Utah State University

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Utah State University

Former names	Agricultural College of Utah (1888–1928) Utah State Agricultural College (1928–1957)
Motto	"Research, Service, Teaching"
Type	Public land-grant research university
Established	March 8, 1888; 136 years ago (1888-03-08)[1]
Parent institution	Utah System of Higher Education
Accreditation	NWCCU
Academic affiliations	ORAU Space-grant UARC USTAR UCAR
Endowment	$538.4 million (2023)[2]
Budget	$699.3 million (FY2023)[3]
President	Elizabeth Cantwell[4]
Provost	Larry Smith[5]
Academic staff	1,101 (Fall 2023)[a]
Total staff	11,077 (Fall 2023)[6][b]
Students	28,063 (Fall 2023)[6][c]
Undergraduates	25,048 (Fall 2023)[6][d]
Postgraduates	3,015 (Fall 2023)[6][e]
Location	Logan , Utah , United States 41°44′42″N 111°48′32″W / 41.745°N 111.809°W / 41.745; -111.809
Campus	Main campus (Logan): Small City[7], 600 acres (2.4 km2)[1] All campuses and centers: 6,896 acres (27.91 km2)[1]
Other Campuses[8]	Blanding (USU Eastern) Brigham City Kaysville (USU Botanical Center) Logan (Main Campus) Moab Park City (Swaner EcoCenter) Ogden (Ogden Botanical Gardens) Price (USU Eastern) Roosevelt (USU Uintah Basin) Salt Lake City (Bastian Agricultural and Equestrian Center) Lehi (Thanksgiving Point) Tremonton Vernal (USU Uintah Basin) Tooele
Newspaper	The Utah Statesman
Colors	"Aggie Blue" (Dark Navy) and "Fighting White" (Bright White)[9][10]
Nickname	Aggies
Sporting affiliations	NCAA Division I FBS - Mountain West
Mascot	Big Blue
Website	www.usu.edu

Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Logan, Utah. Founded in 1888 under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts as Utah's federal land-grant institution, Utah State is one of two flagship universities for the state of Utah; it is classified among "Carnegie R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity".^{[11][12][13][14][15][16][17]} Utah State's main campus in Logan is the oldest and the largest public residential campus operating in Utah with over 84% of students living away from home.^[18]

Utah State's original charter focused on military science, technology, science, agriculture, and mechanical arts. By 1947, the military science program at Utah State had gained such prominence that USU became known as the "West Point of the West" since USU commissioned more officers into the U.S. military than any school in the nation except the United States Military Academy at West Point.^[19][20]

As of the Fall 2023 semester, Utah State had 28,063 enrolled students (with 20,259 students enrolled at its main campus in Logan)^[6] and more than 175,000 alumni located in all 50 states and more than 116 countries.^[1] The university has nine campuses statewide (including its main campus in Logan), 23 distance education centers, 30 county office locations, and more than 50 research institutes and centers.^[1] Among these research institutes is Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL), which is the sole University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) for the United States Missile Defense Agency; and, is one of only 15 UARCs in the nation for the United States Department of Defense.^[21]

According to the National Science Foundation, USU is 83rd in the nation and 54th among public universities for total research and development revenue and expenditures with $344.9 million in 2022; USU is home to the second oldest undergraduate research program in the United States.^[22][14]

Utah State's athletic teams, the Utah State Aggies, compete in Division I as members of the Mountain West Conference.

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