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See which careers fit your traits — based on what 420+ Utah State alumni actually went on to do.

What Utah State grads actually do

Based on 420 notable Utah State alumni with Wikipedia pages. Data: Wikidata (CC0).

Notable Utah State alumni

Kerry Rupp

basketball coach · basketball player

Kelly Poppinga

American football player

James C. King

military officer

Kevin Wasden

illustrator · comics artist

Wayne L. Niederhauser

politician

Wayne Estes

basketball player

William Lawrence Slout

author

Jeffrey T. Leek

data scientist

Salary outlook for top Utah State career paths

National median annual wage (BLS Occupational Employment Statistics).

About Utah State

Utah State University (USU or Utah State) is a public land-grant university and research university in Logan, Utah, United States. Founded in 1888 under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts as Utah's only federal land-grant institution, USU is one of the state's two flagship universities. It is classified among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity". As of fall 2025, USU enrolled 29,831 students across its statewide system, making its Logan campus the largest public residential campus in Utah, with more than 84 percent of students living away from home. At its founding, USU's original land-grant oriented mission was to provide education in agriculture, mechanical arts, science, classical studies, military science and officer training for all branches of the U.S. Department of Defense (then named the "United States Department of War"), later expanding to include liberal arts, business, and engineering. Today, the university operates 14 campuses (including 3 separate residential campuses), 29 statewide extension office locations, 14 research farms, 8 separate field sites, and over 50 statewide research centers, having the most campuses, the most total campus acreage, and the most degree offerings of any institution of higher education in the state of Utah (over 370 undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral programs accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities). Utah State is recognized internationally for its academics and research in engineering, space science, satellite technology, aerospace, aviation, flight technology, rocket science, missile defense systems, electric propulsion, agriculture, animal science, energy, natural resources, business, economics, anticipatory intelligence, military leadership, and education. Utah State's Huntsman School of Business is the global seat for the Shingo Prize award in organizational excellence and the Steven R. Covey Leadership Center. Since World War I, Utah State's Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) program has achieved national prominence — earning USU the nickname "West Point of the West." Utah State's Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) currently serves as the sole University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) for the United States Missile Defense Agency and United States Space Force. In partnership with SDL, USU has participated in over 500 space missions and deployed more payloads, hardware and software systems into space than any university in the world. In 2023, the National Science Foundation ranked Utah State 80th nationally and among the top 50 public universities for research expenditures, reporting $401.5 million in 2023, $497.4 million in 2024, and $517 million in 2025. The university hosts the second-oldest undergraduate research program in the United States (second to MIT) and was recently named by The Council on Undergraduate Research as the best undergraduate research program in the nation. USU also houses Utah's only colleges of veterinary medicine and agriculture. Utah State's athletic teams, known as the Utah State Aggies, compete in NCAA Division I athletics. The Aggies currently participate in the Mountain West Conference and will join the Pac-12 Conference as a full member beginning July 1, 2026.

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