Utah Valley University
Public College in Orem, UT. Six-year graduation rate 47%. Median 10-year earnings $55,486.
Students who entered Utah Valley University land at a median of $55,486 a decade later, close to what most four-year schools deliver. Six-year completion sits at 47%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Graduates leave owing a median of $14,750 — 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 0.27 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.9 — limited economic uplift documented
Academics
Six-year completion sits at 47%, meaning about one in two students who enroll leave without finishing. First-year retention is 73% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. That gap between coming back and finishing is where this school loses people — after the first year, not during it. Transfer-out runs to 18% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. Retention drops to 49% 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 27,482 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
At $8,721 a year on average after grant aid, cost is low here relative to most undergraduate institutions. The income table below is the number that matters — $3,904 at $0–30k versus $13,297 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 55% of students at an average of $6,343. 14% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
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 · 3,315 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 | $3,904 |
| $30–48k | $4,231 |
| $48–75k | $5,664 |
| $75–110k | $8,115 |
| $110k+ | $13,297 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,965 of these 27,482 students, totalling $29,520,497 — an average of $7,445 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Utah 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)