Here is a sampling of the economic footprint some SUNY campuses provide to their respective communities:

• SUNY Maritime generates more than $2 billion each year for the region
• SUNY Oneonta has a total annual economic impact of $218 million on the I-88 Corridor
• SUNY Oswego had a total economic impact of $169.4 million for Oswego County in 2008, up from $119.3 million in 2003
• Binghamton University’s Center of Excellence in Small Scale Systems Integration and Packaging is making the region a vital nerve center in the technology race, generating an estimated annual impact of $100 million with partners including Endicott Inter- connect, IBM, Lockheed Martin, General Electric, Corning, BAE Systems and Cornell University
• The University at Buffalo’s Office of Science, Technology Transfer and Economic Outreach has helped to launch 64 companies, generating annual revenues in excess of $61 million and creating more than 455 jobs

Source: SUNY campuses