Middle Georgia State University (MGA) contributed more than $296 million to the economy in fiscal 2023 – a nearly 3 percent increase over the previous year. Due to on-and off-campus spending during the same period, the University accounted for more than 2,700 jobs.
That’s according to a study released Wednesday, August 14, by the University System of Georgia (USG). Dr. Jeffrey M. Humphreys, director of the Selig Center for Economic Growth in the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business, conducted the study.
Middle Georgia State is one of the University System’s 26 institutions. According to the report, MGA’s economic impact is primarily felt in the counties where the institution has campuses – Bibb (Macon), Bleckley (Cochran), Laurens (Dublin), Dodge (Eastman, the home base of the University’s School of Aviation), and Houston (Warner Robins). The University’s economic impact is felt also in Jones, Monroe, Peach, Crawford, Twiggs, Baldwin, Wilkinson, Lamar, and Pulaski counties.
