There are more than 52,200 New Paltz working-age alumni, i.e., age 65 and younger. Forty-four percent reside in the Hudson Valley and 73 percent reside in New York State. Alumni who graduated since 1980 (so total number is underestimated) generate $371.4 million in value-added annual earnings in the Hudson Valley above what they would earn with only a high school degree. Alumni living in New York State generate $602.5 million in value-added earnings.