Ensign College
Salt Lake City, UT · Private · Midsize city · Ensign College
Private institution in Salt Lake City, UT · 5,969 undergraduates · $50,630 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 1%Out-of-state tuition & fees
- Top 5%In-state tuition & fees
- Top 6%Cost of attendance
- Top 16%Average net price
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $10,003318th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $3,88893rd cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $3,88817th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $13,892117th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- —
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $50,6301,035th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $43,320992nd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 31.1%1,742nd highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 61.4%1,554th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- —
- Average SAT
- —
- Median ACT
- —
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 5,969424th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 20.0:11,861st smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 11.3%2,028th highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 4 mi (SLC)
List appearances
This school doesn’t place in the top slice of any of our 111 lists. Most lists are Top 25–50, so absence here is common and says little on its own.
Campus facts
- Religious affiliation: Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church)source
- Founded in 1886source
- School colors: Yellowsource
- Mascot: Lionsource
- Formerly known as "Salt Lake Stake Academy (1886–1890)"source
- Formerly known as "LDS College (1890–1901)"source
- Formerly known as "LDS University (1901–1927)"source
- Formerly known as "LDS College (1927–1931)"source
- Formerly known as "LDS Business College (1931–2020)"source
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to Ensign College’s 5,969 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In UT
- Nightingale CollegeSalt Lake City, UT · 4,244 undergrads
- Utah Tech UniversitySaint George, UT · 8,320 undergrads
- Snow CollegeEphraim, UT · 3,552 undergrads
- Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, UT · 9,533 undergrads
- Joyce University of Nursing and Health SciencesDraper, UT · 1,892 undergrads
- Westminster UniversitySalt Lake City, UT · 882 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Polk State CollegeWinter Haven, FL · 5,954 undergrads
- Maryville University of Saint LouisSaint Louis, MO · 5,988 undergrads
- Arkansas Tech UniversityRussellville, AR · 5,993 undergrads
- Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, MI · 6,004 undergrads
- University of Wisconsin-PlattevillePlatteville, WI · 5,928 undergrads
- Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ · 5,924 undergrads
Key links
- Official websiteensign.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 230418)
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- Compare with Nightingale CollegeSide by side on every Scorecard measure — closest in-state school by enrollment
- Showdown: Ensign College vs Nightingale CollegeHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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