Economic Impact Report: Student and Visitor Impacts

UC Davis students and campus visitors contributed more than $450 million to the capital region's economy in 2001-02, based on spending of $189 million.

Student and visitor spending generated more than 2,600 jobs in the capital region.

About 1.8 million people visited the UC Davis campus in 2001-02, spending approximately $36 million in the city of Davis--a conservative estimate of $20 per visitor.

Each year, more than 4,100 students enroll in service-learning courses that place them in volunteer roles throughout the community.

University visitors accounted for an estimated 48,600 room-nights at hotels in the city of Davis.