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With more than 445,000 alumni living in Illinois, strategic partnerships for innovation and talent retention, and physical and intellectual assets, we are a leader in driving economic prosperity for the people of Illinois.</p> <p>Learn more about the economic impact of our individual universities:</p> <div class="campus-opt"><a class="underline" href="https://www.uillinois.edu/userfiles/Servers/Server_1240/file/UIUC_FY21_EIS_FactSheet_Formatted_Final.pdf"><img alt="Urbana campus" class="img-fluid" src="/UserFiles/Servers/Server_1240/Image/img/uiuc-campus.png" /><br /> Urbana</a></div> <div class="campus-opt"><a class="underline" href="https://economicimpact.uic.edu/"><img alt="Chicago campus" class="img-fluid" src="/UserFiles/Servers/Server_1240/Image/img/uic-campus.png" /><br /> Chicago</a></div> <div class="campus-opt"><a class="underline" href="https://www.uis.edu/impact"><img alt="Springfield campus" class="img-fluid" src="/UserFiles/Servers/Server_1240/Image/img/uis-campus.png" /><br /> Springfield</a></div> </div> <div class="col-lg-6"> <div class="econ-infog1"> <div class="infog1-num"><span style="color: white; float: left;font-size: 6rem; text-align: left;display: block;font-family: "Oswald", helvetica, sans-serif; margin-left: 0px;">$19B</span><span class="infog1-text" style="color: white;">economic<br /> impact</span></div> <span class="infog1-text" style="color: white;">We power the state economy through our employee and student spending and the increased earning power of our graduates.</span><a class="underline" href="/common/pages/DisplayFile.aspx?itemId=1022826"> </a> <div class="more-info-link"><a class="underline" href="/about/economic_impact"><img alt="Plus sign symbol" src="/UserFiles/Servers/Server_1240/Image/img/small-more.png" /> </a><a aria-label="Read more about how we power the state economy. 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And as those students graduate and join our nearly 850,000 living alumni, they become the employees of the future for organizations in Illinois and beyond, earning and spending that fuels the economic engine.</p> <div class="ec-info"><img alt="ROI of taxpayer investment" src="/UserFiles/Servers/Server_1240/Image/img/econ-roi.png" /> <div class="infotext">For every dollar students put into their education, they receive $5.20 in career earnings <strong>—</strong> <strong>an average 15.7% annual return rate</strong>.</div> </div> </div> </section> <div class="fact gradient">Three of every four 2019-20 Urbana-Champaign graduates who secured a first destination remained in the state of Illinois for those opportunities. <div class="fact-more"><img alt="Plus sign" src="/UserFiles/Servers/Server_1240/Image/img/more-fact.png" /> <a aria-label="Read about Illini Success. 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Led by the U of I System, a new interdisciplinary public-private research institute in Chicago, the <a href="http://innovation.uillinois.edu">Discovery Partners Institute</a>, is the first node of the <a href="https://iin.uillinois.edu/">Illinois Innovation Network</a> designed to catalyze economic growth.</p> <p><a href="http://vpedi.uillinois.edu/">Learn more about the U of I innovation ecosystem</a>.</p> </div> </section> <div class="fact gradient">The Research Park in Urbana-Champaign is home to 120+ companies and has an estimated total annual economic output of $428 million. <div class="fact-more"><img alt="Plus sign" src="/UserFiles/Servers/Server_1240/Image/img/more-fact.png" /> <a aria-label="Read about EnterpriseWorks Chicago. 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