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CSU WORTH $524 MILLION TO THE REGIONAL ECONOMY
According to an independent analysis by the Western Research Institute, in 2010 Charles Sturt University contributed $524 million in gross regional product, $331 million in household income and 4,996 full-time equivalent jobs to its rural and regional communities when initial and flow-on expenditures are counted. For every one dollar of Federal Government funding received, Charles Sturt University returns approximately $4.75 to the Australian economy.
Charles Sturt University continues to be the leading provider of higher education in rural and regional Australia with more than 31,000 students enrolled in the first half of 2010 - an increase of more than nine per cent in total enrolments compared to the same period in 2009.
Source: Growing our Communities CSU Regional Development Report 2010
