Colleges generate $4B economic impact

FORT COLLINS — Public colleges and universities in Northern Colorado — the University of Northern Colorado, Colorado State University, Front Range Community College and Aims Community College — combined to generate $3.9 billion in economic impacts and supported more than 50,000 jobs in Weld and Larimer counties during the 2017-2018 fiscal year, according to a new study.

That study, conducted on behalf of the four local public institutions (referred to in the study by the collective acronym NoCoPCU) by economic analysis firm Economic Modeling LLC, or Emsi, was released in late…