Utah ranking · Clery-reported enrollment 2024

The Largest Universities in Utah

The 50 largest of the 57 Utah colleges and universities that report an enrolment to the U.S. Department of Education, ranked biggest first. Total enrolment counts online and distance students, so an institution with a large virtual programme can outrank a bigger physical campus.

210,208
Largest in Utah
57
Institutions reporting
257
Median Utah institution
#12
of 51 states by enrolment

Western Governors University is the largest institution in Utah with 210,208 students

According to U.S. Department of Education campus-safety enrollment filings for 2024, Western Governors University leads Utah at 210,208 students, and the five largest hold 73.9% of state enrollment. This list covers the 50 largest of 57 reporting institutions. Totals include online learners, so a large virtual programme can outrank a bigger physical campus.

Data source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey

Largest in Utah
210,208
Institutions reporting
57
State students in top 5
73.9%
Median Utah institution
257

Utah in one line

Western Governors University is the largest institution in Utah with 210,208 students, about 818x the 257 of the median institution in the state. 73.9% of every student in the state is enrolled at just these five institutions, so Utah's higher education is concentrated at the top.

210,208
students at Western Governors University
73.9%
of state students, in the top 5
490,539
students enrolled across Utah
66
the #50 cutoff

Enrollment is total students reported in the OPE campus-safety disclosure for 2024, including online and distance learners. IPEDS supplies institution location and sector. The incident column is reported on-campus Clery Act incidents per 1,000 enrolled students.

Size joined to safety

These 50 largest institutions enroll 99.9% of Utah's students; the other 7 reporting institutions hold the remaining 0.1%. Among the 16 mid-to-large campuses on this list, 12 sit below the 1.58 national median incident rate, and 0 also appear in the national safest-50.

99.9%
of state students, in these 50
12
below 1.58 national median /1k
0
also in national safest-50
0.00
Western Governors University rate /1k

Incident rates are on-campus Clery Criminal Offenses and VAWA reports per 1,000 enrolled students for campuses with enrollment ≥ 2,000 and a national safety rank. A lower rate is not a personal safety verdict, reporting culture and online enrollment dilute raw counts. See /rankings/safest-campuses for the size-fair national list.

Showing the top 50 of 57 Utah institutions by enrollment (490,276 of 490,539 students, 99.9%). The remaining 7 reporting institutions enroll 0.1% of the state total and are omitted from this capped ranking, not from the underlying federal tables.

What this ranking shows about Utah

Utah ranks 12th by total enrolment among the states and DC, roughly mid-table nationally. More than half of the 57 institutions reporting enrolment here are private for-profit (36 of them), largely small career and online schools, which is why Utah reports so many institutions while its median enrolment stays low.

Ranking by total enrolment puts institutions with large online programmes above institutions with larger physical campuses, because a virtual student body is not limited by classrooms or housing. A list of the biggest campuses by students physically present would order differently, and neither list is more correct, because they answer different questions. Enrolment here is the total headcount an institution reported to the federal OPE reporting cohort, which counts undergraduate and graduate students together and makes no distinction between full-time and part-time study. A university with a very large part-time or continuing-education population can therefore outrank one with more students on campus on any given weekday.

The incident-rate column is here because institution size changes how a raw incident count should be read, not because a larger university is more or less safe. Two institutions with the same number of reported incidents are not comparable if one enrols five times as many students, so the column expresses incidents per thousand enrolled. A rate still reflects reporting practice as much as underlying risk: an institution that encourages reporting and investigates thoroughly can record more incidents than one that does neither, and that is the opposite of what a naive reading suggests. Institutions where most students study online show diluted rates, because the denominator counts students who never set foot on a campus. Read the column as context for the size ranking, never as a safety verdict, and see our methodology for how both figures are assembled. For the same institutions ranked by cost rather than size, see the cheapest colleges rankings, or browse every institution we hold a record for.

Comparing states? See the 50 largest universities in the US, or this state's campus safety profile.

The bar to make Utah's top-50 list is 66 students. Here is where that cutoff sits among all 57 Utah institutions reporting enrollment:

The bar to make Utah's top-50 list

Clery-reported enrollment · 57 Utah institutions · 2024

66 Top 88% higher than 12% of 57 Utah institutions

Show national distribution 0–8,000: 48 Utah institutions (84%). This entry sits in this band. 8,000–16,000: 2 Utah institutions (4%). Above this entry. 16,000–24,000: 0 Utah institutions (0%). Above this entry. 24,000–32,000: 2 Utah institutions (4%). Above this entry. 32,000–40,000: 3 Utah institutions (5%). Above this entry. 40,000–48,000: 1 Utah institutions (2%). Above this entry. 48,000–56,000: 0 Utah institutions (0%). Above this entry. 56,000–64,000: 0 Utah institutions (0%). Above this entry. 64,000–72,000: 0 Utah institutions (0%). Above this entry. 72,000–80,000: 1 Utah institutions (2%). Above this entry. #50 cutoff 0 80,000 every Utah institution, bucketed by value

Each bar is a band; taller bars hold more Utah institutions. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.

Source U.S. Department of Education, OPE Campus Safety and Security Survey · 2024

The 50 largest of Utah's 57 institutions

10
Ensign College Salt Lake City, UT · Private nonprofit
Enrollment
7,594
Incidents /1k
1.19
11
Snow College Ephraim, UT · Public
Enrollment
5,577
Incidents /1k
3.23
22
Provo College Provo, UT · Private for-profit
Enrollment
669
Incidents /1k
0.00
30
Medspa Academies South Jordan, UT · Private for-profit
Enrollment
241
Incidents /1k
0.00
35
The Barber School Midvale, UT · Private for-profit
Enrollment
169
Incidents /1k
0.00
44
Careers Unlimited Orem, UT · Private for-profit
Enrollment
118
Incidents /1k
0.00
49
Collectiv Academy Sandy, UT · Private for-profit
Enrollment
70
Incidents /1k
0.00
# Institution EnrollmentIncidents /1k
1 Western Governors University Salt Lake City, UT · Private nonprofit 210,208 100% of the leader · rank #1 0.00
2 Utah Valley University Orem, UT · Public 46,807 22% of the leader · rank #2 0.77
3 University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT · Public 36,894 18% of the leader · rank #3 15.02
4 Brigham Young University Provo, UT · Private nonprofit 35,873 17% of the leader · rank #4 1.76
5 Weber State University Ogden, UT · Public 32,701 16% of the leader · rank #5 1.28
6 Utah State University Logan, UT · Public 28,904 14% of the leader · rank #6 1.00
7 Salt Lake Community College Salt Lake City, UT · Public 27,437 13% of the leader · rank #7 0.73
8 Southern Utah University Cedar City, UT · Public 15,444 7% of the leader · rank #8 1.10
9 Utah Tech University Saint George, UT · Public 13,167 6% of the leader · rank #9 1.75
10 Ensign College Salt Lake City, UT · Private nonprofit 7,594 4% of the leader · rank #10 1.19
11 Snow College Ephraim, UT · Public 5,577 4% of the leader · rank #11 3.23
12 Ogden-Weber Technical College Ogden, UT · Public 4,207 4% of the leader · rank #12 0.48
13 Davis Technical College Kaysville, UT · Public 4,188 4% of the leader · rank #13 0.48
14 Mountainland Technical College Lehi, UT · Public 3,967 4% of the leader · rank #14 0.00
15 Joyce University of Nursing and Health Sciences Draper, UT · Private for-profit 2,073 4% of the leader · rank #15 0.00
16 Uintah Basin Technical College Roosevelt, UT · Public 2,002 4% of the leader · rank #16 0.50
17 Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions Provo, UT · Private for-profit 1,686 4% of the leader · rank #17 0.59
18 Bridgerland Technical College Logan, UT · Public 1,682 4% of the leader · rank #18 0.00
19 Dixie Technical College Saint George, UT · Public 1,347 4% of the leader · rank #19 0.00
20 Westminster University Salt Lake City, UT · Private nonprofit 1,155 4% of the leader · rank #20 6.93
21 Southwest Technical College Cedar City, UT · Public 864 4% of the leader · rank #21 2.31
22 Provo College Provo, UT · Private for-profit 669 4% of the leader · rank #22 0.00
23 Tooele Technical College Tooele, UT · Public 666 4% of the leader · rank #23 0.00
24 Neumont College of Computer Science Salt Lake City, UT · Private for-profit 476 4% of the leader · rank #24 4.20
25 Eagle Gate College-Murray Murray, UT · Private for-profit 410 4% of the leader · rank #25 0.00
26 Fortis College-Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, UT · Private for-profit 383 4% of the leader · rank #26 0.00
27 Arizona College of Nursing-Salt Lake City Murray, UT · Private for-profit 306 4% of the leader · rank #27 0.00
28 Paul Mitchell the School-Salt Lake City Holladay, UT · Private for-profit 287 4% of the leader · rank #28 0.00
29 Cameo College of Essential Beauty Murray, UT · Private for-profit 257 4% of the leader · rank #29 0.00
30 Medspa Academies South Jordan, UT · Private for-profit 241 4% of the leader · rank #30 0.00
31 Midwives College of Utah Salt Lake City, UT · Private nonprofit 239 4% of the leader · rank #31 0.00
32 Eagle Gate College-Layton Layton, UT · Private for-profit 226 4% of the leader · rank #32 0.00
33 Renaissance Academie Provo, UT · Private for-profit 188 4% of the leader · rank #33 0.00
34 Avalon Institute-Layton Layton, UT · Private for-profit 186 4% of the leader · rank #34 0.00
35 The Barber School Midvale, UT · Private for-profit 169 4% of the leader · rank #35 0.00
36 Aveda Institute-Provo Provo, UT · Private for-profit 164 4% of the leader · rank #36 0.00
37 Paul Mitchell the School-Provo Provo, UT · Private for-profit 147 4% of the leader · rank #37 0.00
38 Taylor Andrews Academy of Hair Design-Provo Provo, UT · Private for-profit 147 4% of the leader · rank #38 0.00
39 Taylor Andrews Academy of Hair Design-West Jordan West Jordan, UT · Private for-profit 144 4% of the leader · rank #39 0.00
40 Paul Mitchell the School-Logan Logan, UT · Private for-profit 133 4% of the leader · rank #40 0.00
41 Skin Science Institute Sandy, UT · Private for-profit 127 4% of the leader · rank #41 0.00
42 Taylor Andrews Academy-St George St. George, UT · Private for-profit 127 4% of the leader · rank #42 0.00
43 Galen Health Institutes-Salt Lake City Draper, UT · Private for-profit 122 4% of the leader · rank #43 0.00
44 Careers Unlimited Orem, UT · Private for-profit 118 4% of the leader · rank #44 0.00
45 Skinworks School of Advanced Skincare Salt Lake City, UT · Private for-profit 117 4% of the leader · rank #45 8.55
46 Acaydia School of Aesthetics Provo, UT · Private for-profit 113 4% of the leader · rank #46 0.00
47 Paul Mitchell the School-St. George Saint George, UT · Private for-profit 109 4% of the leader · rank #47 0.00
48 Top Nails & Hair Beauty School Taylorsville, UT · Private for-profit 92 4% of the leader · rank #48 0.00
49 Collectiv Academy Sandy, UT · Private for-profit 70 4% of the leader · rank #49 0.00
50 Evans Hairstyling College-St George Saint George, UT · Private for-profit 66 4% of the leader · rank #50 0.00

What to do with this

Size is a starting filter for Utah, not a verdict on any institution.

Institutions below the reporting floor, or without enrolment in the Campus Safety and Security Survey cohort for 2024, do not appear on this list. IPEDS supplies classification and location.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Office of Postsecondary Education Campus Safety and Security Survey (enrollment and Clery disclosures), joined to the IPEDS institutional directory (location and classification)

Every figure on PlainCampus is rendered directly from federal Clery Act source data, no number is typed in by an editor. Every figure on this page is computed at request time from the federal source tables; no ranking position or count is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of 2026-10-26.

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