Utah’s rural high school students outpace urban kids in earning college credit

When Payton Park graduated from Juab High School last week, he walked away with more than a high school diploma — he also racked up 37 college credit hours.

He’ll soon jet off to Brazil for a two-year church mission. College will wait until fall 2025, he said, but thanks to Utah’s concurrent enrollment program, he won’t be too far behind his peers who start this fall.

“It (gave) me a really good perspective on how college will be,” Park said, “because they make the classes good for high school students who are transitioning.”

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