The average acceptance rate of the 5 Utah colleges that have competitive admission is 78.92% for the academic year 2024-2025. Compared to last year, the acceptance rate is lower by 0.94%. The acceptance rate at 1 Utah colleges increased and the rate of 4 colleges decreased.
Westminster University has the lowest (i.e. hard to admit) acceptance rate of 66.57%. Brigham Young University (67.78%) and Southern Utah University (81.79%) are following it in the list of Tightest Utah Colleges to Get In.
This ranking is only based on acceptance rates and more admission stats such as SAT and ACT scores are helpful to measure the chances to get in more accurately.
Westminster University stays at first place of the lowest acceptance rate ranking since last year. Brigham Young University also maintained its second place in the ranking.
The average undergraduate tuition & fees of the schools is $25,452 and graduate tuition & fees is $22,714 for the academic year 2024-2025.
We note that the actual tightness of admission lies in considering other admission requirements such as SAT score.| School Name | Acceptance Rate | Yield | SAT Score | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Total Population | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Westminster University Salt Lake City, UTPrivate, 4-year | 66.57% 2.26% | 9.73% | 1,220 | $43,528 | 1,155 | 64.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 2 - | Brigham Young University Provo, UTPrivate, 4-year | 67.78% 1.41% | 77.53% | 1,360 | $6,688 | 35,873 | 81.00% | 21 to 1 |
| 3 - | Southern Utah University Cedar City, UTPublic, 4-year | 81.79% 1.32% | 13.68% | - | $21,192 ($6,962) | 15,444 | 61.00% | 22 to 1 |
| 4 - | University of Utah Salt Lake City, UTPublic, 4-year | 85.98% 1.19% | 26.02% | 1,285 | $30,860 ($9,620) | 36,894 | 65.00% | 19 to 1 |
| 5 - | Utah State University Logan, UTPublic, 4-year | 92.47% 1.15% | 23.83% | 1,170 | $24,993 ($8,560) | 28,904 | 59.00% | 19 to 1 |
| Average | 78.92% | 30.16% | 1,259 | $25,452 ($8,381) | 23,654 | 66.00% | 18 to 1 |