In this time of economic uncertainty, a report from the Institute of Government and Public Affairs shows that the University of Illinois- with a student body of nearly 70,000 and more than 23, 000 faculty and staff on all three campuses- pumps more than $13 billion into the state’s economy every year. The study, compiled by three faculty members of the University’s IGPA, found that for every dollar the state spent on the U of I, the system generated more than $17 into the Illinois economy.

Read this article from the UI Alumni magazine.