Utah State University

Utah State University's main campus is located in Logan, Utah. It was established in 1888. Over 23,128 students (total) were enrolled in Autumn of 2005, down nearly 800 from last year.

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Logan, Utah - 1888 - 2005

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As Utah's land-grant university, it conducts research into many agricultural and natural resource disciplines. It spends around $141 million for research alone. Under the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education Utah State University (USU) is classified as a Doctoral/Research University?Extensive; under the previous Carnegie classification, it was considered a Research I University. It is ranked 3rd Tier by U.S. News and World Report (2004).

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Land-grant university - Agricultural - Natural resource - Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education - U.S. News and World Report

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USU is well known for its engineering program and Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL). The SDL is a world-famous research facility focusing on military and science applications. It frequently submits projects to the Department of Defense and NASA.

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Department of Defense - NASA

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