High school level classes ceased to be offered in 1945, and Westminster became the first accredited two-year junior college in the intermountain area.

In 2019 the college replaced its traditional crest emblem, a shield emblazoned with the term Pro Christo et Libertate ("For Christ and Liberty"), for a new seal bearing the motto Discendo Vita Abundantior ("Life Made More Abundant by Learning").

This land was donated by Civil War Veteran Colonel William M. Ferry Jr.[8] On campus are two gyms each equipped with a basketball court, weight room, and studio.

The larger of the buildings, the Eccles Health Wellness and Athletics Center (HWAC), also has an indoor pool, three story rock climbing wall, and racket ball court.

As Westminster University is located on 27 acres in the heart of Salt Lake City, administration has had to be careful and smart about the growing student population.

The sixteenth president of Westminster College, Michael S. Bassis, saw a need for growing into and connecting with the Sugar House community.

Bassis also struck a deal to have Westminster on the Draw built on 1300 East, directly across the street from Sugar House Park.

[10] The Board of Trustees added Amy C. Wadsworth, the founding CAO[further explanation needed] of Salt Lake Arts Academy, after her retirement in June 2019, known for her historical novel reviewed by American western historian Will Bagley.

[13] Westminster University recently launched a new program within the Gore School of Business focusing on training students to be entrepreneurs.

The Center for New Enterprise will offer graduate and undergraduate degrees as well as community education programs in entrepreneurship.

The university is a member of the NCAA Division II ranks, primarily competing in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC) for most of its sports since the 2015–16 academic year (which they were a member on a previous stint from 1967–68 to 1978–79 before suspending its athletics program); while its men's and women's alpine skiing teams compete in the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA) affiliated with the NCAA.

Beginning in the 1990s, Westminster gradually began to restore its intercollegiate athletic program in the NAIA as the Griffins; it joined NCAA Division II in 2015 and returned to the RMAC, gaining full member status in 2018.