List of colleges and universities in Utah
Encyclopedia
The following is a list of college
s and universities
in the U.S. state
of Utah
.
College
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s and universities
University
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in the U.S. state
U.S. state
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of Utah
Utah
Utah is a state in the Western United States. It was the 45th state to join the Union, on January 4, 1896. Approximately 80% of Utah's 2,763,885 people live along the Wasatch Front, centering on Salt Lake City. This leaves vast expanses of the state nearly uninhabited, making the population the...
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Research universities
- University of UtahUniversity of UtahThe University of Utah, also known as the U or the U of U, is a public, coeducational research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. 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...
, Salt Lake City - Utah State UniversityUtah State UniversityUtah State University is a public university located in Logan, Utah. It is a land-grant and space-grant institution and is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities....
, LoganLogan, Utah-Layout of the City:Logan's city grid originates from its Main and Center Street block, with Main Street running north and south, and Center east and west. Each block north, east, south, or west of the origin accumulates in additions of 100 , though some streets have non-numeric names...
Other four-year universities and college(s)
- Dixie State College of UtahDixie State College of UtahDixie State College of Utah is a college located in St. George, Utah, United States.-History:...
, St. GeorgeSt. George, UtahSt. George is a city located in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Utah, and the county seat of Washington County, Utah. It is the principal city of and is included in the St. George, Utah, Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city is 119 miles northeast of Las Vegas, Nevada, and 303 miles ... - Southern Utah UniversitySouthern Utah UniversitySouthern Utah University, or SUU, is located in Cedar City, Utah. It was founded in 1897 as an extension of the Agricultural College of Utah, by the citizens of Cedar City.During its history, the school has been known as:...
, Cedar CityCedar City, UtahAs of the census of 2000, there were 20,527 people, 6,486 households, and 4,682 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,021.8 people per square mile . There were 7,109 housing units at an average density of 353.9 per square mile... - Utah Valley University, OremOrem, UtahOrem is a city in Utah County, Utah, United States, in the north-central part of the state. It is adjacent to Provo, Lindon, and Vineyard and is about south of Salt Lake City. Orem is one of the principal cities of the Provo-Orem, Utah Metropolitan Statistical Area, which includes all of Utah and...
- Weber State UniversityWeber State UniversityWeber State University is a public university located in the city of Ogden in Weber County, Utah, USA. It was founded in 1889 and is a coeducational, publicly supported university offering professional, liberal arts and technical certificates, as well as associate, bachelor's and master's degrees...
, OgdenOgden, UtahOgden is a city in Weber County, Utah, United States. Ogden serves as the county seat of Weber County. The population was 82,825 according to the 2010 Census. The city served as a major railway hub through much of its history, and still handles a great deal of freight rail traffic which makes it a...
Two-year
- USU-College of Eastern UtahUSU-College of Eastern UtahUtah State University-College of Eastern Utah is a public regional college within the Utah State University system. The USU Eastern main campus is located in Price, Utah and a satellite location known as the San Juan Campus is located in Blanding, Utah.USU Eastern, formerly known as College of...
, PricePrice, UtahPrice is a city in Carbon County, Utah, United States. The city is home to the USU-College of Eastern Utah, as well as the large USU Eastern Prehistoric Museum affiliated with the college. Price is located within short distances from both Nine Mile Canyon and the Manti-La Sal National Forest... - Snow CollegeSnow CollegeSnow College is a rural, two-year state college located in Ephraim, Utah, U.S. It offers certificates and associate degrees in a number of areas...
, Ephraim - Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake Community College is the largest higher education institution with the most diverse student body in Utah . The College offers and operates throughout the Salt Lake valley. Even with its large student body, the College maintains a student to faculty ratio of just 20 to 1...
, various locations in Salt Lake County and Tooele County
Technical
Regional Campuses of the Utah College of Applied TechnologyUtah College of Applied Technology
Utah College of Applied Technology is a combination of 8 regional technical colleges in the state of Utah. UCAT is a public post-secondary institution and is part of the Utah System of Higher Education....
- Bridgerland Applied Technology CollegeBridgerland Applied Technology CollegeBridgerland Applied Technology College is a post-secondary educational institution located in Logan, Utah. It is a campus of the Utah College of Applied Technology system, and provides several courses designed to train students interested in a particular career field...
, Logan - Dixie Applied Technology CollegeDixie Applied Technology CollegeDixie Applied Technology College is a public technical training institution located in St. George, Utah and is part of the statewide Utah College of Applied Technology system...
, St. George - Mountainland Applied Technology CollegeMountainland Applied Technology CollegeMountainland Applied Technical College is a public technical training institution located in Orem, Utah with additional campuses in American Fork and Spanish Fork. MATC also offers courses in cooperation with Utah Valley University at UVU's Wasatch campus in Heber, Utah and is in the process of...
, Orem - Ogden-Weber Applied Technology CollegeOgden-Weber Applied Technology CollegeOgden–Weber Applied Technology College is a technical college located in Ogden, Utah, USA. It is the largest of the eight regional campuses that comprise the Utah College of Applied Technology...
, Ogden - Tooele Applied Technology CollegeTooele Applied Technology CollegeTooele Applied Technology College is a public technical training institution located in Tooele, Utah and is a part of the Utah College of Applied Technology. TACT offers high school students and adults living in Tooele County programs in Business, Health Care, Information, Manufacturing,...
, Salt Lake City - Southwest Applied Technology CollegeSouthwest Applied Technology CollegeSouthwest Applied Technology College is a public technical training institution located in Cedar City, Utah and serving Beaver, Garfield, Iron and Kane counties. In addition to its main campus in Cedar City, SWATC also operates a campus in Kanab, Utah...
, Cedar City - Uintah Basin Applied Technology CollegeUintah Basin Applied Technology CollegeUintah Basin Applied Technology College is a public technical training institution located in Roosevelt, Utah with an additional campus in Vernal and serving high school students and adults in Daggett, Duchesne, Uintah counties...
, Roosevelt - Davis Applied Technology CollegeDavis Applied Technology CollegeDavis Applied Technology College is a public technical training institution located in Kaysville, Utah. It provides competency-based education in an open-entry, open-exit environment which prepares over 7,400 high school and adult students with career and technical skills...
, Kaysville
Four-year
- Brigham Young UniversityBrigham Young UniversityBrigham Young University is a private university located in Provo, Utah. It is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints , and is the United States' largest religious university and third-largest private university.Approximately 98% of the university's 34,000 students...
, Provo - George Wythe UniversityGeorge Wythe UniversityGeorge Wythe University is a non-profit classical liberal arts school in Cedar City, Utah which offers undergraduate and graduate degrees in the liberal arts, education and political philosophy. GWU's curriculum is centered on the Great Books of the Western World published in 1952 by Britannica...
, Cedar City - Western Governors UniversityWestern Governors UniversityWestern Governors University is a private, nonprofit, American online university with nearly 30,000 students across the United States and in military bases overseas, as of December 2011. It is a competency-based university...
, Salt Lake City (online education) - Westminster College, Salt Lake CityWestminster College, Salt Lake CityWestminster College is a private liberal arts college located in the Sugar House neighborhood of Salt Lake City, Utah. The college comprises four schools: the School of Arts and Sciences, the Bill and Vieve Gore School of Business, the School of Education, and the School of Nursing and Health...
, Salt Lake City (liberal arts collegeLiberal arts colleges in the United StatesLiberal arts colleges in the United States are certain undergraduate institutions of higher education in the United States. The Encyclopædia Britannica Concise offers a definition of the liberal arts as a "college or university curriculum aimed at imparting general knowledge and developing general...
) - Webster University UtahWebster University UtahWebster University Utah is a branch of Webster University, an independent, accredited, non-profit, private university in St. Louis, Missouri. Its campus locations are in Murray and at Hill Air Force Base, comprising two of Webster's 103 campuses around the world.Webster opened its first Utah campus...
, Murray
For-profit
- Eagle Gate CollegeEagle Gate CollegeEagle Gate College is a private college that specializes in career education. The College is accredited by the Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools . Eagle Gate College offers Bachelor degrees, Associate degrees, Certificates, and Diplomas in fields such as healthcare,...
, Murray, Layton, Salt Lake City - Neumont UniversityNeumont UniversityNeumont University was founded in 2003 by Graham Doxey, Scott McKinley, and Marlow Einelund. It is headquartered in South Jordan, Utah. Neumont's South Jordan campus is located in what has been labeled Utah's s between other technology-oriented companies like Ibahn, eBay, Oracle, and...
, South Jordan - Provo CollegeProvo CollegeProvo College is a private, for-profit educational institution that specializes in career education. The school is accredited by the Accrediting Commission of Career Schools and Colleges . Provo College offers Associate degrees and Diplomas in fields such as nursing, medical assisting, criminal...
, Provo - Rocky Mountain University of Health ProfessionsRocky Mountain University of Health ProfessionsThe Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions is a for-profit institution of higher education in Provo, Utah, United States. It first opened in 1998.-Programs:The school primarily offers graduate programs in health related fields...
, Provo - Stevens-Henager CollegeStevens-Henager CollegeStevens–Henager College, headquartered in Ogden, Utah, United States, North America, is a private, for-profit, coeducational college, owned by CollegeAmerica. Established in 1891, the college has five campuses in Idaho and Utah. It offers online and on-campus programs in varied educational spectra...
, Ogden - University of PhoenixUniversity of PhoenixThe University of Phoenix is a for-profit institution of higher learning. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Apollo Group Inc. which is publicly traded , an S&P 500 corporation based in Phoenix, Arizona...
, Salt Lake City - Broadview University, Layton, West Jordan, Orem, Salt Lake City
- ITT Technical InstituteITT Technical InstituteITT Technical Institute is a for-profit technical institute with over 130 campuses in 38 states of the United States. ITT Tech is owned and operated by ITT Educational Services, Inc. , a publicly traded company headquartered in Carmel, Indiana. ITT Educational Services, Inc...
, Murray