Public · Community college
Weber State University
Ogden, Utah · Small city
- 20%
- Transfer rate
- $10,258
- Avg net price
- 46%
- Grad / completion
- $56,287
- Median earnings
Weber State University is a public associate-granting institution in Ogden, Utah (small city setting), enrolling 16,360 undergraduates. Admission is open to all applicants.
About Ogden, Utah
Ogden is a city in and the county seat of Weber County, Utah, United States, located approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of the Great Salt Lake and 40 miles (64 km) north of Salt Lake City. Originally named Fort Buenaventura, Ogden was the first permanent settlement by people of European descent in what is now Utah. It was established by the trapper Miles Goodyear in 1846 about a mile west of where downtown Ogden sits today. As the principal city of the 2nd largest MSA in Utah, Ogden serves as an economic hub for the northern part of the state. Much of the central city is occupied by offices of federal, state, county, and municipal government entities. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Small city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 30 miles to Salt Lake City, UT
- To the ocean
- 551 miles
- Nearest airport
- 3 miles to Ogden Hinckley (OGD)
How Weber State University compares
Higher than 33% · #35 of 41 in Utah
Higher than 39%
Higher than 94% · #2 of 33 in Utah
Cheaper than 69% · #8 cheapest of 35 in Utah
Lower than 14%
Lower than 29%
Larger than 99%
Percentiles compare Weber State University with the nation's 3,519 two-year and certificate schools, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count two-year and certificate schools in Utah.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate16,36094%
- Graduate1,0296%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women9,55858%
- Men6,80242%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White70%
- Black2.0%
- Hispanic14%
- Asian2.1%
- Other or multiracial12%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 16,360
- Graduate enrollment
- 1,029
- Student–faculty ratio
- 20 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 17%
- First-generation students
- 37%
- Students over 25
- 17%
- Median family income
- $35,841
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $88,200
- Endowment
- $229,516,300
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Where students come from
Home state of the 3,273 first-year students who entered in fall 2023.
- From Utah86%
- Other U.S. states10.0%
- International3.8%
Most first-years stay in state — Weber State University draws overwhelmingly from Utah.
4% came from outside the U.S. Out-of-state students usually pay a higher tuition rate at public schools — check the cost card above for your bracket. Source: IPEDS residence & migration, fall 2023 entering class.
Cost
- In-state tuition
- $6,557
- Out-of-state tuition
- $17,545
- Room & board
- $9,572
- Books & supplies
- $1,400
- Total cost of attendance
- $16,035
- Average net price
- $10,258
Net price is the total cost minus grants and scholarships — what students actually pay. It varies sharply by family income; see the breakdown below.
Outcomes
- Graduated (within 6 years)
- 46%
- Graduated on time (4 years)
- 23%
- First-year retention
- 67%
- Transferred to another college
- 20%
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $47,061
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $56,287
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,113
- Students with federal loans
- 10%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 57%
About 23% of students who finish here need more than four years — each extra year adds roughly another year of tuition and living costs.
Graduating on time
By student background (4 years)
When these bars run close together, students from every background tend to finish at similar rates — a sign the school supports the ~30% who are first-gen or low-income.
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 1,001
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 6%
- Housing charge (year)
- $3,880
- Meal plan (year)
- $6,020
- Application fee
- $30
- Athletics
- NCAA Division I-FCS
- Football conference
- Big Sky Conference
- Varsity athletes
- 539 (282 men · 257 women)
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Varsity sports (9)
Athlete counts per sport, Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- A
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 0.3 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 29
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 2
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 5 campuses (32,701 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Reported offenses in an average year
The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.
By offense type, per year
Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.
What you'll actually pay, by family income
Average net price (total cost minus grants and scholarships) paid by aided students in each family-income band.
College Scorecard / IPEDS, most recent year. Family income is total household income; net price covers tuition, fees, room, board and supplies after grant aid, for students receiving federal aid.
Four-year (or more) true cost
Net price for your family's income, projected across the time it actually takes students here to graduate.
$10,157/year × about 4.7 years — most students here don't finish in exactly four, and each extra term adds cost. A planning estimate from net-price and graduation-timing data, not a bill.
Does the school pay you to attend?
Grant aid from the school's own funds — the discount off sticker, on top of any federal or state help.
Modest institutional aid: 72% of freshmen get a grant from the school, averaging $3,770. Most of what lowers the price here is federal or state money, not the school's own funds.
Blends need-based and merit aid — IPEDS doesn't split the two, so a high number can mean generous merit scholarships, deep need-based aid, or both. Figures cover 2,285 full-time first-year undergraduates, 2022–23. Source: IPEDS Student Financial Aid.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $56,287
- Typical debt at graduation
- $15,113
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 27%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 64%
Typical debt would take roughly 2.7 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $23,774 (53%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 91°F
- Winter low
- 21°F
- Annual rain
- 16.4″
- Annual snow
- 22.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Ogden Hinkley AP, UT US station (3.5 mi from campus).
What Weber State University graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
Colleges similar to Weber State University
Schools with a comparable profile — size, selectivity, cost, and graduate outcomes. Compare Weber State University side by side →
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- Transfer
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.














