UNO alumni add billions of dollars, thousands of jobs to Omaha’s economy, new study says - Silicon Prairie News

UNO alumni add billions of dollars, thousands of jobs to Omaha’s economy, new study says - Silicon Prairie News

Alumni of the University of Nebraska at Omaha added roughly $2.4 billion to Omaha’s economy in 2024, while also supporting about 12,500 local jobs with their spending alone. That’s according to a new economic impact study from the university analyzing how nearly 80,000 local alumni contribute to the city. “Our gross domestic product in the Omaha metro area is … about $93 billion, give or take,” said Christopher Decker, the UNO economics professo…