California Biomedical Industry - California Healthcare Institute

California State UniversityThe California State University systemis the largest university system in theworld. It is a primary state resourcefor the technical workforce thatstaffs the biomedical industry and forundergraduates who go on to medicalschools and doctoral programs. Aswith other California institutions, CSUcampuses have benefited from NIHfunding.National Institutes of Health fundingat CSU, 2009NIH FundingUniversity2009California State Polytechnic$1,271,133University PomonaCSU Bakersfield $287,434CSU Dominguez Hills $826,431CSU Fullerton $1,317,408CSU Fresno $967,868CSU Long Beach $2,264,798CSU Los Angeles $5,651,207CSU Northridge $4,705,293CSU Sacramento $ 206,774CSU San Bernardino $2,037,315CSU San Marcos $2,248,982Humboldt State University $209,795San Diego State University $25,877,271San Francisco State University $6,938,489San Jose State University $2,016,4732009 Total $56,826,671The CSU confers 44 percent ofCalifornia’s life science and healthprofessions bachelor’s degrees,approximately 45 percent of itsbachelor’s degrees in engineering,and nearly 37 percent of the state’shealthcare and life sciences degreeholders at the graduate level. CSU iscommitted to developing a professionalbiomedical sciences workforce bymobilizing CSU campus resources,advancing CSU faculty research, anddeveloping innovating educationalpractices that respond to and anticipatethe needs of the life science industry.CSU highlights: Contributionsto the state’s economy••CSU’s direct economic impact on thestate of California is $7.96 billion.••CSU generates $17 billion in thestate’s economy due to secondaryeffects.••The result is some 150,000 jobsin California and more than $995million each year in state and localtaxes.••More than half of all undergraduatedegrees granted annually to Latino,African American and NativeAmerican students in Californiahave been awarded by the CSU; 56percent of all undergraduate degreesto Latinos••The CSU graduates more than89,000 students each year.••More than 1.96 million CSU alumniare working in California andearning over $122 billion annuallyin income, of which $42 billion isattributable to their CSU degrees.••When the additional impact ofenhanced alumni earnings is takeninto account, CSU’s total economicimpact reaches $70.4 billion.••For every dollar the state invests ina CSU student, it receives $5.43 inreturn.Preparation of a diverse lifesciences workforceCSU has nearly 40,847 undergraduatesand 6,940 graduate students in lifescience degree programs, includingagriculture.Compared with all university systems inthe nation, CSU has one of the largestgroups of underrepresented students inits life sciences degree programs.More than half of its students in thelife sciences are females, 22 percentare Hispanic, 5 percent are African-American, and more than 1 percent areAmerican Indian or Pacific Islander.CSU offers industry-focused lifesciences graduate degrees inbioengineering, bioinformatics,biostatistics, biotechnology,computational sciences, and medicalproduct development management.CSU is the state leader in the creationand implementation of ProfessionalScience Master’s degrees inbiotechnology and related fields.Fourteen CSU campuses areproviding research training in stem celltechnology designed to advance thefield of regenerative medicine throughsupport from the California Institute forRegenerative Medicine (CIRM). Likeother CSU educational programs in thelife sciences, these Bridges to StemCell Research projects provide handsontraining in both academic andindustrial research settings.CSU Extended University programsoffer certificates in fields critical to thestate’s biomedical industry, includingbiotechnology, clinical laboratorysciences, medical technology, qualityassurance, pharmaceutical engineering,health IT, and allied health.California Biomedical Industry 2011 Report | 73