

For every research dollar UConn receives, it generates $1.01 in economic output elsewhere in the state economy.

More than 50% of all engineers in CT are UConn graduates, 60% of the dentists and 35% of the physicians were educated or have ties to UConn Health.UConn awarded nearly 8,500 degrees last year, graduating 974 engineers, 365 nurses, 101 doctors, 49 dentists, and 151 pharmacists.UConn filed 91 invention disclosures and 25 patents were issued in 2022.The 71 companies in our technology incubator raised $183 million in FY22 since 2003, UConn supported startup companies have raised $1.14 billion and 70% of companies that graduated from our incubator program have stayed in Connecticut.Major employers like Aetna, Ernst & Young, Electric Boat, Pratt & Whitney, PWC, and KPMG clamor for our graduates.

69% percent of our graduates are employed in Connecticut six months after graduation.Over 43,000 students applied to UConn last year and more than 47,000 have applied for this fall.
