Utah State University Ranks Top Ten in Value
Utah State University is among the best values in the country, according to the May/June 2004 issue of Consumer's Digest. The magazine rated Utah State as the sixth least expensive university in the country in relation to educational quality. The magazine picked the colleges and universities that offer the most academic value per dollar, and the research was conducted among the best 200 public and private colleges, according to the Web site www.collegeboard.com.
Utah State was also named "Best In The West" by the Princeton Review and lists Utah State as an "Undiscovered University." In addition, the National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education ranked Utah State second in affordability.
Utah State is home to seven of the last 10 Utah Carnegie Professors of the Year, as well as seven Rhodes Scholars. The College of Education was ranked in the top 50 nationally for the last six years by US News and World Report . Utah State was awarded a record $186 million dollars in research. In addition, 80 percent of students live on campus or nearby.
Utah State is home to students who send more experiments into space than any other university in the world as well as the Space Dynamics Lab, Center for Persons with Disabilities, the Utah Water Research Lab and soon, a new School of the Arts.
Utah State is not just a good value; it also requires high academic standards. Utah State admitted its best prepared freshman class in its history with an average ACT of 24 and a 3.6 GPA. When students graduate, 90 percent of them find jobs in their field within a year, and 86 percent within 6 months.