The State of CWRU
January 24, 2014
The 2012-2013 annual report notes that CWRU ended last year with a $8.4 million operating surplus, a figure which has been growing for the past seven years. President Barbara Snyder remarked at last Tuesday’s Undergraduate Student Government meeting that she was “proud that we [the university] finished with a surplus small and growing,” describing it as a “cushion” in case of unexpected emergencies. While the surplus is a small drop in CWRU’s $1 billion operating budget, we decided to ask anyway, what would $8.4 million buy?
- 938,548 Jolly Burgers
- 0.168 Tinkham Veale University Centers
- 202 semesters of tuition
- 21,001 iPad Airs
- 64,615 biology textbooks
- 32,307,692 packages of ramen
- 1,953,488 Starbucks lattes
- 93,333 lost dorm keys
- 336,000 Standard Parking tickets
- 153 average starting salaries
Check through The State of CWRU to follow our coverage on the most recent annual report.