Utah · Public · Predominantly bachelor's

Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah. 26,041 undergraduate students. 315 programs in the federal Field-of-Study dataset.

ANOMALY ENGINE · NOTABLE SIGNALS

What the data flags at Utah

Short-arc shifts (recent 3-year window), peer outliers, earnings trend breaks, completion drops, enrollment cliffs, and debt-to-earnings warnings — surfaced deterministically from the federal record. Multi-decade shifts are reported separately in the Long Arc section, since 25-year tuition drift isn't really an anomaly.

LONG-ARC SHIFT · TRENDING BETTER-100%

3-year cohort default rate

3-year cohort default rate at University of Utah fell 100% between 2021 and 2024 (0.8% → 0.0%).

SECTION 01 · OUTCOMES SNAPSHOT

The numbers, vs. Utah

Each tile compares this institution to the Utah median for the same metric. Sub-line shows the comparison value, not an interpretation. Sparklines trace the federally available history.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 10Y
$67,170+22% · 6→10y
Utah median $35,805
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 6Y
$55,239
Treasury earnings · 6y post-entry
COMPLETION · 150%
63.9%+73% · '97→'24
Utah median 69.4%
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
$14,000+245% · '97→'20
At program completion
UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT
26,041+36% · '96→'24
latest IPEDS
RETENTION
85.4%+1% · '04→'24
first-time, full-time
ADMISSION RATE
87.2%-6% · '01→'24
latest cohort
IN-STATE TUITION
$9,315+232% · '00→'24
out-of-state $29,837
SECTION 02 · EARNINGS HORIZONS

How earnings spread, 4 to 10 years after entry

Treasury tax-record earnings for federally aided students who first enrolled at this institution. Each point is a horizon from the most-recent vintage. Single median per horizon (no p25/p75 publishing).

ALL FEDERALLY AIDED STUDENTS · TAX-RECORD EARNINGSVINTAGE 2025-05
Earnings widen with time post-entry. Selection: federal-aid recipients only — not all graduates.Methodology →
SECTION 03 · DEBT-TO-EARNINGS

What loans cost relative to earnings

Annual debt service as a share of median earnings 10 years after entry, computed under federal Direct loan terms (10-year fixed at 6%). The 8% line is the gainful-employment threshold from federal regulation; above 12% has historically been considered “failing” under prior rule cycles.

Institution-wide

2.8%
0%8% · GE20%+

Median federal debt $14,000 amortized over 10 years vs. median earnings $67,170 (10y after entry).

SECTION 04 · LONG ARC

Ten-plus year arc

Federally available history. Coverage varies by metric — IPEDS publishes some series only after 2009 and others only before.

UNDERGRAD · 1996202427,264
27,26418,25119962024
Undergraduate enrollment.IPEDS EF
COMPLETION 150% · 1997202465.0%
70%38%19972024
150%-time completion rate.IPEDS GR
MEDIAN DEBT · 19972020$19,000
$19,000$5,50019972020
Median federal student debt at exit.SCORECARD
COMPLETION · 150% · 19972024+73%

Utah · completion · 150% rose

37.6% → 65.0%

COMPLETION · 100% · 19972024+163%

Utah · completion · 100% rose

13.9% → 36.7%

UNDERGRAD ENROLLMENT · 19962024+36%

Utah · undergrad enrollment rose

19,979 → 27,264

IN-STATE TUITION · 20002024+232%

Utah · in-state tuition rose

$2,897 → $9,620

OUT-OF-STATE TUITION · 20002024+250%

Utah · out-of-state tuition rose

$8,828 → $30,860

MEDIAN DEBT · 19972020+245%

Utah · median debt rose

$5,500 → $19,000

COHORT DEFAULT RATE · 20112024-100%

Utah · cohort default rate fell

2.6% → 0.0%

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_10YR · 20072020+34%

Utah · earnings_median_10yr rose

$50,100 → $67,170

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_8YR · 20052020+36%

Utah · earnings_median_8yr rose

$44,900 → $61,202

EARNINGS_MEDIAN_6YR · 20032020+46%

Utah · earnings_median_6yr rose

$37,800 → $55,239

SECTION 05 · PROGRAMS

Ranked by 5-year earnings

Each row is one (CIP × credential) program reported by the institution in College Scorecard's Field-of-Study data. Cohort floor is 30 students; below this, federal data is suppressed.

Medicine.CIP 5112 · First Professional Degree$158,816113 gradsPharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration.CIP 5120 · Doctoral Degree$137,7423 gradsBusiness Administration, Management and Operations.CIP 5202 · Master's Degree$135,170277 gradsFinance and Financial Management Services.CIP 5208 · Master's Degree$123,559Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.CIP 5138 · Doctoral Degree$121,4395 gradsComputer Science.CIP 1107 · Bachelor's Degree$116,395186 gradsInformation Science/Studies.CIP 1104 · Master's Degree$115,541181 gradsHealth and Medical Administrative Services.CIP 5107 · Master's Degree$114,39558 gradsElectrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering.CIP 1410 · Bachelor's Degree$112,99447 gradsInformation Science/Studies.CIP 1104 · Bachelor's Degree$110,079120 gradsLaw.CIP 2201 · First Professional Degree$108,89088 gradsAccounting and Related Services.CIP 5203 · Master's Degree$105,407132 gradsMechanical Engineering.CIP 1419 · Master's Degree$104,63162 gradsBiomedical/Medical Engineering.CIP 1405 · Bachelor's Degree$97,19587 gradsFinance and Financial Management Services.CIP 5208 · Bachelor's Degree$96,414145 gradsChemical Engineering.CIP 1407 · Bachelor's Degree$94,91172 gradsMechanical Engineering.CIP 1419 · Bachelor's Degree$87,070156 gradsBusiness Administration, Management and Operations.CIP 5202 · Bachelor's Degree$83,910203 gradsPublic Administration.CIP 4404 · Master's Degree$83,62239 gradsAccounting and Related Services.CIP 5203 · Bachelor's Degree$82,700114 gradsCivil Engineering.CIP 1408 · Bachelor's Degree$81,86334 gradsPublic Health.CIP 5122 · Master's Degree$81,06650 gradsEconomics.CIP 4506 · Bachelor's Degree$80,323204 gradsRehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions.CIP 5123 · Doctoral Degree$78,6364 grads
Showing top 24 of 56 ranked programs.315 TOTAL PROGRAMS
SECTION 06 · BY CIP FAMILY

56 programs with earnings, grouped

Programs are grouped by 2-digit CIP family. Programs without reported earnings are hidden to keep the list focused.

COMPUTER & INFORMATION SCIENCES · CIP 11

EDUCATION · CIP 13

ENGINEERING · CIP 14

FOREIGN LANGUAGES · CIP 16

FAMILY & CONSUMER SCIENCES · CIP 19

LEGAL PROFESSIONS · CIP 22

ENGLISH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE · CIP 23

BIOLOGICAL & BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES · CIP 26

MULTI/INTERDISCIPLINARY STUDIES · CIP 30

PARKS, RECREATION & FITNESS · CIP 31

PHYSICAL SCIENCES · CIP 40

PSYCHOLOGY · CIP 42

PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION & SOCIAL SERVICES · CIP 44

SOCIAL SCIENCES · CIP 45

VISUAL & PERFORMING ARTS · CIP 50

HEALTH PROFESSIONS · CIP 51

BUSINESS, MANAGEMENT & MARKETING · CIP 52

HISTORY · CIP 54

NATURAL RESOURCES & CONSERVATION · CIP 03

ARCHITECTURE · CIP 04

COMMUNICATION & JOURNALISM · CIP 09

FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome at Utah

Pick a program. Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. The selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. Outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$348,472
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 10
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 10year 0year 39
Cost per year
$12,398
HS-only baseline · UT
$38,000
Years to complete
4
CIP family
09

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

CAUSAL DISCIPLINE

Utah graduates earn $X” — not “Utah makes you earn $X”

Median earnings describe what cohorts earned. They do not describe what attending Utah caused. Selection effects (who admits, who enrolls, who completes) are real. We publish federal data with strict descriptive phrasing — and link the methodology where you can read about the limitations directly.

Methodology →