Moab committed up to $75,000 per year, from 2012 to 2021, to promote the development of the campus. Degrees specific to the community's needs, including social work and recreation resource management, were planned and now provided on the new campus. Since its opening, USU has had a growing presence in Moab, showing a 15.8% growth in enrollment from 2022 to 2023.
=== Cooperative Extension ===
Started in 1914, Utah State University Cooperative Extension, referred to simply as Extension, provides research-based, unbiased information to communities through their county offices and is an integral part of a land-grant institution. Extension operates 30 offices throughout the state, which include the Bastian Agricultural Center (South Jordan), the Ogden Botanical Gardens (Ogden), Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter, Thanksgiving Point (Lehi), and the Utah Botanical Center (Kaysville) With a focus on teaching, research, and public service, Extension programs include 4-H, agribusiness, Expanded Food and Nutrition Education, …
