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  UC San Diego leveraged the $299 million that the state of California contributed to the campus last year into total revenues of $1.5 billion, or more than five times the original investment. Of that total, $920 million was money that UC San Diego attracted from outside the region, and this made an overall economic impact of $2.2 billion, or more than seven times the amount of the original state investment. This economic activity contributed to the creation of 61,000 jobs locally and 70,000 jobs nationally, for a total of 131,000 jobs.
   
   
   

In an economy dominated by telecommunications and health-science research, UC San Diego has already proved itself. The research conducted at the university and the entrepreneurial spirit of the highly qualified students it produces have provided much of the inspiration, the drive, and the building blocks for the robust and future-oriented economy that San Diego and the state of California enjoy.

With success comes experience. So much so that UC San Diego now stands not only well-attuned to the needs of the regional and national economies, it is also geared up and ready to lead that economy with new ideas yet to be bred of innovative and multidisciplinary research.



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UC San Diego spent $867.4 million on goods and services

UC San Diego student and visitor spending made a $73 million impact on the local economy.

UC San Diego students were awarded $110.9 million in financial assistance, all of which was spent in the local economy.
UC San Diego distributed an average of $55 million in salaries every month, most of which was spent in the local economy.