North Dakota State University is distinctive as a student-focused, land-grant, research university, ranked by the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education among the top 108 public and private universities in the country. NDSU is in the elite category of "Research Universities/Very High Research Activity," with several programs ranked in the Top 100 by the National Science Foundation. NDSU is fully accredited as an institution by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools.

Main campus: Fargo, N.D., with Extension Service and Research Experiment Station locations all across the state.

FALL 2013
Enrollment...............14,629
Undergraduate............11,948
Professional...................346
Graduate.....................2,335

Employees..................6,238
(Including all academic staff and more than 2,500 temporary and student workers)

There are 2,573 full-time employees and 3,665 part-time employees.
Full-Time Equivalent = 3,759.56

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