How Much Money Do D.C.-Area Colleges Generate? $15B, Report Says.

In Maryland, the state’s flagship university in College Park is Prince George’s County’s second-largest employer. In D.C., universities gave $248 million in aid to 85,000 students. And in Virginia, more than 100,000 residents went to college in their home state. That’s according to a report released Tuesday by a coalition of D.C.-area universities that aims to show the breadth of higher education’s influence across the region, as institutions endure greater scrutiny by the federal government and President Donald Trump. It’s the first time a report like this has been published in over a decade. The report was published by the Consortium of Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area, which has 17 member institutions and four affiliates, spanning from George Mason University to Georgetown University to Prince George’s Community College.