Utah State University
Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Logan, Utah. Utah State is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Utah State University is classified among "Carnegie R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". Utah State's main campus in Logan is Utah's largest public residential campus, with over 21,000 students living on or near its main campus — defined as living either on campus properties or within one block of the university's main campus. As of Fall 2023, it had 28,063 enrolled students, including 25,048 undergraduates and 3,015 graduate students. USU has more than 250,000 alumni located in all 50 states and more than 125 countries. Founded in 1888 as Utah's land-grant college under the 1862 Act, USU's original charter focused on science, engineering, agriculture, domestic arts, military science, technology, and mechanic arts. It received its current name in 1957. Today, USU has nine colleges, with a tenth college (the College of Veterinary Medicine) recently announced in 2022, and offers 283 degrees as follows: 159 undergraduate degrees, 83 master's degrees, and 41 doctoral degrees. Utah State University is the flagship school of the Utah State University Statewide Campus System. USU's primary residential, academic, innovation, and research campus is in Logan, Utah, beginning at the mouth of Logan Canyon and extending North along the east bench of Logan into the city of North Logan. The Logan River runs through the far east corner of campus, with the mountain range rising sharply to the East. Including its main campus in Logan, USU also owns and operates 11 additional residential and research campuses; 23 education centers; 30 county office locations; 5 additional innovation, research parks, and business development centers; 14 additional agricultural research centers and research farms; dozens of other wholly-owned defense research and government contractor entities (including but not limited to the Center for Growth and Opportunity ("CGO"), Center for Anticipatory Intelligence ("CAI"), and the Space Dynamics Laboratory ("SDL") — the latter being the United States Missile Defense Agency's University Affiliated Research Center (UARC)); and Utah State University Eastern — a wholly-owned but separate regional college located in Price, Utah and Blanding, Utah. Additional USU-owned research parks and business development centers include but are not limited to the Swaner Preserve EcoCenter (in Park City), the Ogden Botanical Center (in Ogden), the USU Botanical Center (in Kaysville), and the Bastian Agricultural and Equestrian Center (in Salt Lake City). The eleven comprehensive academic, innovation, research, and residential campuses for USU are located in Logan (Main Campus), Brigham City, Moab, Tooele, Vernal, Roosevelt, Park City, Ogden, Kaysville, Tremonton, and Salt Lake City. Together with USU's 23 education centers, 30 county offices, and Utah State University Eastern (in Price and Blanding), these campuses form the Utah State University Statewide Campus System. USU's athletic teams compete in Division I of the NCAA and are collectively known as the Utah State Aggies. They are a member of the Mountain West Conference. USU is associated with