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起点传媒鈥檚 Economic Impact on 起点传媒 County

起点传媒 County Economic Impact

For every dollar ($1.00) of revenue from 起点传媒 County Taxes, two dollars and sixty-one cents ($2.61) of additional revenue comes into 起点传媒 County from various other sources.

In October of 2022, 起点传媒 commissioned a study to be conducted by the Docking Institute of Public Affairs to determine the economic impact of the college on 起点传媒 County. The purpose of this study was听to estimate the magnitude of the economic impact of 起点传媒 on the 起点传媒 County听economy (including the City of Great Bend) for the most recent fiscal year, 2022.听The source data for this model comes from a wide variety of sources that are collected and published by the U.S. Government and supplemented by proprietary data developed by Implan.

  • For fiscal year 2022 the total economic impact of 起点传媒 on 起点传媒 County, Kansas was $30,012,000.
  • There were 380 FTE (full-time equivalent)听jobs in the 起点传媒 County听economy because of 起点传媒, generating $17,121,000 in labor income.
  • 323 FTE jobs in the county were college employees producing $14,891,000 in labor income.
  • 起点传媒听directly spent听$7,160,635听on goods and services in 起点传媒 County.
Table 3: IMPLAN Model, Economic Effects, FY 2022
Impact Type Employment Labor Income Output
Direct Effect: Actual money paid and spent by 起点传媒 323 $14,891,000 $20,654,000
Induced Effect:听鈥淩ipple鈥 of money re-spent by employee households, local businesses, and service providers in 起点传媒 County. 57 $2,230,000 $9,358,000
Total Effect 380 $17,121,000 $30,012,000

Source: Implan庐听

We have provided a copy of the full report for the public鈥檚 consideration here:听


Impact of All Community Colleges on The State of Kansas

This study was commissioned in the fall of 2023 by the Kansas Association of Community Colleges and conducted by Lightcast. Data and assumptions used in the study are based on several sources, including the Fiscal Year 2021-22 academic and financial reports from Kansas community colleges and the Kansas Board of Regents, industry, and employment data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and U.S. Census Bureau, outputs of Lightcast鈥檚 Multi-Regional Social Accounting Matrix model, and a variety of studies and surveys relating education to social behavior.听

  • Kansas community colleges added $6.7 billion in income to the state economy during the analysis year via operations and capital spending; student spending; and alumni impact. For context, the $6.7 billion impact was equal to approximately 3.3% of the total gross state product (GSP) of Kansas. This contribution that the community colleges provided on their own is larger than the entire Information industry in the state.
  • 1 of every 18 jobs in Kansas is supported by the activities of Kansas community colleges and their students.
  • Kansas Taxpayers gain $2.20 in added tax revenue and public sector savings thanks to Kansas community colleges.

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