In 1933, the LDS Church discontinued its support of the college, and rather than give up on it, the local citizenry came together and maintained the school's operation through donations and labor for two years. The academy, located in a region called 'Utah's Dixie' by Brigham Young and local settlers, was renamed to Dixie Academy in 1913 Dixie Normal College in 1916, and Dixie Junior College in 1923. The institution was founded by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) on September 19, 1911, as St. George Stake Academy. The former Dixie Academy building in St. George, the original home of St. Previously, the Trailblazers competed in NCAA Division II, with the football team being part of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference, while the Women's Swimming team competed in the Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference, and the school's 14 other athletic teams competed in the PacWest Conference.

Utah Tech reclassified to NCAA Division I in 2019 and joined the Western Athletic Conference (WAC) in the 2020–2021 season. UT's 16 athletic teams compete in NCAA Division I and are collectively known as the Utah Tech Trailblazers. The school started using the name in May 2022, with full usage in July of the same year. In November 2021, after perceived controversy over the use of the term 'Dixie' in the school's name, the state legislature approved the bill that allowed the school to become Utah Tech University. In February 2013 the school officially became Dixie State University. In 2000 the institution was renamed Dixie State College. Until 2000, it was a two-year junior college named Dixie College. Later it became a state school of the Utah System of Higher Education. George Stake Academy, founded in 1911 by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).

The student body was 58% female and 42% male with 24% of the student body being minority (non-white) students. In the fall of 2021, there were 12,266 students enrolled at (then) DSU. The university offers about 240 programs (4 master's degrees, 53 bachelor's degrees, 18 associate degrees, 45 minors, 52 certificates/endorsements, and 70 emphases). Utah Tech University ( UT), formerly known as Dixie State University (DSU) and similar names, is a public university in St. Brooks the Bison (formerly Rodney the Rebel)

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