The Utah Data Research Center (UDRC) was created by a 2017 law to integrate data from the Utah System of Higher Education, Utah System of Technical Colleges, Utah State Board of Education, Utah Department of Health, and the Utah Department of Workforce Services. Together, these constitute the “P20W” pipeline. UDRC offers “data products” (such as academic-quality research, reports, and dashboards) and “data as a product” for external researchers. UDRC annually publishes a research agenda in priority order including the primary stakeholder and research description. It also maintains a public archive of previous years’ learning agendas.

The Utah Data Research Center’s July 2023-June 2024 research agenda investigates themes related to education and workforce outcomes. Previously published research agendas are publicly available. As of July 1, 2022, UDRC was transferred from the Utah Department of Workforce Services to the Utah System of Higher Education per a 2022 Utah law.