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Founded:
March 8, 1888
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President (16th):
Noelle E. Cockett (Jan. 1, 2017-present)
Type:
Land-grant, public research university
Mission Statement:
The mission of Utah State University is to be one of the nation’s premier student-centered land-grant and space-grant universities by fostering the principle that academics come first, by cultivating diversity of thought and culture and by serving the public through learning, discovery and engagement.
Location/Profile:
Logan, Utah Population: Logan - 48,565 Cache County - 114,181 Elevation: 4,778 feet (Logan Campus) Average summer highs: 85 degrees Average winter highs: 34 degrees Free public transportation for Logan campus, Logan City, Cache Valley 81 miles northeast of Salt Lake City 5 hours south of Yellowstone National Park 1-hour drive to four ski resorts 2-minute drive to Logan Canyon Number of steps to the top of Old Main Hill: 124
Campus Size:
Main campus: 400 acres Statewide: 7,000 (does not include USU Eastern)
Regional Campuses: 3 (Brigham City, Tooele, Uintah Basin) Comprehensive Community College: 1 (USU Eastern with campuses in Price and Blanding) Extension Offices: In 28 of 29 Utah counties and at the Ogden Botanical Center, Thanksgiving Point, and Utah Botanical Center
Workforce:
Faculty members: 800 Full-time support staff: 1,664
Enrollment :
Total Headcount Enrollment (Fall 2018): 27,932* *Includes USU Regional Campuses and Distance Education: 15,324 and USU Eastern: 1,895
Gender:
Male: 12,774 Female: 15,158
Student Representation:
All 29 counties in Utah All 50 states 78 countries
Ages:
Average undergraduate age: 22.4 Average graduate age: 32.3
Academics:
Undergraduate degrees: 162 Undergraduate minors: 121 Graduate degrees: 153 Student/faculty ratio: 22.1 to 1 Average undergraduate class size: 20-29 students Study abroad opportunities: 150 in 40 countries Students who study abroad each year: 76%
Colleges:
College of Agriculture and Applied Sciences Caine College of the Arts Jon M. Huntsman School of Business Emma Eccles Jones College of Education and Human Services College of Engineering College of Humanities and Social Sciences S.J. and Jessie E. Quinney College of Natural Resources College of Science
Most Popular Declared Majors:
Economics; Psychology; Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education; Mechanical Engineering; Elementary Education; Human Movement Science; Biology; Computer Science
The Aggies begin their 51st season in the 10,270-seat Dee Glen Smith Spectrum this fall, looking to continue a tradition of large crowds and home court wins.
Utah State has had just one losing season at home in nearly half a century of play in the Spectrum. The Aggies have compiled a 602-142 (.809) record in 50 years, including a perfect 14-0 mark in 1973-74, 15-0 records in 199798 and 2000-01, and 17-0 records in 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2010-11. Over the last two seasons, Utah State has gone 29-2 at home, marking the best home record among every school in the Mountain West. The Aggies have recorded double-digit wins inside the Dee Glen Smith Spectrum in each of the last 26 seasons. Since 2000, Utah State has posted a 147-32 (.821) record against league opponents and has won 295 of its last 342 games (.862) against all competition in the Spectrum.
Large crowds are another characteristic of the arena, as the Aggies have averaged better than 7,000 fans per game in 43 of their 50 seasons in the Spectrum. USU brought in more than 138,000 spectators last year, and over five million fans have attended Aggie basketball games in the Spectrum. A school-record 184,932 fans attended home games during the 2011-12 season, while 138,737 fans attended home games during the 2019-20 season, marking the 26th-straight year that Utah State has drawn more than 100,000 fans.
The impressive facility has helped bring various postseason events to Logan, including first-round National Invitation Tournament games in 1984, 1996, 2002 and 2004. In addition, the Spectrum played host to a 1971 NCAA Tournament game.
The Aggie gymnastics and women’s basketball teams call the Spectrum home, as well. The Spectrum was the site of the 1983, 1993 and 1999 NCAA Midwest Region Gymnastics Championships, and hosted the 2000 Big West Gymnastics Championships, the 2002 Western Gymnastics Championships, the 2005 and 2012 WAC Championships and the 2017 MRGC Championships. In addition to sporting events, the Spectrum is utilized for concerts, graduation, the Festival of the American West and other special events.
The Smith Spectrum was dedicated on Dec. 1, 1970, prior to a 95-89 victory against Ohio State. Over the past 10 years, the Spectrum has taken on a new look as a new state-of-the-art scoreboard, sound system and additional lights were installed prior to the 2002 season, to go along with new scorer’s tables that were added prior to the 2001 season. In the summer of 2009, renovations to the existing men’s and women’s basketball locker rooms were made, along with the creation of a new student-athlete lounge and study area. Dressing rooms for four teams are available. The playing floor, which was replaced in the summer of 2004, is permanent and constructed of maple hardwood on a cushion, over concrete. In the summer of 2012, a new updated state-of-theart video board, scoreboard and scorers tables were installed, along with the resurfacing of the playing floor with the new logo, and in the summer of 2015 the court was again resurfaced and re-painted with a larger U-State logo at center court.
The arena is named for Brigham City native Dee Glen Smith, who built one of America’s largest grocery store chains and was a substantial supporter of Utah State University. Smith died in 1984.
