by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began publishing its yearly rankings to help students identify graduate schools that put a high emphasis on educational quality as well as helping students succeed. These rankings are based on components such as post-graduation earnings of students, accumulated student debt of graduates, how much in demand the school is, and faculty and student diversity.
University of Utah came in at #156 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. This rank is quite an honor since it puts the school in the Top 15% of the country for overall quality. U of U received this year's Best Master's Schools badge for its high ranking.
In addition, U of U took the #3 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Utah.
U of U was ranked #175 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking.
For the Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Utah, U of U came in at #2.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 48.9% of the total graduate students at U of U are women and 51.1% are men.
Of all the graduate students at U of U, around 18.0% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 12.7% of graduate students hail from another country. The following chart shows the distribution of racial-ethnic groups at the school. If you click on it, you'll find more detailed information.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $6,970 | $24,607 |
| Fees | $1,098 | $1,098 |
The average starting salary for graduate students who earn their master's degree at U of U is $61,507. That's good news for those graduates since it is 5% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from U of U enter careers with an average starting salary of $73,878. That's about 2% lower than the countrywide average of $75,260 for all doctorate degree holders.
Get more details about the location of 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 |
In 2020-2021, 39.8% of the graduate students at University of Utah took at least one class online. Roughly 7.5% of all grad students took courses exclusively online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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