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Utah Valley University

Orem, Utah·Public, 4-year or above·Rocky Mountains·uvu.edu
6-yr Graduation
45%
Total enrollment
46,807
peer median 16,949
Avg net price
$8,463
-$4.3k vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
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Graduation rate & outcomes

Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.

Overall completion
45%
4-year graduation
17%
6-year graduation (bachelor’s)
40%
Full-time retention
73%

Pell equity

4.0pp gap
Pell recipients
34%
Non-Pell
38%

Non-Pell students graduate at a 4.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.

Program outcomes

Federal Program Performance Data: how each program's graduate earnings and debt measure up under Financial Value Transparency and Gainful Employment.

Of 264 Title IV programs, 49 pass the federal Gainful Employment test and 2 fail. 213 have graduate earnings too small to publish, so they carry no pass/fail verdict.

Total programs
264
Passing
49
18.6% of portfolio
Failing (GE)
2
0.8% of portfolio
Fail rate
0.8%
+0.2pp vs 0.6% national

Pass / fail distribution

264programs
  • Passing49 · 18.6%
  • No Data213 · 80.7%
  • Failing2 · 0.8%

Severity spectrum

Critical
1
Severe
1
Recoverable
0
At Risk
2
Watch
4
Safe
43
No data
213

Tiers band programs by how far graduate earnings sit above or below the benchmark, from Critical (below −15%) through Safe (above +25%). No data means earnings were privacy-suppressed.

Earnings premium gap

Graduate earnings versus the federal benchmark, worst gaps first.

51
American Sign Language
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
-23.0%
$28,583 vs $37,112
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Levels and Methods
Associate Degree · Education
-10.1%
$33,350 vs $37,112
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+8.6%
$40,289 vs $37,112
Music
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
+9.4%
$40,597 vs $37,112
Culinary Arts and Related Services
Associate Degree · Personal And Culinary Services
+11.7%
$41,464 vs $37,112
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Associate Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
+17.0%
$43,421 vs $37,112
Psychology General
Associate Degree · Psychology
+18.4%
$43,945 vs $37,112
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
+19.1%
$44,206 vs $37,112

Debt vs earnings

Median completer debt against median graduate earnings, highest burden first.

40
American Sign Language
Bachelor Degree · Foreign Languages, Literatures, And Linguistics
53%
$15,100 debt · $28,583 earn
Social Work
Master's Degree · Public Administration And Social Service Professions
42%
$30,217 debt · $71,388 earn
Teacher Education and Professional Development Specific Subject Areas
Bachelor Degree · Education
40%
$20,675 debt · $52,194 earn
Liberal Arts and Sciences General Studies and Humanities
Bachelor Degree · Liberal Arts And Sciences, General Studies And Humanities
39%
$22,667 debt · $58,219 earn
Design and Applied Arts
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
37%
$20,410 debt · $55,728 earn
Psychology General
Bachelor Degree · Psychology
37%
$17,374 debt · $47,596 earn
English Language and Literature General
Bachelor Degree · English Language And Literature/Letters
36%
$15,816 debt · $44,206 earn
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft
Bachelor Degree · Visual And Performing Arts
34%
$13,750 debt · $40,289 earn

Accreditation status & history

Who accredits the institution, current standing, and any past actions.

AccreditedInstitutional accreditor

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Accredited since 1969Next review Oct 2024

Programmatic accreditations · 9

Action history · 19

  1. Apr 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (ADNUR) - Associate degree programs
  2. Apr 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (NUR) - Baccalaureate program
  3. Apr 2025Renewal of Accreditation
    Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing, Inc. — May 6, 2013 Formerly: National League for Nursing Accrediting Commission · Nursing (MNUR) - Master's program
  4. Jan 2025Grant Substantive Change: Program
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)
  5. Aug 2024Removal of Monitoring Status
    American Dental Association, Commission on Dental Accreditation · Dental Hygiene (DH)

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Tuition & cost

What families actually pay, broken down by family income.

Net price by family income

Aid exceeds costFamily pays
$0–30k$6,381
$30–48k$7,303
$48–75k$8,871
$75–110k$11,410
$110k+$14,064

Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.

Avg net price
$8,463
-$4,302vs Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs median $12,766
Federal loans
8.9%
In-state tuition
$6,270
Out-of-state
$17,830

Federal aid volume & trends

Pell grants and federal Direct Loan volume disbursed to students, and how they've trended.

In AY 2024–25, 13,259 students received $71.2M in Pell grants, alongside $48.1M in federal Direct Loans.

Pell recipients
13,259
AY 2024–25
Pell disbursed
$71.2M
$71,245,809 total
Direct Loans
$48.1M
9,907 loan awards

Pell recipients · 5-year trend

12k
20
12k
21
11k
22
12k
23
13k
24

Loan volume by type · AY 2024–25

Subsidized$17.4M
4,729 loan awards
Unsubsidized · UG$21.2M
4,581 loan awards
Unsubsidized · Grad$7.1M
468 loan awards
Parent PLUS$898K
60 loan awards
Grad PLUS$1.5M
69 loan awards

Loan awards count each loan type a student holds, not unique borrowers; one student may carry several (e.g. subsidized and unsubsidized), so the per-type figures are the reliable detail.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student loan default rate

The share of student borrowers who default on federal loans within three years, against the national benchmark.

Of 4,893 borrowers who entered repayment, 56 (1.1%) defaulted within three years below the 2.3% national rate.

Default rate
1.1%
-1.2pp vs 2.3% national
Borrowers in repayment
4,893
Defaulted
56
Measurement window
3 years
Federal CDR standard

Default rate vs national, by cohort

2016
6.9%
2017
5.9%
2018
4.4%
2019
1.1%
2020*
0.0%
This institutionNational rate

* Cohorts 2020 and later read near 0% because the federal COVID-19 payment pause (CARES Act) suspended defaults nationwide. These years reflect a national policy, not institutional performance; the 2019 cohort is the last measured under normal repayment.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Academic programs at Utah Valley

Top program areas ranked by completions.

Distinct CIP programs186
UndergraduateOffered
GraduateOffered

Top program families by completions

8,207 total completions
01Liberal Arts
2,38029.0%
02Business
1,95623.8%
03Visual/Performing Arts
6778.2%
04Education
5316.5%
05Computer Sciences
5156.3%
06Health Professions
5106.2%
07Security/Protective
4976.1%
08Psychology
4685.7%
09Transportation
3374.1%
10Biological Sciences
3364.1%

Enrollment trends & demographics

Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.

Fall total
46,807
12-mo unduplicated
55,735
Undergraduate
54,555
Graduate
1,180

Gender split

Men
50%27,919
Women
50%27,816

Race / ethnicity composition

White
77.0%
Hispanic
13.3%
Two or more
3.7%
Asian
1.4%
Non-resident
1.1%
Unknown
1.1%
Black
1.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native
0.4%

Athletics & Title IX gender equity

How athletic participation, aid, and spending are split between men and women.

Athletes
342
187 M · 155 W
Women athletes
45.3%
Athletic aid
$3.5M
Total student aid
Budget
$17.9M
Total expenses

Men vs women · spending splits

Athletic student aid
$1.7M
$1.8M
Recruiting expense
$189K
$141K
Head-coach salaries
$124K
$85K
Men Women

Sport-by-sport · 8

Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
131 M · 140 W
$1.6M
Soccer
29 M · 31 W
$1.9M
Baseball
40 M ·
$1.6M
Wrestling
35 M ·
$966K
Basketball
15 M · 15 W
$3.6M
Softball
· 25 W
$1.0M

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Campus safety & crime statistics

Reported on-campus crimes over the last three years, including violence and hate crimes.

Criminal offenses · per 1,000 students
0.37
16 offenses · 43,099 students

3-year trend

0.342 yrs ago0.751 yr ago0.37Latest
Offenses · 3-yr
61
Last three years
VAWA · 3-yr
23
DV, dating, stalking
Hate crimes · 3-yr
1
Res-hall fires · 3-yr
0

Criminal offenses by type

Motor vehicle theft
6
Burglary
4
Rape
3
Fondling
3

By location

16total
  • On campus16

Includes 10 in residence halls (a subset of on-campus, not added to the total).

VAWA offenses

8
Domestic violence
3
Dating violence
2
Stalking
13 total under the Violence Against Women Act.

Hate crimes by bias

  • Ethnicity1

Arrests vs disciplinary referrals

CategoryArrestsReferrals
Weapons10
Drugs134
Liquor51

Residence-hall fires

No residence-hall fires reported.

Source: U.S. Dept. of Education

Student-faculty ratio

Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.

Student-to-faculty
26.0:1
Instructional staff (full-time equivalent)
809

Utah Valley vs Peer comparison

The peer institutions Utah Valley selected for federal comparison reporting.

GraduationRetentionSelectivityEnrollmentAffordabilityYield
This institutionPeer median

A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.

Carnegie
SubjectUtah Valley University
45%46,807$8,463Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Weber State University
47%32,701$10,722Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Southern Utah University
50%81.8%15,444$11,432Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Metropolitan State University of Denver
31%98.8%18,453$14,294Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Colorado State University Global
98.4%10,257$14,099Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Adams State University
32%99.2%2,901$14,173Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs
Peer group median45%98.6%16,949$12,766

Frequently asked questions about Utah Valley University

Quick answers to the questions most often asked about Utah Valley.

What is the graduation rate at Utah Valley University?

Utah Valley University reports a 6-year graduation rate of 45% per the latest IPEDS.

How many students attend Utah Valley University?

Utah Valley University reports a total enrollment of 46,807 students per the latest IPEDS.

What is the average net price at Utah Valley University?

The average net price at Utah Valley University is $8,463 per the latest College Scorecard. Net price is the published cost of attendance minus grant aid.

Where is Utah Valley University located?

Utah Valley University is located in Orem, Utah 84058-5999.

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