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Higher education institutions in Utah awarded 71,262 degrees in 2025, a 26% increase since 2021.

The academic awards graduates receive came with better economic mobility and financial stability.

Utah boasts the third-most educated workforce in the U.S., with 61% having a postsecondary education.

SALT LAKE CITY — Apparently education-minded Utahns are ignoring the polls.

Even as national studies reveal Americans are continuing to place less importance on the value of a college education, Beehive State residents are simultaneously claiming higher education awards in historic numbers.

On Thursday, the Utah System of Higher Education announced "record-breaking completions" of degrees and certificates in its public colleges and universities for the 2025 academic year.

Those

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