utah state university (usu or utah state) is a public land-grant research university in logan, utah. it is accredited by the northwest commission on colleges and universities. with nearly 20,000 students living on or near campus, usu is utah's largest public residential campus. as of fall 2018, there were 29,367 students enrolled including 26,300 undergraduate students and 3,067 graduate students. the university has the highest percentage of out-of-state students of any public university in utah totaling 23% of the student body.