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Utah Agricultural College

Utah State University
Utah State University Seal.svg
Motto Research, Service, Teaching
Type Flagship
Public research university
Land-grant
Space-grant
Established March 8, 1888 (1888-03-08)
Academic affiliation
Endowment $314.6 million (2015)
Budget $671.6 million (2016)
President Noelle Cockett
Provost Laurens H. Smith (Interim)
Academic staff
800
Administrative staff
1,664
Students 28,118 (Fall 2016)
Undergraduates 24,838 (Fall 2016)
Postgraduates 3,280 (Fall 2016)
710 (Fall 2016)
Location Logan, Utah, U.S.
41°44′42″N 111°48′32″W / 41.745°N 111.809°W / 41.745; -111.809Coordinates: 41°44′42″N 111°48′32″W / 41.745°N 111.809°W / 41.745; -111.809
Campus Suburban, Logan: 400 acres (1.6 km2), Statewide: 7,000 acres (28 km2)
Colors Aggie Blue and White
         
Nickname Aggies
Mascot Big Blue
Sporting affiliations
NCAA Division I FBS
Mountain West Conference
Website www.usu.edu
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University rankings
National
ARWU 120-137
Forbes 324
U.S. News & World Report 220
Washington Monthly 26
Global
ARWU 401-500
QS 701+
U.S. News & World Report 557

Faculty Carnegie Professor of the Year, State of Utah

Rich Etchberger Wildland Resources 2015
Joyce Kinkead English 2013
Michael Christiansen Music 2012
Jim Cangelosi Mathematics and Statistics 2011
Laurie McNeill Civil and Environmental Engineering 2010
David Peak Physics 2009
Lyle McNeal Animal, Dairy and Veterinary sciences 2007
Bonnie Glass-Coffin Anthropology 2004
Jan Sojka Physics 2002
David F. Lancy Anthropology 2001
Mark Damen History, Classics, Theatre 1998
Sonia Manuel-Dupont Education, English, Engineering 1997
Ted Alsop Geography 1996
Frances Titchener History, Classics 1995

Utah State University (also referred to as USU or Utah State) is a public doctorate-granting university in Logan, Utah, United States. The coeducational, space-grant, land-grant, research university is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. With nearly 18,000 students living on or near campus, USU is the largest public residential campus in Utah. As of Fall 2015, there were 28,622 total students enrolled including 25,259 undergraduate students and 3,363 graduate students of whom 735 were doctoral students. The university has the highest percentage of out-of-state students of any public university in Utah totaling 23% of the student body.

Founded in 1888 as Utah's agricultural college, USU focused on agriculture, domestic arts, and mechanic arts. The university now offers programs in liberal arts, engineering, business, economics, natural resource sciences, as well as nationally ranked elementary & secondary education programs. It offers master's and doctoral programs in humanities, social sciences, and STEM areas (Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics). It received its current name in 1957.

The Carnegie Foundation has given Utah State University the designation of a Research University with "higher research activity," placing it among the top 209 higher education institutions in the country conducting research. Utah State University has produced 7 Rhodes Scholars, 1 Nobel Prize winner, 1 MacArthur Fellows program inductee, 4 recipients of the Harry S. Truman Scholarship, and 34 recipients of the Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship. A professor from the university has been named Utah's sole Carnegie Professor of the year 14 of the last 20 years. USU has nine colleges and offers a total of 176 bachelor's degrees, 97 master's degrees, and 38 doctoral degrees. USU's main campus is located in Logan with regional campuses in Brigham City, Tooele, and the Uintah Basin and 28 other locations throughout Utah. In 2010, the College of Eastern Utah, located in Price, Utah joined the USU system becoming Utah State University College of Eastern Utah (USU Eastern). Throughout Utah, USU operates more than 20 distance education centers. Regional campuses, USU Eastern, and distance education centers provide degrees to more than 40% of the students enrolled. In total, USU has more than 220,000 alumni in all 50 states and more than 100 countries.


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