University of Utah
http://www.utah.edu201 Presidents Circle, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112-9008
(801) 581-7200
The mission of the University of Utah is to serve the people of Utah and the world through the discovery, creation and application of knowledge; through the dissemination of knowledge by teaching, publication, artistic presentation and technology transfer; and through community engagement. As a preeminent research and teaching university with national and global reach, the University cultivates an academic environment in which the highest standards of intellectual integrity and scholarship are practiced. Students at the University learn from and collaborate with faculty who are at the forefront of their disciplines. The University faculty and staff are committed to helping students ...show more »
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| Institution Type | 4-year, Public |
| Special Learning Opportunities | ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Teacher certification Distance learning opportunities Study abroad Weekend/evening college |
| Student Services | Remedial services Academic/career counseling service Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus day care for students' children |
| Credit Accepted | Dual credit Credit for life experiences Advanced placement (AP) credits |
| Religious Affiliation | Not applicable |
| Federal Aid | Eligible students may receive Pell Grants and other federal aid (e.g. Direct Loans). |
| Degrees/Certificates Offered | Two but less than 4 years certificate Bachelor's degree Postbaccalaureate certificate Master's degree Post-master's certificate Doctor's degree - research/scholarship Doctor's degree - professional practice |
| Campus Setting | City: Midsize |
| Disability Services Student | 4% |
| School Costs | |
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At University of Utah, 55.0% percent of first-time undergrads receive financial aid, 32.0% receive grants and/or scholarships (an average of $4,816), and 28% receive loans ($5,845 on average). On-campus room and board costs about $6,743. Off campus it is around $9,360. Taking into account total living expenses and financial aid, the average net cost of attending University of Utah is $11,363 per year. |
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| Yearly Tuition | |
| Tuition Undergrad in State | $5,746 |
| Tuition Undergrad Out of State | $18,136 |
| Tuition Graduate in State | $4,330 |
| Tuition Graduate Out of State | $15,286 |
| Living Costs | |
| Total Expense in State on Campus | $19,455 |
| Total Expense Out of State On Campus | $31,845 |
| Total Expense In State Off Campus | $22,072 |
| Total Expense in State off Campus With Family | $12,712 |
| Total Expense Out of State Off Campus | $34,462 |
| Total Expense Out of State Off Campus With Familhy | $25,102 |
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In Fall 2009, 7,890 people applied to University of Utah. Of the applicants, 80.0% were admitted (78.0% male & 83.0% female ) and 59.0% accepted (45.0% male and 41.0% female) Of the 22,149 undergraduate students at University of Utah, 31.0% are part-time. A majority (65.0%) of the undergrad students are under 25 years of age. And 25.0% of the 7,135 graduate students are part-time. |
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| Percent of In-State Undergrads | 79.0% |
| Full Time Retention Rate | 85.0% |
| Part Time Retention Rates | 64.0% |
| Four-Year Graduation Rate | 21.0% |
| Six-Year Graduation Rate | 56.0% |
| Overall Graduation Rate | 58.0% |
| Admissions | |
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| Yearly Application Deadline | January 6, 2011 |
| Admissions Office Phone | (801) 581-6397 |
| Admissions Office Email | undergraduate@sa.utah.edu |
| Admissions Office Address | The University of Utah Admissions 201 S. 1460 E. Rm.250S, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 |
| Admissions Transfer URL | http://www.sa.utah.edu/admiss/appdownload/ |
| Admissions Website | http://www.sa.utah.edu/admiss/appdownload/ (find financial aid info here) |
| Application Fee | $45 |
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In order to be accepted to University of Utah, you should have:
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| Test Scores | |
| SAT Reading (25th Percentile) | 490 |
| SAT Reading (75th Percentile) | 630 |
| SAT Math (25th Percentile) | 500 |
| SAT Math (75th Percentile) | 630 |
| SAT Writing (25th Percentile) | 480 |
| SAT Writing (75th Percentile) | 600 |
| ACT Composite (25th Percentile) | 21 |
| ACT Composite (75th Percentile) | 27 |
| ACT English (25th Percentile) | 21 |
| ACT English (75th Percentile) | 27 |
| ACT Math (25th Percentile) | 20 |
| ACT Math (75th Percentile) | 26 |
| ACT Writing (25th Percentile) | 7 |
| ACT Writing (75th Percentile) | 8 |
| University of Utah Programs | |||||
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(According to the US National Center for Education Statistics) | |||||
| Program Name | Certificate | Associate | Bachelor | Master | Doctorate |
| Architecture and related services | 43 | 34 | |||
| Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) | 43 | 34 | |||
| Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies | 14 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Asian Studies/Civilization | 1 | ||||
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies | 7 | 2 | |||
| Women's Studies | 13 | ||||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 0 | 143 | 19 | 45 | |
| Anatomy | 0 | 4 | |||
| Biochemistry | 2 | 6 | |||
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 137 | 6 | 13 | ||
| Biostatistics | 3 | ||||
| Biotechnology | 3 | ||||
| Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology | 6 | ||||
| Genetics, General | 0 | ||||
| Human/Medical Genetics | 0 | 2 | |||
| Neurobiology and Neurophysiology | 0 | 6 | |||
| Oncology and Cancer Biology | 1 | 6 | |||
| Pathology/Experimental Pathology | 3 | 7 | |||
| Physiology, General | 1 | 1 | |||
| Business, management, marketing, and related support services | 1 | 584 | 360 | 6 | |
| Accounting | 155 | 70 | |||
| Business Administration and Management, General | 110 | 253 | 6 | ||
| Business Administration, Management and Operations, Other | 0 | ||||
| Business/Commerce, General | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies | 13 | ||||
| Finance, General | 187 | 31 | |||
| International Business/Trade/Commerce | 0 | ||||
| Management Information Systems, General | 0 | 52 | |||
| Marketing/Marketing Management, General | 0 | 67 | 0 | ||
| Communication, journalism, and related programs | 384 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 136 | 9 | 14 | ||
| Mass Communication/Media Studies | 248 | ||||
| Computer and information sciences and support services | 57 | 32 | 13 | ||
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 16 | 1 | |||
| Computer Science | 57 | 16 | 12 | ||
| Education | 36 | 124 | 112 | 19 | |
| Education, General | 6 | ||||
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | 34 | 10 | |||
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 76 | ||||
| Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education | 13 | 3 | |||
| Social Science Teacher Education | 7 | ||||
| Special Education and Teaching, General | 35 | 27 | 2 | ||
| Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods, Other | 38 | 4 | |||
| Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor | 36 | ||||
| Engineering | 2 | 339 | 148 | 60 | |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | 31 | 12 | 14 | ||
| Chemical Engineering | 36 | 9 | 8 | ||
| Civil Engineering, General | 81 | 30 | 8 | ||
| Computer Engineering, General | 13 | ||||
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | 44 | 28 | 7 | ||
| Engineering Mechanics | 0 | ||||
| Engineering, General | 0 | ||||
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 1 | 1 | |||
| Geological/Geophysical Engineering | 1 | 2 | |||
| Materials Engineering | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||
| Mechanical Engineering | 2 | 116 | 47 | 9 | |
| Metallurgical Engineering | 4 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Mining and Mineral Engineering | 10 | 2 | |||
| Nuclear Engineering | 2 | ||||
| Petroleum Engineering | 0 | ||||
| English language and literature/letters | 147 | 20 | 8 | ||
| Creative Writing | 5 | ||||
| English Language and Literature, General | 147 | 15 | 8 | ||
| Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 2 | 228 | 13 | ||
| Consumer Economics | 18 | ||||
| Family and Community Services | 2 | ||||
| Family and Consumer Economics and Related Services, Other | 0 | ||||
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Other | 2 | ||||
| Family Resource Management Studies, General | 0 | ||||
| Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General | 11 | ||||
| Human Development and Family Studies, General | 210 | ||||
| Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 126 | 22 | 4 | ||
| Arabic Language and Literature | 3 | 1 | |||
| Chinese Language and Literature | 7 | ||||
| Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General | 3 | ||||
| Foreign Languages and Literatures, General | 7 | 3 | |||
| French Language and Literature | 8 | ||||
| German Language and Literature | 10 | ||||
| Hebrew Language and Literature | 1 | 0 | |||
| Iranian/Persian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 0 | ||||
| Japanese Language and Literature | 10 | ||||
| Linguistics | 23 | 14 | 1 | ||
| Russian Language and Literature | 9 | ||||
| Spanish Language and Literature | 51 | ||||
| Unknown program | 1 | ||||
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | 16 | 356 | 206 | 273 | |
| Athletic Training/Trainer | 9 | ||||
| Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences | 1 | 6 | |||
| Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | 31 | 0 | 1 | ||
| Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist | 29 | 7 | |||
| Genetic Counseling/Counselor | 8 | ||||
| Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician | 0 | 0 | |||
| Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General | 1 | 1 | |||
| Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management | 4 | ||||
| Medical Informatics | 3 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD) | 0 | 2 | |||
| Medicine (MD) | 99 | ||||
| Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) | 172 | 62 | 26 | ||
| Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene | 2 | ||||
| Occupational Therapy/Therapist | 14 | 18 | |||
| Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD) | 2 | 9 | |||
| Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada]) | 0 | 48 | |||
| Pharmacy Administration/Policy/Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD) | 2 | ||||
| Physical Therapy/Therapist | 0 | 0 | 66 | ||
| Physician Assistant | 38 | ||||
| Public Health Education and Promotion | 100 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Public Health, General (MPH, DPH) | 31 | 3 | |||
| Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist | 21 | ||||
| Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling | 13 | ||||
| History | 74 | 13 | 2 | ||
| History, General | 74 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Legal professions and studies | 5 | 1 | 134 | ||
| Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law (LLM, MS, JSD/SJD) | 5 | 1 | |||
| Law (LLB, JD) | 134 | ||||
| Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities | 76 | 2 | 5 | ||
| General Studies | 76 | ||||
| Humanities/Humanistic Studies | 2 | 5 | |||
| Mathematics and statistics | 74 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Mathematics, General | 74 | 14 | 4 | ||
| Statistics, General | 0 | ||||
| Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 46 | 133 | 13 | ||
| Gerontology | 23 | 5 | |||
| Historic Preservation and Conservation | 7 | ||||
| Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies | 16 | ||||
| International/Global Studies | 133 | ||||
| Mathematics and Computer Science | 0 | 8 | |||
| Natural resources and conservation | 37 | ||||
| Environmental Science | 1 | ||||
| Environmental Studies | 36 | ||||
| Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies | 244 | 28 | 9 | ||
| Health and Physical Education, General | 0 | ||||
| Kinesiology and Exercise Science | 170 | 18 | 4 | ||
| Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies | 74 | 10 | 5 | ||
| Philosophy and religious studies | 19 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Philosophy | 19 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Physical Sciences | 0 | ||||
| Chemistry, General | 63 | 9 | 29 | ||
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other | 0 | 1 | |||
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 6 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Geophysics and Seismology | 0 | 9 | 1 | ||
| Meteorology | 9 | 7 | 2 | ||
| Physical Sciences, Other | 2 | ||||
| Physics, General | 28 | 5 | 14 | ||
| Psychology | 5 | 230 | 50 | 21 | |
| Educational Psychology | 44 | 9 | |||
| Psychology, General | 230 | 6 | 12 | ||
| Psychology, Other | 5 | ||||
| Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology | 0 | ||||
| Public administration and social service professions | 0 | 55 | 275 | 7 | |
| Public Administration | 0 | 72 | |||
| Public Policy Analysis | 10 | ||||
| Social Work | 55 | 193 | 7 | ||
| Social sciences | 107 | 773 | 53 | 10 | |
| American Government and Politics (United States) | 0 | ||||
| Anthropology | 55 | 9 | 4 | ||
| Criminology | 79 | ||||
| Econometrics and Quantitative Economics | 1 | ||||
| Economics, General | 245 | 11 | 3 | ||
| Geography | 8 | 41 | 7 | 1 | |
| International Relations and Affairs | 18 | ||||
| Political Science and Government, General | 172 | 7 | 1 | ||
| Social Sciences, General | 79 | ||||
| Social Sciences, Other | 0 | ||||
| Sociology | 149 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Urban Studies/Affairs | 2 | 32 | 17 | ||
| Visual and performing arts | 7 | 286 | 65 | 1 | |
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 18 | 1 | |||
| Art/Art Studies, General | 84 | 10 | |||
| Ballet | 14 | 5 | |||
| Dance, General | 18 | 9 | |||
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 29 | 0 | |||
| Film/Cinema Studies | 68 | 5 | |||
| Graphic Design | 7 | ||||
| Music, General | 54 | 35 | 1 | ||
| Musicology and Ethnomusicology | 0 | ||||
| Visual and Performing Arts, General | 1 | ||||
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