Add up the wages and purchases by the University, spending by visitors to the University, and the value of community services to get to that number.
Construction is an additional part of that impact.
If you haven't visited the campus in a few years, you may be surprised how much new construction there has been. A new dorm and new science hall are now prominent fixtures on the campus. Now, you don't even have to go up Franciscan Way to get a taste for all the new things at Franciscan University. The lower campus, as the properties on University Boulevard are called, brings the University into full view now. This Summer, while the students are gone, the University's conference series will bring 12,000 visitors to Steubenville.