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The North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University is a land-grant university located in Greensboro, North Carolina, United States. It is the largest publicly funded historically black college in the state of North Carolina. NC A&T is a constituent institution of the University of... North Carolina System. It is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools and classified as a research university with high research activity by The Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education. Founded in 1891 and known then as The Agricultural and Mechanical College for the Colored Race. NC A&T is one of the nation's leading producers of African-American engineers with bachelor's, master's and doctorate degrees. NASA is one of the major partners of the School of Engineering. It is also the nation's top producer of minorities with degrees in science, mathematics, engineering and technology. NC A&T is also a leading producer of minority certified public accountants, landscape architects, and veterinarians.
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Greenville is the seat of Greenville County, in upstate South Carolina, United States. Greenville is the sixth largest city in the state of South Carolina. One of the principal cities of the Greenville-Mauldin-Easley Metropolitan Statistical Area , it had a municipal population of 58,409 and an... urban population of 302,194 as of the 2010 census. The metropolitan area had a population of 636,986 in 2010 census. Greenville is the largest city of the Greenville-Spartanburg-Anderson Combined Statistical Area which in 2006 had an estimated population of 1,203,795, making it the largest CSA in the state of South Carolina. The CSA, an 8-county region of northwestern South Carolina, is known as "The Upstate". Greenville is located approximately halfway between Atlanta, Georgia and Charlotte, North Carolina along Interstate 85, and its metropolitan area also includes Interstates 185 and 385. Greenville is located at 34°50′40″N 82°23′8″W / 34.84444°N 82.38556°W / 34.84444; -82.38556 , roughly equidistant between Atlanta, Georgia , and Charlotte, North Carolina.
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