University of Utah Business Programs

Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, University of Utah is a public institution. The location of U of U is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

University of Utah Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at U of U.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Most Popular Online Management Information Systems Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Best Value Real Estate Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#3	Most Popular Management Information Systems Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#5	Best Management Information Systems Graduate Certificate Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#22	Most Popular Accounting Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#42	Most Popular Management Sciences & Methods Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#47	Most Popular Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#91	Most Popular Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#99	Most Popular Marketing Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#125	Best Business Administration & Management Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards U of U has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#47	Best Entrepreneurial Studies Schools	College Factual
#102	Best Marketing Schools	College Factual
#139	Best Accounting Schools	College Factual
#172	Best General Business Administration and Management Schools	College Factual
#177	Best Business Administration & Management Schools	College Factual
#207	Best Business, Management & Marketing Schools	College Factual

Where Is University of Utah?

Contact details for U of U are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	201 Presidents Circle, Room 201, Salt Lake City, UT 84112-9008
Phone:	801-581-7200
Website:	www.utah.edu
Facebook:	https://www.facebook.com/universityofutah
Twitter:	https://twitter.com/uutah

How Do I Get Into U of U?

You can apply to U of U online at: admissions.utah.edu/apply/

Admission Requirements for U of U

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	considered but not required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into U of U?

With an acceptance rate of 79%, U of U may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 50% of accepted students are men and 50% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 78%, and the acceptance rate for women is 80%.

Average Test Scores

About 24% of students accepted to U of U submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 570 and 670. Math scores were between 560 and 680.

U of U received ACT scores from 80% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 30. Math scores were between 21 and 28. Composite scores were between 22 and 29.

Can I Afford University of Utah?

The overall average net price of U of U is $34,301. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At U of U, approximately 27% of students took out student loans averaging $10,495 a year. That adds up to $41,980 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at U of U is 1.7%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

University of Utah Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 24,643 undergraduate students at U of U, with 18,749 being full-time and 5,894 being part-time.

There are also 8,438 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 18,749 full-time undergraduates at U of U, 52% are male and 48% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of University of Utah students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	1,159
Black or African American	268
Hispanic or Latino	2,515
White	12,247
International Students	1,177
Other Races/Ethnicities	1,383

Geographic Diversity

Utah students aren't the only ones who study at University of Utah. At this time, 47 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 109 countries are represented at U of U. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and South Korea.

Online Learning at University of Utah

In 2019-2020, 29,665 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at U of U has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 5th most popular in Utah for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of U of U

During the most recent year for which we have data, the full-time undergraduate tuition at University of Utah was $8,615 for in-state students. Out-of-state students paid $27,220. The following table shows how U of U is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Economics	#13	#16
General Economics	#13	#16

Online Growth Rankings of U of U

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at University of Utah was 168.2%. This is the #256 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at U of U regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

University of Utah Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
General Business Administration and Management	203	0	277	11	491
Accounting	114	0	132	0	246
Econometrics & Quantitative Economics	204	0	11	9	224
Management Science	47	50	53	0	150
Finance	145	0	0	0	145
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	130	0	0	0	130
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	0	0	125	0	125
Entrepreneurship	14	3	16	0	33
Real Estate	0	4	27	0	31
General Management Information Systems	0	23	0	0	23
General Business/Commerce	2	8	0	0	10
Banking, Corporate, Finance, & Securities Law	0	10	0	0	10
Health Communication	0	7	0	0	7
Operations Management	0	0	0	0	0
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration	0	0	0	0	0
General Economics	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	859	105	641	20	1,625

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By University of Utah under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.