Utah · Policymakers
Utah policy packet
Printable one-pagers and a funding tradeoff matrix from the Part 9 capstone, USHE R5, state spend brief, and whitepaper — each figure traceable to public sources.
What's in this packet
| Topic | Full brief | Headline |
|---|---|---|
| Pathway medians (Scorecard) | Part 9 capstone | USHE four-year typical pay $46K |
| Concurrent enrollment (R5) | Part 1 | CE degree rate 77% vs 34% non-CE |
| State appropriations | Spend brief | 16 USHE institutions in Transparent Utah extract |
Funding tradeoff matrix
State appropriations sit alongside family tuition and debt. The capstone table places major pathway types on four accountability dimensions — cost, completion, earnings, and debt. No row wins every column.
Medians among Utah Scorecard institutions. CE and apprenticeship use different sources — see Parts 1 and 6.
| Pathway | Net price | Completion | Typical pay (6 yrs) | Median debt |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| USHE four-year | $10K | 53% | $46K | $9K |
| USHE community | $7K | 46% | $38K | $4K |
| Certificate & technical (all) | $17K | 84% | $25K | N/A |
| USHE technical (subset) | $3K | 79% | $38K | N/A |
| Concurrent enrollment bridge | N/A | 77% | N/A | N/A |
| Private nonprofit | $12K | 46% | $53K | $8K |
| For-profit | $19K | 50% | $25K | $8K |
| Apprenticeship | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Print funding tradeoff one-pager
· Whitepaper synthesis
Printable one-pagers
Funding tradeoffs matrix
Printable snapshot · Part 9 capstone, Transparent Utah, Whitepaper
Pathway comparison snapshot
Printable snapshot · Part 9 capstone, College Scorecard Utah subset
Concurrent enrollment (USHE R5)
Printable snapshot · USHE Data Narrative R5 (Feb 2026), Part 1
State spend vs. outcomes
Printable snapshot · Transparent Utah, College Scorecard, IPEDS completions
Using these with Part 9
The capstone report synthesizes Parts 1–8. These one-pagers isolate three policy threads — pathway medians, R5 attainment, and appropriations — for committee packets and staff briefings. They do not replace the full report or establish causation between inputs and outcomes.
Deep dive on certificate/trade splits: P-6 policy investigation (why blended aggregates mislead accountability reporting).
What this means for you
These one-pagers support staff briefings and committee packets. They are not advocacy positions.
- Pair pathway medians with institution-level spread — sector labels hide for-profit certificate providers mixed with USHE technical colleges.
- Treat USHE R5 CE attainment as an association in Utah System records; district-level CE participation still needs UDRC-style data.
- Link Transparent Utah appropriations to completion and earnings in accountability frameworks — not completion alone.
- Full synthesis: whitepaper and USHE spend brief.