3%	0.9%
Asian	2.2%	4.8%
Black	21.5%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	68.5%	72.4%
More than one race	2.2%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	8.4%	16.3%
Other	4.3%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	6.0%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	10.3%	8.7%
High-school diploma	28.3%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	20.9%	20.6%
Associate degree	8.3%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	17.5%	17.6%
Master’s degree	6.1%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.1%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.5%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	10.1%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 39	$36,164	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	17.5%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	88,820	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	18.5%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	13,162	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$5,270	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$1,832	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$24,313	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$3,906,415,804	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-3.7%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$312,295,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$66,711,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$77,063,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$456,070,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$2,465,844,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	12.1%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	60.1%	61.2%
State and local governments	6.0%	6.3%
Industry	13.1%	5.2%
Nonprofit	6.6%	6.1%
Institution itself	14.0%	19.4%
Other	0.2%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	7.0%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	3.2%	4.9%
Life sciences	75.4%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	3.1%	3.7%
Physical sciences	3.7%	7.6%
Psychology	1.6%	1.8%
Social sciences	4.1%	3.3%
Other sciences	0.1%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	1.7%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
Duke University	$5,747,377,000
Top fund raisers:
Duke University	$349,657,635
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	$274,947,462
Wake Forest University	$110,602,812

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$114,564	$112,647
Associate professor	$79,431	$78,804
Assistant professor	$68,643	$67,236
All	$79,927	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$88,809	$87,677
Associate professor	$71,968	$70,215
Assistant professor	$61,670	$59,511
All	$67,864	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	$142,299	$133,973
Associate professor	$86,922	$86,108
Assistant professor	$70,471	$72,242
All	$97,255	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$67,926	$82,002
Associate professor	$57,967	$66,466
Assistant professor	$51,218	$55,352
All	$56,031	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$67,939	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$55,894	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$47,505	$62,301
Private nonprofit	$38,508	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	516,504	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	69,538	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	221,727	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	253,871	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	91,357	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	670	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	15,589	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	2,828	430,177
Total	586,042	21,016,126
Public institutions	81%	72%
4-year institutions	56%	63%
2-year institutions	44%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	22,879	849,452
Bachelor’s	46,826	1,650,014
Master’s	15,395	693,025
Doctorate	3,955	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 80% of all freshmen enrolled in North Carolina in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 89% of all North Carolina residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	59.1%	56.0%
Men	55.8%	53.0%
Women	61.7%	58.5%
American Indian	51.6%	37.0%
Asian	69.1%	66.3%
Black	44.7%	38.3%
Hispanic	57.1%	47.8%
White	64.7%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	7,149	196,374
Asian	13,595	1,218,118
Black	152,022	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	839	64,046
Hispanic	24,331	2,741,448
White	367,956	12,722,549
Foreign	14,706	709,565
Two or more races	5,444	325,275
Total	586,042	21,016,126
Women	59.1%	57.0%
Minority	34.7%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	31.3%	28.4%
Foreign	2.5%	3.4%
Full-time	64.4%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 1475 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 67% of North Carolina’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	16	678
Public 2-year institutions	59	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	44	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	14	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	5	664
Total	139	4,599
Institution censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
East Carolina University, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill