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Southern Utah University was awarded 4 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is general education.
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Southern Utah University landed the #1,390 spot in College Factual's 2025 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,152 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking.
Southern Utah University also holds the #9 spot on the Best Colleges in Utah ranking.
The acceptance rate at Southern Utah University is 84%. That's higher than the rate at many schools, but still low enough to be considered somewhat selective. If you want to get in, you'll need good grades and to be able to show that Southern Utah University is a good fit for you.
The student to faculty ratio is often used as a measure to gauge how much access students will have to their professors - the lower the number, the better. At Southern Utah University, this rate is 22 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Southern Utah University is 72%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Southern Utah University is 71%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at Southern Utah University is 22%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Southern Utah University.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 11,249 undergraduates at Southern Utah University with 7,652 being full-time and 3,597 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $8,203 | $8,360 | $10,915 | $13,907 | $15,506 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Southern Utah University, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Southern Utah University, approximately 22% of students took out student loans averaging $8,222 a year. That adds up to $32,888 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Southern Utah University are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 351 West University Blvd, Cedar City, UT 84720 |
| Phone: | 435-586-7700 |
| Website: | https://www.suu.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts General Studies | 2,308 | $35,814 |
| Business Administration & Management | 223 | $32,824 |
| Accounting | 168 | $55,425 |
| General Education | 143 | NA |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 118 | NA |
| Communication & Media Studies | 113 | $32,951 |
| Nursing | 109 | $65,898 |
| General Psychology | 107 | $27,146 |
| General Biology | 97 | NA |
| Health & Physical Education | 95 | $30,092 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 8,383 students took at least one online class at Southern Utah University. This is an increase from the 7,688 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 8,383 | 3,962 |
| 2021-2022 | 7,688 | 3,075 |
| 2020-2021 | 8,882 | 2,683 |
| 2018-2019 | 4,928 | 873 |
Learn more about online learning at Southern Utah University.
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Footnotes
*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.
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