University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT201 Presidents Circle, ROOM 201, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9008
801-581-7200
The University of Utah, located in Salt Lake City, is the flagship institution of higher learning in Utah. Founded in 1850, it is the state's oldest university. The university is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity." As of Fall 2015, there are 23,909 undergraduate students and 7,764 graduate students, for an enrollment total of 31,673. The university was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education. It received its current name in 1892, four years before Utah attained statehood, and moved to its current location in 1900. The university ranks among the top 50 U.S. public research universities by the Center for Measuring University Performance, and is one of the top 100 research universities in the world by the London-based Times Higher Education World University Rankings. The university has also been ranked the 12th most innovative university in the nation by U.S. News & World Report. In addition, the university's Honors College has been reviewed with high distinction by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. The University of Utah is the only school in the Mountain West to be selected for the prestigious Association of American Universities, an organization made up of the 62 leading public and private research institutions in the United States and Canada.
Quick Facts
Enrollment: 33081
Acceptance Rate: 79.40%
Type: Public, 4-year or above
Main Website: https://www.utah.edu/
Financial Aid: https://financialaid.utah.edu/
Annual Costs
Total Cost In-State On-Campus: $24278
Total Cost Out-State On-Campus: $42883
Return on Investment Rating
The estimated cost for four years as an undergraduate at University of Utah is $96192.42. This includes the average cost of attendance for four years plus the interest on the average loan over a ten year repayment minus the average of grants and scholarships per student.
We then contrast this figure with average early-career and mid-career average incomes of graduates of four year programs at University of Utah. For graduates of University of Utah, we saw an average early-career income of $59800.00 and mid-career income of $110700.00. We then ranked the school's value based on how many years of mid-career income it takes to repay the educational costs.