Utah: Almanac 2013

August 19, 2013

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	Utah	Nation

Demographics

Population
	Utah	Nation
Total (State rank: 34)	2,817,222	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	Utah	Nation
Up to 4	9.3%	6.4%
5 to 14	17.3%	13.2%
15 to 19	7.9%	7.0%
20 to 24	8.3%	7.1%
25 to 44	28.0%	26.4%
45 to 64	19.9%	26.5%
65 and older	9.2%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	Utah	Nation
American Indian	1.1%	0.8%
Asian	2.0%	4.8%
Black	1.2%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.2%
White	88.3%	74.1%
More than one race	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	13.2%	16.7%
Other	4.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	Utah	Nation
8th grade or less	3.2%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	6.5%	8.1%
High-school diploma	23.7%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	27.7%	21.2%
Associate degree	9.2%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	20.1%	17.9%
Master’s degree	6.8%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.3%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.6%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	Utah	Nation
	14.9%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	Utah	Nation
(State rank: 47)	$34,601	$42,693

Poverty rate
	Utah	Nation
	13.5%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	Utah	Nation
Total for 2013-14	32,943	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	30.5%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	Utah	Nation
	5,639	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	Utah	Nation
	3.5%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Utah	Nation
Professor	$105,007	$118,822
Associate professor	$75,236	$81,373
Assistant professor	$66,926	$70,325
All	$79,848	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	Utah	Nation
Professor	$75,093	$89,076
Associate professor	$62,995	$71,297
Assistant professor	$52,273	$60,506
All	$60,494	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Utah	Nation
Professor	$125,313	$152,042
Associate professor	$93,056	$95,762
Assistant professor	$81,575	$82,983
All	$99,622	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	Utah	Nation
Professor	$88,949	$91,161
Associate professor	$69,218	$71,963
Assistant professor	$62,116	$58,901
All	$72,500	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	Utah	Nation
Public	$60,510	$61,265
Private nonprofit	n/a	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	Utah	Nation
Public	$50,433	$62,568
Private nonprofit	$58,873	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	Utah	Nation
Undergraduate	239,189	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	25,207	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	133,907	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	45,301	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	68,429	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1,987	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	12,938	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	1,834	396,832
Total	264,396	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	Utah	Nation
Public	68%	72%
4-year	81%	64%
2-year	19%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	Utah	Nation
Associate	12,398	942,217
Bachelor’s	24,461	1,712,538
Master’s	6,995	730,635
Doctorate	1,087	163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 73% of all freshmen enrolled in Utah in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 92% of all Utah residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	Utah	Nation
All	55.0%	59.0%
Men	50.6%	56.4%
Women	57.6%	61.2%
American Indian	39.1%	40.6%
Asian	57.9%	69.7%
Black	20.5%	40.2%
Hispanic	46.1%	51.4%
White	57.7%	62.3%
2 or more races	62.0%	64.0%
Race unknown	39.7%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	Utah	Nation
American Indian	2,541	174,629
Asian	5,823	1,133,719
Black	6,352	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	1,812	61,179
Hispanic	18,372	2,695,637
White	195,442	11,519,372
2 or more races	4,435	405,812
Race unknown	22,536	1,409,094
Foreign	7,083	738,624
Total	264,396	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	Utah	Nation
Women	51.3%	57.0%
American Indian	1.0%	0.8%
Asian	2.2%	5.4%
Black	2.4%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.3%
Hispanic	6.9%	12.8%
White	73.9%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.7%	1.9%
Race unknown	8.5%	6.7%
Foreign	2.7%	3.5%
Minority	14.9%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	10.3%	27.2%
Full-time	64.4%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 20.7 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 97% of Utah’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 1134 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 6% of Utah’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	Utah	Nation
Public 4-year	$4,828	$7,087
Public 2-year	$2,866	$2,419
Private 4-year	$5,866	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	Utah	Nation
State funds	$748,759,000	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	2.7%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	Utah	Nation
Need-based grants	$2,990,940	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$6,586,600	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$74,000,294	$1,737,198,826
Total	$83,577,834	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	Utah	Nation
Total	$627,180,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	11.5%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	Utah	Nation
Federal government	64.3%	62.6%
State and local governments	5.0%	5.9%
Industry	3.6%	4.9%
Nonprofit	2.7%	5.9%
Institution itself	23.6%	19.1%
Other	1.0%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	Utah	Nation
Engineering	27.8%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	2.1%	4.9%
Life sciences	53.2%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	5.1%	3.6%
Physical sciences	7.1%	7.3%
Psychology	1.4%	1.7%
Social sciences	1.0%	3.1%
Other sciences	0.4%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	2.1%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	Utah
University of Utah	$670,411,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	Utah
University of Utah	$134,011,322
Utah State University	$27,664,391
Utah Valley University	$16,442,965

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	Utah	Nation
Public 4-year	7	679
Public 2-year	5	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	3	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	1	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	21	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	6	669
Total	43	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	Utah
Western Governors University	30,970
Brigham Young University	30,070
University of Utah	22,625

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Brigham Young University

Institutions on NCAA probation

None

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Almanac 2013 »

Utah

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	Utah	Nation

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Population
	Utah	Nation
Total (State rank: 34)	2,817,222	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	Utah	Nation
Up to 4	9.3%	6.4%
5 to 14	17.3%	13.2%
15 to 19	7.9%	7.0%
20 to 24	8.3%	7.1%
25 to 44	28.0%	26.4%
45 to 64	19.9%	26.5%
65 and older	9.2%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	Utah	Nation
American Indian	1.1%	0.8%
Asian	2.0%	4.8%
Black	1.2%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	1.0%	0.2%
White	88.3%	74.1%
More than one race	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	13.2%	16.7%
Other	4.0%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	Utah	Nation
8th grade or less	3.2%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	6.5%	8.1%
High-school diploma	23.7%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	27.7%	21.2%
Associate degree	9.2%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	20.1%	17.9%
Master’s degree	6.8%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.3%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.6%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	Utah	Nation
	14.9%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	Utah	Nation
(State rank: 47)	$34,601	$42,693

Poverty rate
	Utah	Nation
	13.5%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	Utah	Nation
Total for 2013-14	32,943	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	30.5%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	Utah	Nation
	5,639	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	Utah	Nation
	3.5%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Utah	Nation
Professor	$105,007	$118,822
Associate professor	$75,236	$81,373
Assistant professor	$66,926	$70,325
All	$79,848	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	Utah	Nation
Professor	$75,093	$89,076
Associate professor	$62,995	$71,297
Assistant professor	$52,273	$60,506
All	$60,494	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Utah	Nation
Professor	$125,313	$152,042
Associate professor	$93,056	$95,762
Assistant professor	$81,575	$82,983
All	$99,622	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	Utah	Nation
Professor	$88,949	$91,161
Associate professor	$69,218	$71,963
Assistant professor	$62,116	$58,901
All	$72,500	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	Utah	Nation
Public	$60,510	$61,265
Private nonprofit	n/a	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	Utah	Nation
Public	$50,433	$62,568
Private nonprofit	$58,873	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	Utah	Nation
Undergraduate	239,189	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	25,207	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	133,907	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	45,301	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	68,429	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1,987	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	12,938	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	1,834	396,832
Total	264,396	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	Utah	Nation
Public	68%	72%
4-year	81%	64%
2-year	19%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	Utah	Nation
Associate	12,398	942,217
Bachelor’s	24,461	1,712,538
Master’s	6,995	730,635
Doctorate	1,087	163,715

Residence of new students

State

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	Utah	Nation
All	55.0%	59.0%
Men	50.6%	56.4%
Women	57.6%	61.2%
American Indian	39.1%	40.6%
Asian	57.9%	69.7%
Black	20.5%	40.2%
Hispanic	46.1%	51.4%
White	57.7%	62.3%
2 or more races	62.0%	64.0%
Race unknown	39.7%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	Utah	Nation
American Indian	2,541	174,629
Asian	5,823	1,133,719
Black	6,352	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	1,812	61,179
Hispanic	18,372	2,695,637
White	195,442	11,519,372
2 or more races	4,435	405,812
Race unknown	22,536	1,409,094
Foreign	7,083	738,624
Total	264,396	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	Utah	Nation
Women	51.3%	57.0%
American Indian	1.0%	0.8%
Asian	2.2%	5.4%
Black	2.4%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.7%	0.3%
Hispanic	6.9%	12.8%
White	73.9%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.7%	1.9%
Race unknown	8.5%	6.7%
Foreign	2.7%	3.5%
Minority	14.9%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	10.3%	27.2%
Full-time	64.4%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	Utah	Nation
Public 4-year	$4,828	$7,087
Public 2-year	$2,866	$2,419
Private 4-year	$5,866	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	Utah	Nation
State funds	$748,759,000	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	2.7%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	Utah	Nation
Need-based grants	$2,990,940	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$6,586,600	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$74,000,294	$1,737,198,826
Total	$83,577,834	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	Utah	Nation
Total	$627,180,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	11.5%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	Utah	Nation
Federal government	64.3%	62.6%
State and local governments	5.0%	5.9%
Industry	3.6%	4.9%
Nonprofit	2.7%	5.9%
Institution itself	23.6%	19.1%
Other	1.0%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	Utah	Nation
Engineering	27.8%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	2.1%	4.9%
Life sciences	53.2%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	5.1%	3.6%
Physical sciences	7.1%	7.3%
Psychology	1.4%	1.7%
Social sciences	1.0%	3.1%
Other sciences	0.4%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	2.1%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	Utah
University of Utah	$670,411,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	Utah
University of Utah	$134,011,322
Utah State University	$27,664,391
Utah Valley University	$16,442,965

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	Utah	Nation
Public 4-year	7	679
Public 2-year	5	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	3	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	1	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	21	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	6	669
Total	43	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	Utah
Western Governors University	30,970
Brigham Young University	30,070
University of Utah	22,625

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Brigham Young University

Institutions on NCAA probation

None

Note: See Sources & Notes for details about the data.

Correction (9/24/2014): All tables in the 2013 Almanac’s States section have been updated to make them more comparable to ones published in other years. The data are now limited to degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, not all higher-education institutions. Administrative offices that were inadvertently counted as institutions in the original version of the tables have been omitted from the total number of institutions in each state. Figures for tuition and fees, which had incorrectly excluded fees, now reflect both tuition and fees. The three largest institutions by enrollment give figures for full-time students in fall 2011, not an unduplicated head count of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled over a 12-month period for 2010-11.