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Utah System of Higher Education
Seal of the Utah Board of Higher Education
TypePublic university system
EstablishedMarch 21, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-03-21)
CommissionerGeoffrey Landward
Students234,526 students (Fall 2023)[1]
Location
Salt Lake City
,
Utah
,
United States
Campus16 campuses
Websiteushe.edu
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

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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.[2][3]

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.[4]

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.[5]

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 term, with the exception of student board members, who are appointed to one-year terms.[6]

Colleges and universities

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Utah System of Higher Education locations.
Black: Colleges and universities; Red: Community colleges; Yellow: Technical colleges.

Public colleges and universities

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Campus Location Founded Enrollment Endowment Athletics
Affiliation Nickname
Southern Utah University Cedar City 1897 11,224 $29.9 million (2019) NCAA Div I
WAC 		Thunderbirds
   
University of Utah Salt Lake City 1850 32,818 $1.07 billion (2020) NCAA Div I
Big 12 		Utes
   
Utah State University Logan 1888 27,426 $427.4 million (2020) NCAA Div I
Mountain West 		Aggies
   
Utah Tech University St. George 1911 11,193 $16.3 million (2019) NCAA Div I
WAC 		Trailblazers
   
Utah Valley University Orem 1941 41,728 $39.8 million (2019) NCAA Div I
WAC 		Wolverines
   
Weber State University Ogden 1889 26,681 $155.2 million (2020) NCAA Div I
Big Sky 		Wildcats
   

Community colleges

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Technical colleges

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References

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  1. ^ "Institutional Data Resources: Headcount". Archived from the original on 2023-10-18. Retrieved 2024-12-28.
  2. ^ The State System of Higher Education (Policy 102). 23 January 1997. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. ^ Newell, Jackson; Ueyama, Takeyuki (1994), "Higher Education in Utah", Utah History Encyclopedia, University of Utah Press, ISBN 9780874804256, archived from the original on February 2, 2023, retrieved April 19, 2024
  4. ^ Utah State Board of Higher Education, Role Of (Policy 1-1). 7 December 1983. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. ^ Resolution of Appreciation: Board of Regents (PDF) (Resolution TAB K). USHE Board of Regents. 15 May 2020. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  6. ^ "About the Board". Utah System of Higher Education. Archived from the original on 11 April 2024. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
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