CU System generated just under $14.2B for state economy, report says

DENVER — An annual report commissioned by the University of Colorado Board of Regents says the educational and health-care system provided $14.198 billion to the state’s economy in the 2019 fiscal year.

The report specifically points to CU-Boulder as the largest player in the system’s economic contributions to the state, providing an estimated 26,853 people jobs in direct and indirect employment, $1.66 billion in wages and $2.43 billion in estimated value added to the state’s gross domestic product via operational spending for a total of about $4.2 billion.

The system estimates it provided…