Utah Tech University

Utah Tech University (UT), formerly known as the Dixie State University (DSU), is a <a href="/facts/Institute_of_technology_(United_States)/mkH9EJlm">polytechnic</a> four-year <a href="/facts/Public_university/Avsc2TmM">public university</a> in <a href="/facts/St._George%2c_Utah/82DcaPAv">St. George, Utah</a>, in southwest <a href="/facts/Utah/te7zUyBX">Utah</a> (also known by the longtime nickname of "<a href="/facts/Utah%2527s_Dixie/mL06f2IM">Utah's Dixie</a>" region). UT offers doctoral degrees, <a href="/facts/Master%2527s_degree/lQ5hT1cH">master's degrees</a>, <a href="/facts/Bachelor%2527s_degree/s739u69z">bachelor's degrees</a>, <a href="/facts/Associate_degree/0L2e8NtF">associate degrees</a>, and certifications. As of fall 2022, there are 12,556 students enrolled at UT.
The institution began as the St. George Stake Academy, founded in 1911 by <a href="/facts/The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints/rcgQH9bT">the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</a> (LDS Church) and sponsored by its local <a href="/facts/Stake_(Latter_Day_Saints)/EVTKKd0F">stake</a>. In 1935, it became a state school of the <a href="/facts/Utah_System_of_Higher_Education/EIxvLF9E">Utah System of Higher Education</a>. From 1923 until 1970 it was a two-year <a href="/facts/Junior_college/NabBEuFJ">junior college</a> named Dixie Junior College, and from 1970 until 2000 it was four-year Dixie College. From 2000 until 2013 it was named Dixie State College, and from 2013 until 2022 it was Dixie State University. In 2021, after continued controversy over the use of the term "<a href="/facts/Dixie/3DgIHhUC">Dixie</a>" in the school's name, the <a href="/facts/Utah_State_Legislature/DWxMBBw6">Utah State Legislature</a> and the <a href="/facts/Governor_of_Utah/j3x3mmzE">Governor of Utah</a> approved the bill that allowed the school to be renamed as Utah Tech (UT).
UT's 16 athletic teams compete in <a href="/facts/NCAA_Division_I/fJv6wUW1">Division I</a> of the <a href="/facts/National_Collegiate_Athletic_Association/nLkY4pm1">National Collegiate Athletic Association</a> (NCAA) and have been known since 2016 as the <a href="/facts/Utah_Tech_Trailblazers/u84kL4Me">Trailblazers</a>. UT was reclassified from <a href="/facts/NCAA_Division_II/kGjoDgS7">Division II</a> to Division I in 2019 and joined the <a href="/facts/Western_Athletic_Conference/KUuk87UY">Western Athletic Conference</a> (WAC) in the 2020–2021 season. When the Trailblazers were in NCAA Division II, the <a href="/facts/American_football/TGzJa1nW">football</a> team had been part of the <a href="/facts/Rocky_Mountain_Athletic_Conference/Vw0wjpjM">Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference</a> since 2014, while the Women's Swimming team competed in the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference, and the school's 14 other athletic teams competed in the <a href="/facts/PacWest_Conference/t73flJ1z">PacWest Conference</a>.

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