Terre Haute is a city in Vigo County, Indiana near the state's western border with Illinois. It is the principal city of and is included in the Terre Haute, IN Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 59,614. The city is the county seat of Vigo County. Its current Mayor is Kevin D. Burke. Terre Haute is home to Indiana State University, a public university with a student population just over 11,000. The private engineering school Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is located just east of the city, and is consistently rated one of the top engineering schools in the nation.