University of Utah Top Questions

friendly, helpful, easy to get along with, all around great people

My classmates seem to be eager to learn. They enjoy their field of study and are excited to learn more and apply it to their lives. They aren't afraid to ask for help and try to help their friends as well.

Everyone that takes a class has a general desire to further themselves.

My classmates are generally very hard working and focused.

I have no experiences with racial or religious groups. In eating areas it can be kinda segregated.

The student body is very diverse racially and religiously. Because of this, there seems to be lots of cliques based on either race or religion. People tend to stick to their own. I like to branch out and meet different people, but sometimes it doesn't work at all here. Many students seem to be wary of each other here - perhaps it's because they're so far from home.

Utah has mostly white students, but especially with foreign exchange students, there is some diversity. Even though it is predominately caucasians on campus, I don't feel like there is a lot or any discrimination.

A lot of caucasian, LDS, and married people. Some diversity

Extremely diverse. We have people from all over the world and from all over the country. Different religions, races, sexualities, etc. Very accepting of all.

As expected, the student body at The University of Utah is pretty homogenous. But, if you look close enough there are organizations for about every kind of student. Each year there is an LGBT Week and there are no riots or protests or anything of the sort, which is a good sign (You go to the school down south, Brigham Young University, and any sign of LGBT awareness would get you kicked off campus by school security). There are groups for pretty much every ethnicity that is represented at the U, though a quick stroll through campus will reveal a lot of white faces, despite the fact that the U is becoming more and more diverse. With 26,000 students, there are going to be a lot of different interests and a ton of varied opinions on issues of the day. In general, I would say that the campus is left of center, but not as much as other college campuses because of the influence of the LDS religion. Though, I have many friends who grew up "LDS" but have distanced from "the church" as they've gotten older and in turn have become much more liberal than their parents. Bottom line: if you have a specific interest, more likely than not there is a group at the U that you can identify with. Like any other place, the richness of the experience hinges on the how much effort is made by the individual.