Colorado State University: A 2012 Snapshot of Economic Impact

Generating Jobs, Boosting Income, and Fighting Unemployment in Colorado

13,140 $403 million $61 million 5.1 percent
Number of jobs CSU supports through direct employment and related spending. Yearly household income generated in Colorado by CSUs direct and indirect employment impacts. State and local sales taxes generated people whose livings depend on CSU. Unemployment rate in Colorado for those with a 4-year college degree. By comparison, the unemployment rate for those with only a high-school diploma or equivalent is 11.6 percent.

Graduating Tomorrows Taxpayers and High-Wage Earners

80 percent
Portion of CSU students who are Colorado residents. Bottom line more Colorado high-school students choose to enroll at CSU than any other college or university in Colorado.

99,000+ Number of CSU alumni who live and

work in Colorado.

$5.2 billion

Household income created annually in Colorado by CSU alumni, equivalent to 3.7 percent of the states household income. Personal income taxes and state sales taxes generated by CSU alumni in Colorado. Local sales and property taxes generated annually by CSU alumni in Colorado.
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Colorado State University is the largest employer in Northern Colorado and one of the largest in the state.

$365 million $202 million

Driving An Engine of Innovation $330 million

CSUs expenditures on research in 2010-11, fueling innovation in important and diverse sectors including agriculture, engineering, biophysics, veterinary medicine, chemistry, atmospheric science, and business. Number of start-up companies CSU has created in the past 5 years, creating hundreds of private sector jobs. Number of patents, patent lings and patent disclosures that resulted from CSU research in 2011, driving innovation that is truly creating jobs and expansion in the private sector. Number of technologies CSU has licensed to private enterprise since 2007.

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