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Community colleges in Utah

There are 8 two-year, predominantly associate-degree-granting community colleges in Utah reporting to the U.S. Department of Education. Median published in-state tuition across the state is $6,962 per academic year — among the most affordable postsecondary options anywhere in the country.

This page is a working directory: every institution links to a full profile with cost, enrollment, completion, and transfer numbers. The lists below highlight the most affordable, the largest, and the most transfer-active campuses in Utah, drawn from the same Department of Education data four-year admissions offices use to evaluate incoming transfer applicants. If you are weighing a community-college start before continuing to a four-year program, the transfer rate column is the single most useful comparison.

Most affordable in-state tuition in Utah

  1. Snow CollegeEphraim$4,338
  2. Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City$4,426
  3. Utah Valley UniversityOrem$6,507
  4. Weber State UniversityOgden$6,557
  5. Southern Utah UniversityCedar City$6,962

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Largest community colleges in Utah

  1. Utah Valley UniversityOrem28,453
  2. Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City18,136
  3. Weber State UniversityOgden16,360
  4. Southern Utah UniversityCedar City9,289
  5. Snow CollegeEphraim3,549

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Strongest transfer outcomes

Share of full-time entrants who transferred to another institution within 150% of program length.

  1. Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City14%

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All 8 community colleges in Utah

InstitutionCityEnrollmentIn-state tuition
Fortis College-Salt Lake CitySalt Lake City383$13,474
Galen Health Institutes-Salt Lake CityDraper122$16,364
Joyce University of Nursing and Health SciencesDraper2,058$21,680
Salt Lake Community CollegeSalt Lake City18,136$4,426
Snow CollegeEphraim3,549$4,338
Southern Utah UniversityCedar City9,289$6,962
Utah Valley UniversityOrem28,453$6,507
Weber State UniversityOgden16,360$6,557

About community college in Utah

Utah's 8 community colleges serve as the primary on-ramp into postsecondary education for hundreds of thousands of residents each year. They award associate degrees, occupational certificates, and — through articulation agreements with public and private four-year institutions — transferable general-education credit. For most students, the financial argument is decisive: published in-state tuition averages a small fraction of state-flagship sticker price, and many community-college students qualify for the full federal Pell Grant, eliminating tuition entirely.

If you intend to transfer, the most important question to ask any Utah community college is which four-year institutions accept its credit on a course-for-course basis. The state's strongest transfer pipelines tend to feed regional public universities, but well-prepared students from accredited community colleges in Utah routinely transfer into selective private institutions as well. Use the transfer-rate column above as a starting filter, then consult the receiving university's transfer admissions office to confirm specific course equivalencies.

Career-focused students should pay attention to the local labor market as much as to the institution. Utah's community colleges concentrate heavily in health-care occupations, mechanical and engineering technology, business administration, and skilled-trades programs aligned to regional employers. The Bureau of Labor Statistics' state-level wage data is the right reference for setting expectations on starting salary by field. Where this site reports earnings, the figure is median earnings ten years after first enrollment, drawn from the College Scorecard's match against federal tax records.