Utica University offers 59 majors leading to bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degrees.

In 1995, it became a financially and legally independent institution, operating as Utica College without the Syracuse University affiliation.

The campus has a number of distinctive features, including expansive lawns and green spaces, walkways lined flower beds and ornamental plantings, a large number of mature trees, examples of outdoor sculpture, and significant new construction and recently completed facilities.

[10] The football, field hockey, soccer and lacrosse teams play in Charles A. Gaetano Stadium.

The men's hockey team led the nation in Division III home attendance in the 2006–07 and 2007–08 seasons.

[12] Utica University has a majority white student body and smaller populations of ethnic minorities,[13] Black Non-Hispanic 228 (10.1%), White Non-Hispanic 1648 (72.8%), Hispanic/Latino 207 (9.1%), American Indian or Alaskan Native 9 (.4%), Asian 67 (3.0%), Pacific Islander 1 (.04%), International 64 (2.9%), Multiple Races 57 (2.5%), Unknown 23 (1.0%).

WPNR broadcasts games and posts highlight reels on their website, along with various player and coach interviews.

[14] WPNR-FM and 90.7 MHz has been the licensed call letters and frequency of Utica University radio since October 22, 1977.

Originally called the Utica College News, the newspaper's name changed to the Utica College Oracle, then finally settling on the current name The Tangerine, a nod to Syracuse University's school color and athletic moniker, as well as their newspaper The Daily Orange.