Economic
Impact
Roger Valine
—President and CEO of Vision Service Plan
and a
Sacramento State alumnus (’73)
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The investment in Sacramento State made by the state and private donors
is paying big dividends in the Capital Region. Sacramento State
activities generate $743.5 million and add 15,946 jobs for the
region’s economy.
Operations of the campus, its auxiliary organizations including the
Sacramento State Foundation, Capital Public Radio and the University
Union, campus-related student spending, and campus construction amount
to $438.8 million a year. That includes instruction, student services
and facilities management, as well as $24 million in sponsored research
activities. Much of that is the salaries of people who live in the region,
which means a large proportion of it is spent locally.
Carla
Vasquez—Founder, President and CEO of Sacramento-based
CV Logistics and a Sacramento State alumna (’81)
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Spending
by 28,500 Sacramento State students also has a large impact. Students
who live off-campus away from parents spend an estimated $15,650
a year on tuition, school supplies, rent and transportation. The
University’s 750 international
students each spend an estimated $18,000 every year. Sacramento State
tuition is just $2,500 a year for 2003-04, so a great deal of student
spending goes directly into the local economy. And because half of
Sacramento State students are assisted through $102 million in financial
aid each year, a good portion of their spending is money brought
into the region from state and federal sources.
Scott
Syphax—President and CEO of Sacramento-based Nehemiah
Corporation of California and a Sacramento State alumnus (’88)
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Dennis
Tootelian—Director of the Sacramento State Center
for Small Business and a Sacramento State professor of management
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The Academic Information Resource Center (to be completed early
2005).
An
enhanced image of the Sacramento State campus (created by Geography
Professor Victor Wu using a LYDAR high resolution aerial photograph)
illustrate the ambitious building program taking place on the
Sacramento State campus.
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