$8,830 per student for SUNY/CUNY, $650 per private college, in excess of 80,500 private college students qualifying for TAP per 2017 Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU) testimony.
491,628 students enrolled in the independent sector, 237,565 students in SUNY, and 175,204 students enrolled in CUNY per 2015 New York State Education Department (NYSED).
$79.6 billion in New York State revenue; 406,300 direct and indirect jobs (179,700 institution jobs, 16,600 construction jobs, and 210,000 induced jobs); $28.1 billion total payroll (institutional, construction, and indirect/induced employment); excess of $2 billion payroll taxes collected per 2015 Economic Impact of New York State’s Independent Sector of Higher Education, prepared by the Center for Governmental Research (CGR) for the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities.
$43.1 million economic impact according to CICU 2015 Economic Impact Study.
$1.2 million TAP Awarded annually and 494 recipients according to New York State Higher Education Services Corp.
$21,830 Hilbert College graduate average loan indebtedness (according to the Institute for College Access & Success; $30,000 is New York State average per Governor's office.