UA - Pulaski Tech creates a significant positive impact on the business community and generates a return on investment to its major stakeholder groups—students, taxpayers, and society.
Central Arkansas
UA-PTC’s day-to-day operations spending added $25.5 million in income to the region.
Our Communities
Social benefits of UA-PTC equal a present value of $517.7 million.
These benefits include $338.8 million in added student income, $131.0 million in added business income, $34.0 million in added income from college activities, as well as $13.9 million in social savings related to health, the justice system, and income assistance in Arkansas.
Taxpayers
For every $1 of public money invested in UA-PTC, taxpayers will receive a cumulative value of $2.60 over the course of the students’ working lives.
Students
Students who earn an associate degree from UA-PTC can expect approximate wages of $41,500 a year within the UA-PTC service area, approximately $18,000 more than someone with a high school diploma.
(Impacts created by UA-PTC in FY 2022-23)
Operations spending impact
$25.5 million
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Student spending impact
$8.7 million
+
Alumni impact
$210.1 million
Total economic impact
$244.3 million
or
Jobs supported
3,819
The greatest economic impact of UA-PTC stems from the added human capital—the knowledge, creativity, imagination, and entrepreneurship—found in its alumni. The grand total of the alumni impact is $210.1 million in total added income, including initial and multiplier labor and non-labor income effects, equivalent to supporting 3,088 jobs.
