CSN’s Economic Impact

With more than 43,000 students, the College of Southern Nevada is a major force in the Southern Nevada economy.  Largely funded by state taxpayer dollars, CSN set out this summer to find out the college’s economic impact and to determine whether the public (taxpayer) and private (individual student) benefits of CSN outweigh the costs of operating the college. The findings are available on this site.

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Overview

Student Perspective
Over the course of a working lifetime, associate’s degree graduates from CSN earn $414,000 more than someone with a high school diploma.

Social Perspective
The activities of CSN’s 2008-09 student body will generate about $93.3 million in labor income in the state economy each year.

Business Perspective
Increased productivity if workers due to the accumulation of past and present CSN skills in the region creates around $772.8 million in added income each year.

Taxpayer Perspective
CSN’s 2008-09 students will generate social savings to the Nevada public equal to $10.9 million a year.

Social and Taxpayer Perspectives
Taxpayers receive a rate of return of 9.2% on their investment in CSN, far better than the average rate of return on stocks and bonds.

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