Utah Tech University
Public College in Saint George, UT. Six-year graduation rate 37%. Median 10-year earnings $44,570.
Students who entered Utah Tech University land at a median of $44,570 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. The six-year graduation rate is 37% — low enough that finishing cannot be treated as the default outcome. Graduates leave owing a median of $15,000 — modest by four-year standards.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.34 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
Only 37% finish within six years, so roughly three in five students leave without the credential. 68% of full-time first-years come back for year two, so about one in three are gone before sophomore year. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. A 23% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Retention drops to 31% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 8,320 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Net price lands at $17,598 a year on average, neither cheap nor punishing. Net price varies modestly by income — $13,158 at $0–30k against $20,605 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 75% of students at an average of $7,283. Only 23% take federal loans. Private borrowing is not captured in this figure.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,926 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $13,158 |
| $30–48k | $13,214 |
| $48–75k | $15,440 |
| $75–110k | $18,715 |
| $110k+ | $20,605 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 1,899 of these 8,320 students, totalling $12,459,960 — an average of $6,561 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Washington County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)