University Of Utah

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

The University of Utah, also called U of U or simply "Utah," is a teaching and research university and the flagship institution of the Utah State System of Higher Education.

The school was founded in 1850 as the University of Deseret. It adopted its present name in 1894.

The university covers more than 1,500 acres in Salt Lake City.

U of U offers 72 undergraduate majors, over 70 minors and certificates, more than 40 teaching majors and minors, and 95 major fields of study at the graduate level. Students can participate in several interdisciplinary programs, including gender studies, neuroscience, environmental studies, and molecular biology.

The university is organized into several academic divisions:

• College of Architecture & Planning
• College of Education
• College of Engineering
• College of Fine arts
• College of Health
• College of Humanities
• College of Mines & Earth Sciences
• College of Nursing
• College of Pharmacy
• College of Social and Behavioral Science
• College of Social Work
• David Eccles School of Business
• S.J. Quinney College of Law
• School of Medicine
• Utah College of Science

The School of Business has been ranked high in listings in both Financial Times and Business Week.

The sports teams of Utah are known as the Utes. Utah sponsors 11 women's and seven men's varsity teams. Its teams compete in the NCAA Division I, and many compete in the Mountain West Conference.

The University of Utah marching band, The Marching Utes, performed in the inaugural parade of President Barack Obama--the only group to represent the state.

Among the notable alumni are Anson Vasco Call II, first Mayor of Afton, Wyoming; Calvin Quate, one of the inventors of the atomic force microscope; John Warnock, a cofounder of Adobe Systems; Cecil O. Samuelson, president of Brigham Young University; William DeVries, performed 1st successful permanent artificial transplant; Craig Arnold, poet; Alan Kay, computer scientist, credited with concept of laptop computer; David Neeleman, JetBlue founder, chair; Lily Eskelson, vice-president, National Education Association; and Stephen R. Covey, business author/consultant.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, drama and performing arts, family and social work, music, media, and mathematics.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Numerous part-time students.
• High faculty salary.
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• High male/female ratio.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There is a hospital on campus.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students have meal (board) plans.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Weekend study is an option.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

Tuition and Financial Aid (2009-2010)

Financial Aid

University Of Utah participates in US Title IV financial assistance programs.

In 2009-2010, 55% of students received financial aid of some sort.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 28,211 in 2009-2010 (25,563 full-time equivalent).

About 37% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 35% of the class.

Undergrads are 78% of enrolled students and graduate students are 22%.

Students under 25 years old represent 53% of the student body. About 7% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 64% are full-time and 36% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

University Of Utah provides on-campus housing for 4,300 of its 25,563 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Students may purchase a meal plan which includes 22 meals weekly.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Mountain West Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 156 male students received the aid (men were 57% of those receiving aid) and 118 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 43% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

University Of Utah offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

Graduate offerings include continuing professional education and medical degrees.The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is Comprehensive Doctoral With Medical/Veterinary.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

(1 awarded)

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (77 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)

ART STUDIES (95 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies
• Visual and Performing Arts

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (951 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Administration, Management and Operations
• Business/Commerce
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance
• International Business/Trade/Commerce
• Management Information Systems
• Marketing/Marketing Management

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (115 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Computer and Information Sciences

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (37 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Environmental Studies

DESIGN (7 awarded)

• Graphic Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (75 awarded)

• Ballet
• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (291 awarded)

• Education
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Social and Philosophical Foundations of Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor

ENGINEERING (536 awarded)

• Biomedical/Medical Engineering
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering Mechanics
• Engineering
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Geological/Geophysical Engineering
• Materials Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering
• Metallurgical Engineering
• Mining and Mineral Engineering
• Nuclear Engineering
• Petroleum Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (580 awarded)

• Consumer Economics
• Family Resource Management Studies
• Family and Community Services
• Family and Consumer Economics and Related Services
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies
• Human Development and Family Studies
• Public Administration
• Public Policy Analysis
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (19 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation

LAW (140 awarded)

• Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law (LLM, MS, JSD/SJD)
• Law (LLB, JD)

LIBERAL ARTS (1,541 awarded)

• American Government and Politics (United States)
• Anthropology
• Arabic Language and Literature
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Creative Writing
• Econometrics and Quantitative Economics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• General Studies
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• Hebrew Language and Literature
• Historic Preservation and Conservation
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• International/Global Studies
• Iranian/Persian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Linguistics
• Near and Middle Eastern Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Russian Language and Literature
• Social Sciences
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Urban Studies/Affairs
• Women's Studies

MATHEMATICS (100 awarded)

• Mathematics and Computer Science
• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (407 awarded)

• Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric
• Mass Communication/Media Studies

MEDICAL ADMINISTRATION (131 awarded)

• Health Information/Medical Records Technology/Technician
• Hospital and Health Care Facilities Administration/Management
• Medical Informatics
• Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene
• Public Health Education and Promotion

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (136 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Hearing Sciences
• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences
• Physician Assistant
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist

MEDICINE (224 awarded)

• Gerontology
• Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry (MS, PhD)
• Medicine (MD)
• Pharmaceutics and Drug Design (MS, PhD)
• Pharmacy (PharmD [USA], PharmD or BS/BPharm [Canada])
• Pharmacy Administration/Policy/Regulatory Affairs (MS, PhD)
• Public Health, General (MPH, DPH)

MUSIC (90 awarded)

• Music
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (260 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (322 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Health and Physical Education
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Occupational Therapy/Therapist
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (73 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (23 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (403 awarded)

• Anatomy
• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biostatistics
• Biotechnology
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
• Chemistry
• Genetics
• Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences
• Geology/Earth Science
• Geophysics and Seismology
• Human/Medical Genetics
• Meteorology
• Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
• Oncology and Cancer Biology
• Pathology/Experimental Pathology
• Physical Sciences
• Physics
• Physiology

SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT (79 awarded)

• Criminology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (393 awarded)

• Educational Psychology
• Genetic Counseling/Counselor
• Physical Therapy/Therapist
• Psychology
• Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology
• Substance Abuse/Addiction Counseling