The University of Washington, its medical complex and branch campuses generate $12.5 billion in jobs, sales of goods and services, and other economic impacts for the state, according to a new study of the university’s economic contribution to the local economy.
In fact, the UW’s state economic impact is larger than that of any of the other 200-plus colleges and universities that the consulting firm Tripp Umbach has ever studied, said Paul Umbach, founder and president of the Pittsburgh-based company.
