by our College Data Analytics Team
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Utah Valley University was awarded 436 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts.
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College Factual ranked UVU as #279 out of 2,217 colleges and universities in the country on its 2024 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 15% of all schools in the nation. This is an improvement over the previous year, when UVU held the #459 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
UVU also holds the #4 spot on the Best Colleges in Utah ranking.
Since Utah Valley University has an open admissions policy, being accepted to the school isn't that hard. However, a full basic things - such as a high school diploma or equivalent - may be required. Also, go over your application to make sure it is complete before you submit it.
The student to faculty ratio at Utah Valley University is 25 to 1, which is high when compared to the national average of 15 to 1. This may indicate that some of your classes will be larger in size than they would be at other schools. However, upper level classes will probably be smaller.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Utah Valley University is 44%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Utah Valley University is 66%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
When we say that a student has graduated on time, we mean that they have finished their bachelor's degree within four years. The on-time graduation rate at UVU is 13%. That's lower than the national rate of 33.3%
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 40,311 undergraduates at UVU with 19,413 being full-time and 20,898 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $7,707 | $9,992 | $11,196 | $12,446 | $13,248 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of UVU, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At UVU, approximately 13% of students took out student loans averaging $5,807 a year. That adds up to $23,228 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at UVU is 4.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for UVU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 800 W University Parkway, Orem, UT 84058-5999 |
| Phone: | 801-863-8000 |
| Website: | www.uvu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/UVUwolverines |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/UVU |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| General Psychology | 379 | $29,263 |
| Business Administration & Management | 333 | $53,406 |
| Air Transportation | 219 | $59,874 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 202 | $39,189 |
| Marketing | 193 | $48,425 |
| Finance & Financial Management | 169 | $51,652 |
| Human Development & Family Studies | 143 | NA |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 140 | $38,183 |
| Accounting | 134 | $49,230 |
| Design & Applied Arts | 126 | $34,649 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 23,219 students took at least one online class at Utah Valley University. This is a decrease from the 28,671 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 23,219 | 7,529 |
| 2019-2020 | 28,671 | 13,400 |
| 2018-2019 | 13,270 | 3,274 |
| 2017-2018 | 12,573 | 3,097 |
| 2016-2017 | 11,219 | 2,747 |
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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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