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University of Utah

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  1. Families earning under $30k paid $13,123 a year after grants and aid, against a published cost of $25,557.

  2. Students who received federal aid earned a median $67,170 ten years after entering, the 87th percentile among public 4-years.

  3. 65% of students finish within 150% of normal time.

Founded
1850
Enrollment, 2023
40,455
Website
utah.edu
Campus of University of Utah

University of Utah · CC BY 3.0

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The University of Utah is a public research university in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It was established in 1850 as the University of Deseret by the General Assembly of the provisional State of Deseret, making it Utah's oldest institution of higher education. The university received its current name in 1892, four years before Utah attained statehood, and moved to its current location in 1900. It is the flagship university of the Utah System of Higher Education.

From the Wikipedia article “University of Utah”, revision 1364335648, used under CC BY-SA 4.0.

What it costs

The published sticker cost is $25,557 a year; after grants, families who received aid paid between $13,123 and $21,533 a year depending on income at University of Utah.

Statement of cost · University of Utah

Family income (per year)
Sticker costPublished yearly cost of attendance, all students
$25,557
What families earning under $30k paidYearly net price after grants, for students receiving federal aid
$13,123
Average net price, all incomesAided students, all family incomes
$16,200
In-state tuition & feesLatest reported, 2024
$9,620

Each figure is reported separately; none is computed from another.

Net price by family income

Pick an income bracket above; the marked point follows. Dollars are what aided families paid each year after grants.

Yearly net price by family income, in dollars

under $30k: $13,123; $30–48k: $13,424; $48–75k: $14,246; $75–110k: $17,663; over $110k: $21,533. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years, from $8,778 to $16,425; dotted line at the median, $12,780.
  • Shaded: the middle half of public 4-years (all incomes), $8,778 to $16,425. Dotted line: the median, $12,780.
Table of the same numbers
Average yearly net price by family income bracket
Family incomePaid per year
Under $30k$13,123
$30k–$48k$13,424
$48k–$75k$14,246
$75k–$110k$17,663
Over $110k$21,533

College Scorecard, 2023–24 aid cohort (students who received federal aid)

What graduates earn and owe

Ten years after entry, the median federally aided student here earns $67,170; the median graduate who borrowed owes $19,000.

Statement, continued

Earnings, 6 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$55,239
Earnings, 8 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
$61,202
Median earnings 10 years after entryFederally aided (Title IV) students only. Median.
87th percentile among public 4-years
$67,170
Median debt, graduatesStudents who finished and borrowed federal loans.
44th percentile among public 4-years
$19,000
Median debt, all who borrowedEveryone who borrowed, whether or not they finished.
$14,000

Earnings and debt come from federal aid records, so students who never received federal aid are not counted.

Earnings after entry

The shaded band is the middle half of public 4-years at 10 years: $42,655 to $60,720.

6 yrs after entry: $55,239; 8 yrs after entry: $61,202; 10 yrs after entry: $67,170. Median graduate debt: $19,000. Shaded band: middle half of public 4-years at 10 years, from $42,655 to $60,720; dotted line at the median, $50,178.
  • Shaded: middle half of public 4-years, 10 years out ($42,655 to $60,720); dotted line is the median.
  • Dashed: median graduate debt, $19,000.

Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Hollow marks are rungs with no reported value, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Earnings after entry and graduate debt
MeasureDollars
Median earnings, 6 yrs after entry$55,239
Median earnings, 8 yrs after entry$61,202
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry$67,170
Median graduate debt$19,000

College Scorecard, federal tax and aid records

What programs pay

Median earnings five years after completing, by field of study. Small programs are privacy-suppressed and shown as not reported, never zero.

What programs pay at University of Utah
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
Research and Experimental PsychologyBachelor's Degree442not reported$21,314
Business Administration, Management and OperationsMaster's Degree356$135,170not reported
Social WorkMaster's Degree273$66,379not reported
Communication and Media StudiesBachelor's Degree256$58,546$18,017
Biology, GeneralBachelor's Degree234$66,286$21,000
Computer ScienceBachelor's Degree226$116,395$19,947
EconomicsBachelor's Degree221$80,323$16,642
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingBachelor's Degree210$71,368$22,106
Finance and Financial Management ServicesBachelor's Degree207$96,414$18,850
Physiology, Pathology and Related SciencesBachelor's Degree206not reportednot reported
Business Administration, Management and OperationsBachelor's Degree176$83,910$21,500
Information Science/StudiesMaster's Degree173$115,541not reported
Show all 27 programs
Remaining programs
ProgramCredentialGraduatesEarnings, 5 yrsMedian debt
MarketingBachelor's Degree148$77,028$20,632
Computer ProgrammingBachelor's Degree147not reportednot reported
Mechanical EngineeringBachelor's Degree147$87,070$22,400
Political Science and GovernmentBachelor's Degree142$60,348$18,370
Film/Video and Photographic ArtsBachelor's Degree137$48,574$24,063
MedicineFirst Professional Degree125$158,816not reported
Information Science/StudiesBachelor's Degree122$110,079$24,041
Social WorkBachelor's Degree114$55,294$15,038
DentistryFirst Professional Degree51not reportednot reported
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and AdministrationDoctoral Degree8$137,742not reported
Medical Illustration and InformaticsMaster's Degree36not reportednot reported
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingDoctoral Degree3$121,439not reported
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsMaster's Degree80not reportednot reported
Real EstateMaster's Degree34not reportednot reported
Management Sciences and Quantitative MethodsMaster's Degree85not reportednot reported

Source: College Scorecard field-of-study data.

Who goes here

University of Utah: 27,264 undergraduates; 20% of students receive Pell grants; 86% of applicants are admitted.

Admission rate

86%

54th percentile among public 4-years

Undergraduates

27,264

93rd percentile among public 4-years

Pell share

20%

of undergraduates receive Pell grants

15th percentile among public 4-years

Completion

65%

finish within 150% of normal time

84th percentile among public 4-years

First-generation

29%

parents did not attend college

Median family income

$38,625

59th percentile among public 4-years

Students by family income

Share of students in each family-income bracket, for students who received federal aid.

  • Under $30k24%
  • $30k–$48k17%
  • $48k–$75k18%
  • $75k–$110k17%
  • Over $110k24%
Show as a table
Students by family income
Family incomeShare of students
Under $30k24%
$30k–$48k17%
$48k–$75k18%
$75k–$110k17%
Over $110k24%

Who Wikipedia remembers

Wikidata records 3,709 people who studied at University of Utah, most often in science & academia (45%). That is the archive's memory, not a census.

What the recorded alumni are remembered for

Share of recorded people by field, in a fixed order so schools compare.

Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school, in a fixed order: science & academia 45% (1,566 people); medicine 2.0% (68 people); law 3.6% (125 people); politics & gov 6.4% (221 people); business 2.5% (88 people); engineering & tech 3.1% (108 people); writing & journalism 6.1% (212 people); film & stage 2.0% (68 people); music 1.1% (39 people); visual arts 1.6% (56 people); sports 23% (788 people); religion 2.5% (86 people); military 0.8% (28 people). These are shares of people recorded in Wikidata, the archive's memory, not a census of alumni.
Table of the same numbers
Fields of the people the archive recorded for this school (the archive's memory, not a census)
FieldPeople recordedShare
science & academia1,56645.4%
medicine682.0%
law1253.6%
politics & gov2216.4%
business882.5%
engineering & tech1083.1%
writing & journalism2126.1%
film & stage682.0%
music391.1%
visual arts561.6%
sports78822.8%
religion862.5%
military280.8%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

most recorded occupationsresearcher (1,046) · basketball player (584) · university teacher (290) · politician (210) · American football player (121) · writer (112) · lawyer (107) · mathematician (61)

Women among recorded alumni, by birth decade

Counts reflect who the archive records, not a census.

Share of women among recorded alumni, from 60% for the 1840s to 47% for the 2000s. Decades with fewer than 5 recorded people are not drawn. The line breaks at every decade not drawn.

Counts only people the archive records with a gender. Hollow marks are decades with no women reported or fewer than 5 recorded, not zero.

Table of the same numbers
Recorded alumni by birth decade
BornWomenMenShare women
1840s3260%
1850s31418%
1860s41127%
1870s42116%
1880s31914%
1890s74813%
1900s137714%
1910s137714%
1920s1712312%
1930s1714610%
1940s3418016%
1950s3913522%
1960s277626%
1970s288026%
1980s167518%
1990s248722%
2000s232647%

Source: Wikidata, via the archive's memory (not a census).

Wikipedia attention, by month

Wikipedia attention

monthly views

Monthly Wikipedia article views from 2015-07 to 2026-06; peak 34,481 in 2025-09.
Table of the same numbers
Wikipedia article views by month
MonthViews
2026-068,900
2026-0510,631
2026-0411,146
2026-0311,778
2026-0210,882
2026-0114,129
2025-1217,694
2025-1115,043
2025-1018,690
2025-0934,481
2025-0813,096
2025-0710,885
2025-0610,675
2025-0511,765
2025-0412,593
2025-0318,800
2025-0213,688
2025-0118,674
2024-1214,976
2024-1121,029
2024-1019,337
2024-0923,720
2024-0817,532
2024-0715,892
2024-0612,556
2024-0514,854
2024-0417,486
2024-0318,602
2024-0215,143
2024-0119,915
2023-1217,643
2023-1118,343
2023-1020,809
2023-0925,233
2023-0823,768
2023-0714,060
2023-0613,779
2023-0515,632
2023-0417,427
2023-0320,215
2023-0214,307
2023-0125,259
2022-1221,658
2022-1116,001
2022-1019,504
2022-0919,524
2022-0816,023
2022-0715,317
2022-0613,030
2022-0513,361
2022-0414,085
2022-0314,534
2022-0213,381
2022-0132,243
2021-1219,114
2021-1121,148
2021-1017,194
2021-0919,985
2021-0817,447
2021-0716,092
2021-0611,743
2021-0513,446
2021-0415,299
2021-0317,073
2021-0212,359
2021-0115,332
2020-1216,401
2020-1116,816
2020-1018,009
2020-0913,999
2020-0812,903
2020-0712,446
2020-0612,180
2020-0515,364
2020-0417,405
2020-0317,050
2020-0217,963
2020-0121,244
2019-1230,483
2019-1123,310
2019-1022,976
2019-0922,868
2019-0820,647
2019-0715,147
2019-0615,419
2019-0517,962
2019-0415,375
2019-0318,861
2019-0215,267
2019-0120,673
2018-1220,439
2018-1120,905
2018-1022,590
2018-0920,280
2018-0818,226
2018-0715,435
2018-0615,905
2018-0515,657
2018-0416,909
2018-0318,002
2018-0214,317
2018-0117,001
2017-1215,273
2017-1118,427
2017-1019,055
2017-0917,537
2017-0813,668
2017-0712,750
2017-0611,684
2017-0513,925
2017-0414,506
2017-0316,370
2017-0213,466
2017-0115,853
2016-1215,391
2016-1118,059
2016-1020,124
2016-0920,607
2016-0813,926
2016-0712,311
2016-0612,083
2016-0513,572
2016-0413,620
2016-0318,248
2016-0213,410
2016-0115,222
2015-1218,471
2015-1117,242
2015-1028,366
2015-0923,948
2015-0814,263
2015-0713,222

Source: Wikimedia pageviews.

The portrait wall

Ordered by Wikipedia footprint (language editions).

Show all 14 portraits

Also recorded: Wallace Stegner.

Similar schools

These are the nearest neighbors in the same sector. The list is not an ordering.

Sources & caveats

Figures come from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Built 2026-07-17.

not reported
Not reported: suppressed for privacy or never collected. It is not zero, and nothing has been filled in.
Percentiles
A percentile compares this school with others in its own sector (for example, public 4-year schools). It describes position, not quality.
Earnings
Earnings cover students who received federal (Title IV) aid, measured from the year they entered. Students who never received federal aid are not included.
Provenance notes
  • U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
  • Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
  • Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.
  • Wikidata is not an alumni census: a person appears only when volunteer editors record them. Counts measure the archive's memory - access x achievement x documentation - never placement rates or institutional quality.
  • Images are from Wikimedia Commons under free licenses. Render the credit line (artist + license) with every image.

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