UNE Statewide economic impact tops $1 billion

September 7, 2016

"I think it is important for a private university to help people be aware of the ways in which we are an important economic engine. It's a way of gaining credibility: You can't say 'We're a little school in the woods' anymore."

(Reprint from Mainebiz 9/7/2016) – The University of New England’s economic impact across the state of Maine totaled more than $1 billion for the 2016 academic year that ended June 30, according to a report by Planning Decisions Inc., an independent Portland-based research and planning firm. Read more here.