Building the Boom
Building Growth in Our Communities
CMU is working to engineer groundbreaking solutions for global challenges while also developing partnerships that engage the community and drive economic growth. You can see these efforts from our National Robotics Engineering Center (NREC) facility in Pittsburgh's Lawrenceville neighborhood to the Hazelwood Green ecosystem taking shape in the Greater Hazelwood neighborhood in Pittsburgh.
Creating Economic Impact across Pennsylvania
19600 +
jobs supported statewide
in direct, indirect and induced jobs, including construction, food service, technology, tourism and transportation
$ 3 billion
in economic impact across Pennsylvania
including capital investments, annual operations, visitor spending and wage premium
$ 72 million
tax revenue generated annually in Pennsylvania
with $14.2 million generated in the city of Pittsburgh
As we embrace this tech-driven economy, universities like Carnegie Mellon are playing a growing and central role in the innovation ecosystem, helping to drive regional and national economic growth. This latest impact report underscores our commitment to the community and the special, symbiotic relationship that Carnegie Mellon has with this city, this region, the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, and the public, private and nonprofit partners that we work closely with every day.
Farnam Jahanian
President of Carnegie Mellon University
What Do the Numbers Really Mean?
25 Years of NREC
A new report marks 25 years since the National Robotics Engineering Center's (NREC) founding, with new data points to demonstrate the real economic impact of a world-class research center on its surroundings.
Stories of Economic Impact
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