Utah State University

The school was chartered on March 8, 1888, as the Agricultural College of Utah under the Morrill Land-Grant Acts and opened on September 2, 1890. The main Logan campus covers about 600 acres, with residential campuses at USU Eastern in Price and USU Blanding, a statewide campus system, and extension offices in all 29 counties. Brad Mortensen became the 18th president on November 10, 2025, after Elizabeth Cantwell left for Washington State University. The endowment was about $616.7 million in 2025. [1] [2]

Its Space Dynamics Laboratory is a University Affiliated Research Center for the Missile Defense Agency and Space Force. The National Science Foundation reported USU research and development spending of $401.5 million in 2023 and $497.4 million in 2024. The teams are the Aggies, and the mascot is Big Blue. [1]