Utah System of Higher Education

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The Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) is the public university system of the state of Utah. It includes each of the state's sixteen public institutions of higher education, including its eight technical colleges.

History

On March 21, 1969, the Utah State Legislature passed the Utah Higher Education Act of 1969, establishing the Utah System of Higher Education and its governing body, the State Board of Higher Education, to govern Utah's (at the time) nine institutions of higher learning, as well as administer the federal Higher Education Act of 1965.[1][2]

In 1977, an amendment was passed to rename the board to the Utah State Board of Regents, as well as increase its membership to sixteen, with provisions for appointing of a student member. Subsequently, a 1981 amendment further increased this number to seventeen, with the seventeenth member being the Lieutenant Governor of Utah.[3]

In 2020, the Utah System of Technical Colleges was subsumed into USHE, with the Utah State Board of Regents being renamed to the Utah Board of Higher Education.[4]

Today, the board consists of 10 Utah citizens, all of whom are appointed by the Governor of Utah, one of whom is a Student Board member. Each board member is appointed to six-year staggered terms, with the exception of student board members, who are appointed to one-year terms.[5]

Colleges and universities

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Public colleges and universities

Campus Location Founded Enrollment Endowment Athletics
Affiliation Nickname
Southern Utah University Cedar City 1897 15,444 (fall 2024)[6] $29.9 million (2019) NCAA Div I
WAC
Thunderbirds
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University of Utah Salt Lake City 1850 36,970 (fall 2024)[6] $1.64 billion (2023) NCAA Div I
Big 12
Utes
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Utah State University Logan 1888 28,900 (fall 2024)[6] $538.4 million (2023) NCAA Div I
Mountain West
Aggies
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Utah Tech University St. George 1911 13,167 (fall 2024)[6] $16.3 million (2019) NCAA Div I
WAC
Trailblazers
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Utah Valley University Orem 1941 46,809 (fall 2024)[6] $100 million (2023) NCAA Div I
WAC
Wolverines
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Weber State University Ogden 1889 32,701 (fall 2024)[6] $219.5 million (2022) NCAA Div I
Big Sky
Wildcats
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Community colleges

Technical colleges

References

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