Study: CSU contributes $465.2M in tax revenue in state

FORT COLLINS — Colorado State University, its students and alumni contributed $465.2 million in tax revenue to the state in 2015, helped create 19,000 jobs and spawned dozens of companies.

That’s according to The Economic and Fiscal Impact Study: Colorado State University, one of two new studies released Tuesday. The studies were conducted by lead author Rebecca Hill, an agricultural and resource economist in CSU’s College of Agricultural Sciences, and co-authors Harvey Cutler and Martin Shields, both professors and economists in CSU’s College of Liberal Arts.

“Simply put, CSU is one of the state’s most important economic growth engines and a cornerstone…