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Utah System of Higher Education

Education organization in Utah, United States

Summary

Education organization in Utah, United States

Field	Value
name	Utah System of Higher Education
image	UBHE USHE Seal Black 2020.png
image_upright	0.7
caption	Seal of the Utah Board of Higher Education
established
type	Public university system
head	Geoffrey Landward
head_label	Commissioner
students	234,526 students (Fall 2023)
city	Salt Lake City
state	Utah
country	United States
campus	16 campuses
website
logo	USHE Logo 2025.svg
logo_size	200px
logo_alt	A logo for the Utah System of Higher Education, the public university system of the state of Utah, United States

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.

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.

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.

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.

Colleges and universities

Public colleges and universities

Campus	Location	Founded	Enrollment	Endowment	Athletics	Affiliation	Nickname
Southern Utah University	Cedar City	1897	author=	date=2024-10-15	title=USHE enrollment grows at degree-granting colleges and universities	url=https://ushe.edu/ushe-enrollment-2024/	access-date=2025-06-27	website=Utah System of Higher Education	language=en-US}}	$29.9 million (2019)	NCAA Div I
WAC	Thunderbirds

University of Utah	Salt Lake City	1850	36,970 (fall 2024)	$1.64 billion (2023)	NCAA Div I
Big 12	Utes

Utah State University	Logan	1888	28,900 (fall 2024)	$538.4 million (2023)	NCAA Div I
Mountain West	Aggies

Utah Tech University	St. George	1911	13,167 (fall 2024)	$16.3 million (2019)	NCAA Div I
WAC	Trailblazers

Utah Valley University	Orem	1941	46,809 (fall 2024)	$100 million (2023)	NCAA Div I
WAC	Wolverines

Weber State University	Ogden	1889	32,701 (fall 2024)	$219.5 million (2022)	NCAA Div I
Big Sky	Wildcats

Community colleges

Salt Lake Community College — Salt Lake City
Snow College — Ephraim

Technical colleges

Bridgerland Technical College — Logan
Davis Technical College — Kaysville
Dixie Technical College — St. George
Mountainland Technical College — Lehi
Ogden–Weber Technical College — Ogden
Southwest Technical College — Cedar City
Tooele Technical College — Tooele
Uintah Basin Technical College — Roosevelt

References

"Institutional Data Resources: Headcount".
(23 January 1997). "The State System of Higher Education".
Newell, Jackson. (1994). "Utah History Encyclopedia". University of Utah Press.
(7 December 1983). "Utah State Board of Higher Education, Role Of".
(15 May 2020). "Resolution of Appreciation: Board of Regents".
"About the Board".
. (2024-10-15). ["USHE enrollment grows at degree-granting colleges and universities"](https://ushe.edu/ushe-enrollment-2024/).

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