Utah State University

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Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant research university with its main campus in Logan, Utah. Founded in 1888 under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts, Utah State is one of two flagship universities for the state of Utah. USU is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very High Research Activity". Utah State University's main campus in Logan is Utah's oldest and largest public residential campus; about 84% of students live away from home.

Utah State's original charter focused on military science, technology, science, agriculture, and mechanical arts. By 1947, the military science program at Utah State had gained such prominence that USU became known as the "West Point of the West" since USU commissioned more officers into the U.S. military than any school in the nation except the United States Military Academy at West Point.

As of the Fall 2023 semester, Utah State had 28,063 enrolled students (with 20,259 students enrolled at its main campus in Logan) and more than 175,000 alumni located in all 50 states and more than 116 countries. The university has nine campuses statewide (including its main campus in Logan), 23 distance education centers, 30 county office locations, and more than 50 research institutes and centers. Among these research institutes is Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL), which is the sole University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) for the United States Missile Defense Agency; and, is one of only 15 UARCs in the nation for the United States Department of Defense. In partnership with SDL, Utah State has conducted over 430 successful space missions and deployed over 500 independent hardware and software systems into space.

According to the National Science Foundation, USU is 83rd in the nation and 54th among public universities for total research and development revenue and expenditures with $344.9 million in 2022.

Utah State's athletic teams, the Utah State Aggies, compete in Division I as members of the Mountain West Conference.