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• For every $1 invested by the state, the CSU generates $5.43 for California's economy.
• CSU-related spending generates more than $17 billion in economic impact in California which supports 150,000 jobs in the state.
• The CSU, more than any other public or private university in the state, provides more job-ready graduates to California's competitive industries — industries which account for nearly 5 million jobs in the state.
• Even a relatively modest increase of 5% in the bachelor’s degree percentage yields about an $8,000 increase in household median income statewide.
• By 2025, the state will have one million fewer college-educated workers than the economy will require, according to PPIC projections.
• This report proposes that the plan set explicit new goals in several key areas, including UC and CSU eligibility levels, community college transfers to four-year institutions, and college completion rates.