University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT · Public · Midsize city · Carnegie R1/R2 · The U
Public institution in Salt Lake City, UT · 26,041 undergraduates · 87% acceptance rate · $67,170 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 3%Undergraduates
- Top 17%Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- Top 17%Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- Top 22%Full-time retention
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
- $13,172527th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,315519th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $29,8371,248th cheapest of 2,042 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $21,799486th cheapest of 1,985 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $19,000545th lowest of 1,880 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $67,170336th highest of 1,969 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $55,239337th highest of 1,964 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 63.9%630th highest of 2,031 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 85.4%409th highest of 1,853 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 87.2%1,147th most selective of 1,608 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1231324th highest of 1,024 reporting
- Median ACT
- 26270th highest of 954 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 26,04171st largest of 2,162 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 18.0:11,713th smallest of 2,159 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 20.1%1,717th highest of 2,140 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 7 mi (SLC)
On 3 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- EADec 1
- Rollingopen
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $55
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
Deadlines and essay flags come from the Common App Requirements Grid, joined by school name. Always confirm against the school’s own admissions page before applying.
Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 106 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mining and Mineral EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $78,971 | — |
| Computer Science | bachelors | $78,198 | $74,307 |
| Computer EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $71,015 | — |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $69,338 | $66,821 |
| Chemical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $65,936 | $65,894 |
| Mechanical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $65,502 | $62,260 |
| Information Science/StudiesComputer Science | bachelors | $60,054 | $62,409 |
| Civil EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $59,640 | $57,657 |
| Biomedical/Medical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $58,673 | $54,035 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied ProfessionsHealth Professions | bachelors | $58,479 | $50,856 |
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $58,221 | $64,493 |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingHealth Professions | bachelors | $58,080 | $57,995 |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1850source
- Athletic nickname: "Utes"source
- Rice–Eccles Stadium seats about 45,017source
- Competes in NCAA Division Isource
- Mascot: Swoopsource
- Campus size: about 1,534 acressource
- Athletic conference: Big 12source
- A [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program institutionsource
- A space-grant]]}} institutionsource
- Football rivalry: Battle of the Brothers (since 1892)source
- Football rivalry: Holy War (since 1896)source
- Football rivalry: Rumble in the Rockies (since 1903)source
- 1 Nobel laureate affiliatedsource
- Fight song: ""Utah Man""source
- Notable alum: Ted Bundysource
- Notable alum: Orson Scott Cardsource
- Notable alum: Stephen Coveysource
- Notable alum: Alan Kaysource
- Notable alum: Nolan Bushnellsource
Athletics — 14 sports
NCAA Division I-FBS · NCAA Division I
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $16,643,646 (M $9,858,505 · W $6,785,141)
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Beach Volleyball
- Football
- Golf
- Gymnastics
- Lacrosse
- Skiing
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming and Diving (combined)
- Tennis
- Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
- Volleyball
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Key links
- Official websiteutah.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 230764)
- Compare colleges in UTRe-score with your weights
- The Most Selective Colleges in UtahEvery eligible four-year in this state, ranked by published admission rate
- Showdown: University of Utah vs Utah Valley UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
- Sports directoryAll 14 EADA programs at this school
- Build an admissions plan8th–12th grade actions for this college — sports, activities, timeline
- MethodologyWhat these figures do and do not capture
- How to read a school page end to endStats, standings, lists, athletics, news — one profile, many jobs. Know which panel answers which question.
- Sticker price is a trapPublished tuition is a starting rumor. Net price is closer to what families actually pay.
- What acceptance rate actually measuresSelectivity is a competition statistic — not a quality score, and not your personal odds.
- A plan from eighth grade — without fake certaintySchool-anchored milestones, sports scarcity honesty, and EC playbooks — not invented admit odds.