| Utah System of Higher Education | |
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| Type: | Public university system |
| Head: | Dave R. Woolstenhulme |
| Head Label: | Commissioner |
| Students: | 223,829 students (Fall 2021)[1] |
| City: | Salt Lake City |
| State: | Utah |
| Country: | United States |
| Campus: | 16 campuses |
| Logo Alt: | 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.
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]
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.[3]
In 2020, the Utah System of Technical Colleges was subsumed into the USHE, with the Utah State Board of Regents being renamed to the Utah Board of Higher Education.[4]
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.[5]
| Campus | Location | Founded | Enrollment | Endowment | Athletics | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Affiliation | Nickname | |||||||
| Southern Utah University | Cedar City | 1897 | 11,224 | data-sort-value="29.9" | $29.9 million (2019) | NCAA Div I WAC | Thunderbirds | |
| University of Utah | Salt Lake City | 1850 | 32,818 | data-sort-value="1070" | $1.07 billion (2020) | NCAA Div I Pac-12 | Utes | |
| Utah State University | Logan | 1888 | 27,426 | data-sort-value="427.4" | $427.4 million (2020) | NCAA Div I Mountain West | Aggies | |
| Utah Tech University | St. George | 1911 | 11,193 | data-sort-value="16.3" | $16.3 million (2019) | NCAA Div I WAC | Trailblazers | |
| Utah Valley University | Orem | 1941 | 41,728 | data-sort-value="39.8" | $39.8 million (2019) | NCAA Div I WAC | Wolverines | |
| Weber State University | Ogden | 1889 | 26,681 | data-sort-value="155.2" | $155.2 million (2020) | NCAA Div I Big Sky | Wildcats | |