Utah System of Higher Education

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.

Utah System of Higher Education

Seal of the Utah Board of Higher Education
Type	Public university system
Established	March 21, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-03-21)
Commissioner	Geoffrey Landward
Students	234,526 students (Fall 2023)[1]
Location	Salt Lake City , Utah , United States
Campus	16 campuses
Website	ushe.edu

History

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

Utah Tech

Southern Utah

U of U

Utah State

Utah Valley

Weber State

SLCC

Snow College

BTECH

Davis Tech

Dixie Tech

MTECH

OTECH

Southwest Tech

Tooele Tech

UBTech

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

Public colleges and universities

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

• Salt Lake Community College — Salt Lake City
• Snow College — Ephraim

Technical colleges

• Bridgerland Technical College — Logan
• Davis Technical College — Kaysville
• Dixie Technical College — St. George
• Mountainland Technical College — Lehi
• Ogden–Weber Technical College — Ogden
• Southwest Technical College — Cedar City
• Tooele Technical College — Tooele
• Uintah Basin Technical College — Roosevelt

References

1. "Institutional Data Resources: Headcount".
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. Retrieved 10 April 2024.

External links

• University of Utah Board of Regents Meeting Minutes, 1906-1969 at University of Utah Digital Library, Marriott Library Special Collections