Utah State University

Name: Utah State University Common Data Set 2020-21
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2020-21

The 2020-21 Common Data Set for Utah State University — admissions, cost, and aid, as the school published them. Download the original file. File date from the archived file's embedded modification date: Jun 29, 2021. Subscribe via RSS.

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Acceptance Rate

91.0%

Applications

15,949

Admitted

14,520

Enrolled

4,550

SAT Composite

1090-1300

SAT Math

530-660

SAT Reading

550-660

ACT Composite

21-29

§ Federal outcomes

Federal outcomes

Federal data from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard, vintage 2022-23. Outcomes reflect earlier cohorts than the CDS year shown elsewhere on this page.

Median earnings

$54,022

10 yrs after enrollment

Graduation rate

59%

6-year completion

Average net price

$14,936

sticker minus grants

Median debt at grad.

$14,340

federal loans only

Nonpayment

FSA · as-of late May 2026 · not the official cohort default rate

Nonpayment is the share of Direct Loan borrowers who entered repayment January 2020–May 2025 and were 90+ days delinquent at the FSA pull. It is not the official cohort default rate.

The numbers, as published

§ This report422numbers from this report.

General Information

3 TABLES

Address Information

Street Address Line 1:Old Main Hill, Logan, Utah 84322

WWW Home Page Address:http://www.usu.edu

Admissions Office

Admissions Phone Number:(435) 797-1079

Admissions Email Address:admit@usu.edu

Degrees Offered

CertificateX

DiplomaX

AssociateX

Bachelor'sX

Postbachelor's certificateX

Master'sX

Post-master's certificateX

Doctoral degree research/scholarshipX

Enrollment And Persistence

4 TABLES

Institutional Enrollment

B1 undergraduate enrollment

Full-time, part-time, and total undergraduate enrollment by reported sex or status.

B1 undergraduate enrollment. Full-time, part-time, and total undergraduate enrollment by reported sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown	Total
Full-time first-time first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time other first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time total degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time other credit-course undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time total undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time first-time first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time other first-year degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time total degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time other credit-course undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time total undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total undergraduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	24647

B1 graduate enrollment

Full-time, part-time, and total graduate enrollment by reported sex or status.

B1 graduate enrollment. Full-time, part-time, and total graduate enrollment by reported sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown	Total
Full-time first-time degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time other credit-course graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Full-time total graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time first-time degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time all other degree-seeking	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time other credit-course graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Part-time total graduates	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total graduate students	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	3044

B1 overall enrollment

Institution-wide full-time, part-time, and total enrollment by reported sex or status.

B1 overall enrollment. Institution-wide full-time, part-time, and total enrollment by reported sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown	Total
Total full-time students	8575	9634	Not reported	Not reported
Total part-time students	3751	5731	Not reported	Not reported
Grand total all students	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	27691

Enrollment by Racial/Ethnic Category

B2 enrollment by race and ethnicity

Undergraduate enrollment by race or ethnicity for first-time first-year, degree-seeking, and total undergraduate cohorts.

B2 enrollment by race and ethnicity. Undergraduate enrollment by race or ethnicity for first-time first-year, degree-seeking, and total undergraduate cohorts.
Measure	First-time first-year	Degree-seeking undergraduates	Total undergraduates
Nonresidents	16	149	173
Hispanic/Latino	284	1306	1529
Black or African American, non-Hispanic	29	164	186
White, non-Hispanic	3935	17487	20495
American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic	70	341	395
Asian, non-Hispanic	32	218	261
Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic	8	62	68
Two or more races, non-Hispanic	130	509	596
Race and/or ethnicity unknown	43	851	944
Total	4547	21087	24647

Persistence

B3 degrees awarded

Degrees awarded by credential level in the reporting year.

B3 degrees awarded. Degrees awarded by credential level in the reporting year.
Measure	Number awarded
Certificate/diploma	92
Associate degrees	1209
Bachelor's degrees	4411
Postbachelor's certificates	115
Master's degrees	837
Post-master's certificates	Not reported
Doctoral degrees, research/scholarship	96
Doctoral degrees, professional practice	7
Doctoral degrees, other	Not reported

Graduation Rates

B4 current graduation-rate cohort

Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.

B4 current graduation-rate cohort. Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.
Measure	Pell Grant	Subsidized Stafford, no Pell	Neither Pell nor subsidized Stafford	Total
Initial cohort	791	330	1831	2952
Did not persist	145	62	251	458
Final cohort	646	268	1580	2494
Completed in less than four years	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	516
Completed in less than five years	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	426
Completed in less than six years	Not reported	107	Not reported	264
Total completers	311	107	788	1206
Six-year graduation rate	48.14%	39.93%	49.87%	48.36%

B5 previous graduation-rate cohort

Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.

B5 previous graduation-rate cohort. Four-year institution graduation-rate cohort counts and six-year graduation rates by aid-recipient category.
Measure	Pell Grant	Subsidized Stafford, no Pell	Neither Pell nor subsidized Stafford	Total
Initial cohort	713	289	1933	2935
Did not persist	139	51	286	476
Final cohort	574	238	1647	2459
Completed in less than four years	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	699
Completed in less than five years	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	377
Completed in less than six years	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported	245
Total completers	260	91	970	1321
Six-year graduation rate	45.30%	38.24%	58.89%	53.72%

First-Time, First-Year Admission

5 TABLES

Entrance Exams

SATX

Applications

C1 first-year admissions

First-time, first-year applicants, admits, and enrolled students by sex or status.

C1 first-year admissions. First-time, first-year applicants, admits, and enrolled students by sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown sex	Total
Applied	7797	8152	Not reported	15,949
Admitted	7077	7443	Not reported	14,520
Enrolled	1872	2322	Not reported	4,194
Enrolled full-time	Not reported	2322	Not reported	Not reported
Enrolled part-time	152	204	Not reported	Not reported

Admissions Requirements

Total academic units16.5

English4

Mathematics4

Science3

Foreign language2

Social studies3.5

First-time, first-year Profile

C9 test-score submission

Share and count of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT or ACT scores.

C9 test-score submission. Share and count of enrolled first-year students who submitted SAT or ACT scores.
Measure	Percent	Number
SAT	17.3	785
ACT	89.4	4065

C9 test-score percentiles

Reported 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile scores for enrolled first-year students.

C9 test-score percentiles. Reported 25th, 50th, and 75th percentile scores for enrolled first-year students.
Measure	25th percentile	50th percentile	75th percentile
SAT composite	1090	Not reported	1300
SAT evidence-based reading and writing	550	Not reported	660
SAT math	530	Not reported	660
ACT composite	21	Not reported	29
ACT math	20	Not reported	28
ACT English	20	Not reported	29
ACT Writing	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
ACT Science	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
ACT Reading	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

Other fields

SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 700-80011.9

SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 600-69944.8

SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 500-59933.9

SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 400-4999.2

SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 300-3990.3

SAT Math: 700-80013.4

SAT Math: 600-69932.7

SAT Math: 500-59942.8

SAT Math: 400-49910.6

SAT Math: 300-3990.5

SAT Composite: 1400-160010.5

SAT Composite: 1200-139940.8

SAT Composite: 1000-119939

SAT Composite: 800-9999.7

SAT Composite: 600-7990.1

SAT Composite: 400-5990

SAT Composite: Total100

ACT Composite: 30-3620.3

ACT Composite: 24-2937.6

ACT Composite: 18-2334

ACT Composite: 12-177.9

ACT Composite: 6-110.2

ACT Composite: Below 60

ACT Composite: Total100

Percent in top tenth of high school graduating class22.1

Percent in top quarter of high school graduating class48.3

Percent in top half of high school graduating class77.1

Percent in bottom half of high school graduating class22.9

Percent in bottom quarter of high school graduating class5.1

Percent of total first-time, first-year students who submitted high school class rank:69.3

Percent who had GPA of 4.011.8

Percent who had GPA between 3.75 and 3.9940.2

Percent who had GPA between 3.50 and 3.7418.3

Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.4911.9

Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.248.2

Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.997.8

Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.491.4

Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.990.3

Percent who had GPA below 1.00

Total100

Average high school GPA of all degree-seeking, first-time, first-year students who submitted GPA:3.62

Admission Policies

Does your institution have an application fee?Yes

Amount of application fee:50

Does your institution have an application closing date?Yes

Are first-time, first-year students accepted for terms other than the fall?Yes

Amount of housing deposit:250

Does your institution allow students to postpone enrollment after admission?Yes

If yes, maximum period of postponement:2 years + 1 semester

Transfer Admission

2 TABLES

Fall Applicants

D2 transfer admissions

Transfer applicants, admits, and enrolled students by reported sex or status.

D2 transfer admissions. Transfer applicants, admits, and enrolled students by reported sex or status.
Measure	Males	Females	Unknown	Total
Applied	1194	1967	Not reported	3161
Admitted	975	1610	Not reported	2585
Enrolled	522	788	Not reported	1310

Application for Admission

High school transcriptNot Required

College transcript(s)Not Required

Essay or personal statementNot Required

InterviewNot Required

Standardized test scoresNot Required

Statement of good standing from prior institution(s)Not Required

If a minimum college grade point average is required of transfer applicants, specify (on a 4.0 scale):2.30

List any other application requirements specific to transfer applicants:Some majors have specific requirements. These are listed in the USU General Catalog.

Fall Rolling AdmissionX

Spring Rolling AdmissionX

Student Life

2 TABLES

Activities Offered

Choral groupsX

Concert bandX

DanceX

Drama/theaterX

Jazz bandX

Literary magazineX

Marching bandX

Model UNX

Music ensemblesX

Musical theaterX

OperaX

Pep bandX

Radio stationX

Student governmentX

Student newspaperX

Symphony orchestraX

Television stationX

Housing

Apartments for married studentsX

Apartments for single studentsX

Special housing for disabled studentsX

Special housing for international studentsX

Fraternity/sorority housingX

Cooperative housingX

Theme housingX

Wellness housingX

Annual Expenses

6 TABLES

Information

Please provide the URL of your institution’s net price calculator:http://www.usu.edu/netprice

Private Tuition

G1 undergraduate costs

Published undergraduate tuition, required fees, and on-campus food and housing charges.

G1 undergraduate costs. Published undergraduate tuition, required fees, and on-campus food and housing charges.
Measure	First-year	All undergraduates
Tuition	23810.22	23810.22
Tuition: in-district	7137.44	7137.44
Tuition: in-state	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: out-of-state	Not reported	Not reported
Tuition: nonresident	Not reported	Not reported
Required fees	917.54	917.54
Food and housing, on-campus	Not reported	Not reported
Housing only, on-campus	Not reported	Not reported
Food only, on-campus meal plan	Not reported	Not reported
Comprehensive tuition, food, and housing	Not reported	Not reported
Other	Not reported	Not reported

Public Tuition

All Institutions Expenses

Estimated Expenses

G5 estimated expenses

Estimated books, supplies, transportation, food, housing, and personal expenses by living arrangement.

G5 estimated expenses. Estimated books, supplies, transportation, food, housing, and personal expenses by living arrangement.
Measure	Residents	Commuters living at home	Commuters not living at home
Books and supplies	836	836	836
Food only	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Housing only	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Food and housing total	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Transportation	2508	2508	2508
Other expenses	1564	1564	1564

Per-Credit-Hour Charges

In-state (out-of-district):$1

Out-of-state:$1

Financial Aid

8 TABLES

Students Awarded Non-need-based Aid

H2A non-need-based aid

Non-need-based scholarship and grant aid recipients and average awards by undergraduate cohort.

H2A non-need-based aid. Non-need-based scholarship and grant aid recipients and average awards by undergraduate cohort.
Measure	First-year full-time	All undergraduates full-time	All undergraduates less-than-full-time
Institutional non-need grant recipients	1136	2648	129
Average institutional non-need grant	2192	2722	2016
Athletic grant recipients	77	327	7
Average athletic grant	16894	18618	18215

Reporting Year

Academic Year2020-2021 estimated

Need-based Aid Awarded

Federal$36,609,965

State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located$1,920,914

Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).$733,960

Total Scholarships/Grants$39,264,839

Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)$47,134,351

Federal Work-Study$901,155

State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)$471,956

Total Self-Help$48,507,462

Non-need-based Aid Awarded

Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).$20,854,714

Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college$3,667,103

Total Scholarships/Grants$24,521,817

Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)$64,891,303

Total Self-Help$64,891,303

Parent Loans$1,798,048

Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.$42,674,624

Athletic Awards$5,718,079

Students Awarded Aid

H2 students awarded aid

Need-based aid counts, need met, and average awards by undergraduate cohort.

H2 students awarded aid. Need-based aid counts, need met, and average awards by undergraduate cohort.
Measure	First-year full-time	All undergraduates full-time	All undergraduates less-than-full-time
Degree-seeking undergraduates	4192	17002	4084
Applied for need-based aid	2959	11406	2532
Determined to have financial need	1836	8630	2051
Awarded any aid	1836	8629	2044
Awarded need-based scholarship or grant aid	1094	5669	1326
Awarded need-based self-help aid	1481	7888	1897
Awarded non-need-based scholarship or grant aid	1414	4882	410
Need fully met	384	927	58
Average percentage of need met	65.0	60.0	45.4
Average financial aid package	12176	11677	6948
Average need-based scholarship or grant	4506	4988	3520
Average need-based self-help award	3353	4658	4316
Average need-based loan	3254	4504	4250

Source Type Loan

H5 student loans

Graduating first-time student loan borrowers by loan source, share of class, and average per-borrower debt.

H5 student loans. Graduating first-time student loan borrowers by loan source, share of class, and average per-borrower debt.
Measure	Number in class	Percent of class	Average per borrower
Any loan program	589	43.00	21529
Federal loan programs	582	43.00	20258
Institutional loan programs	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
State loan programs	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Private student loans	53	4.00	16800

Aid to Nonresidents

If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents who were awarded need-based or non-need-based aid:60

Institutional Aid

If your institution has recently implemented any major financial aid policy, program, or initiative to make your institution more affordable to incoming students such as replacing loans with grants, or waiving costs for families below a certain income level please provide details:UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY - COMMON DATA SET - 2020-2021

Instructional Faculty And Class Size

3 TABLES

Instructional Faculty

I1 instructional faculty

Instructional faculty counts by full-time status and selected demographic or credential category.

I1 instructional faculty. Instructional faculty counts by full-time status and selected demographic or credential category.
Measure	Full-time	Part-time	Total
Total instructional faculty	1049	245	1294
Members of minority groups	137	17	154
Females	420	122	542
Males	629	123	752
Nonresidents	0	0	0
Doctorate or other terminal degree	825	71	896
Master's, but not terminal master's	189	20	209
Bachelor's degree	17	2	19
Unknown or other highest degree	18	152	170
Stand-alone graduate/professional programs	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported

Student to Faculty Ratio

Fall 2025 Student to Faculty ratio18.9

based on ____ students2,020

Undergraduate Class Size

I3 undergraduate class size

Undergraduate class sections and subsections by enrollment size band.

I3 undergraduate class size. Undergraduate class sections and subsections by enrollment size band.
Measure	Class sections	Class subsections
2-9 students	633	62
10-19 students	633	174
20-29 students	532	129
30-39 students	607	19
40-49 students	169	4
50-99 students	88	Not reported
100+ students	156	11
Total	95	Not reported

Disciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred

3 TABLES

Diploma/Certificates

J degrees conferred by discipline

Percentage distribution of degrees conferred by discipline and award level.

J degrees conferred by discipline. Percentage distribution of degrees conferred by discipline and award level.
Measure	Certificate/diploma	Associate	Bachelor's
Agriculture	18.5%	4.6%	3.5%
Natural resources and conservation	Not reported	Not reported	1.8%
Architecture	Not reported	Not reported	0.4%
Area, ethnic, and gender studies	Not reported	Not reported	1.2%
Communication/journalism	Not reported	Not reported	4.0%
Communication technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Computer and information sciences	2.2%	Not reported	4.6%
Personal and culinary services	Not reported	0.6%	0.6%
Education	Not reported	Not reported	12.8%
Engineering	Not reported	Not reported	6.8%
Engineering technologies	5.4%	Not reported	2.0%
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics	Not reported	Not reported	0.9%
Family and consumer sciences	Not reported	Not reported	4.3%
Law/legal studies	Not reported	Not reported	0.4%
English	Not reported	Not reported	2.3%
Liberal arts/general studies	80.6%	80.6%	2.5%
Library science	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Biological/life sciences	Not reported	Not reported	3.4%
Mathematics and statistics	Not reported	Not reported	1.0%
Military science and military technologies	Not reported	Not reported	28%
Interdisciplinary studies	1.1%	Not reported	4.2%
Parks and recreation	Not reported	Not reported	0.2%
Philosophy and religious studies	Not reported	Not reported	0.4%
Theology and religious vocations	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Physical sciences	Not reported	Not reported	1.0%
Science technologies	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Psychology	Not reported	Not reported	4.2%
Homeland Security, law enforcement, firefighting, and protective services	Not reported	2.2%	2.2%
Public administration and social services	Not reported	Not reported	1.6%
Social sciences	Not reported	Not reported	10.9%
Construction trades	2.2%	Not reported	2.2%
Mechanic and repair technologies	1.1%	5.1%	5.1%
Precision production	12.0%	0.8%	0.8%
Transportation and materials moving	1.1%	Not reported	0.7%
Visual and performing arts	Not reported	Not reported	2.5%
Health professions and related programs	55.4%	6.0%	9.6%
Business/marketing	1.1%	Not reported	11.4%
History	Not reported	Not reported	0.9%
Other	Not reported	Not reported	Not reported
Total	100.00%	100.00%	100.00%

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