The University spent $1.33 billion in metro Atlanta in 1999 on payroll, direct purchases, and construction. Spending by students, visitors, and retirees on everything from groceries and clothes to movie tickets bumped the figure up to $1.5 billion. The ripple effect of that spending, as employees in those industries earned paychecks and made their own purchases, raises the economic impact of Emory dollars to nearly $3.4 billion. In the past five years, Emory’s total economic impact has increased 39 percent, and in the past decade it has increased 85 percent.

Emory is five miles from downtown Atlanta, positioned on the Clifton Road corridor with such neighbors as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the national headquarters of the American Cancer Society.

With 11,000 students and 2,500 faculty from the United States and 90 foreign countries, Emory has earned an international reputation for research and teaching. Emory College and the University’s professional schools of medicine, business, law, public health, and theology consistently earn high ratings. Emory Healthcare is the most comprehensive health care delivery system in Georgia.

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