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Life Education the country, including Argosy University, Columbia College, Devry University, Everest College, ITT Technical Institute, StevensHenager College, University of Phoenix, and Webster University.
Others are just available in Utah, such as
Eagle Gate College and Neumont University (which offers only computer science degrees).
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Perhaps the most unique is Western Governors University, an accredited online university based in Salt Lake City. WGU utilizes technology to provide distance-delivered, competency-based degree programs in four areas: information technology, business, education and health.
Utah’s students have the 10th highest
transfer degrees and one-year certificate programs
in accounting, business skills, information
institutions of higher education, contact the
technology, interior design, medical careers, and
Utah System of Higher Education at
office technology.
801.321.7100, or at www.utahsbr.edu. For
information about the state’s K-12 public
There are numerous other full and part-
For more information about the state’s
time higher education institutions available in
schools, contact the State Office of Education
Salt Lake, some of which are familiar across
at 801.538.7500. www.usoe.k12.ut.us
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ounded in 1999, University of Southern Nevada is a private, non-profit institution of higher learning with campuses in Henderson, Nevada and South Jordan, Utah. The USN South Jordan
the nation.
campus is comprised of the College of Dental Medicine, offering a Doctor of Dental Medicine
(beginning Fall 2011); College of Pharmacy, offering a Doctor of Pharmacy; College of Nursing, offering
a Bachelor of Science in Nursing; and an MBA program. The Utah campus opened in 2006 with a Doctor of Pharmacy program, with 48 students enrolled in the inaugural class. Five years later, enrollment in the College of Pharmacy has grown by 113 percent to 102 enrolling students, and we have added two more colleges to our Utah campus, Nursing and Dental Medicine. The university is regionally accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. 10920 S. Riverfront Parkway, South Jordan, UT 84095 • 801.302.2600 • www.usn.edu 48