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ABOUT BYU

Students come from all over the world to study at Brigham Young University. Nearly 150 years after its humble beginnings, this church-sponsored institution has become one of the largest private universities in the United States. Nestled at the foot of the towering Wasatch Mountains in Provo, Utah, BYU’s 738-acre campus is home to more than 35,000 students who come from 105 countries and every state in the United States.

Sponsored by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, BYU is primarily an undergraduate institution, offering 198 major programs and 113 minor programs. But it also provides excellent opportunities for graduate degrees, offering 96 master’s and 30 doctoral programs. BYU’s J. Reuben Clark Law School and Marriott School of Business are both Top 30 schools and host many of the top-ranked programs in the United States, including the No. 2 accounting program. BYU comes in at No. 20 overall in the 2024 Best Colleges in America rankings from The Wall Street Journal, joining the likes of Princeton, MIT, Yale, Stanford and Harvard in the top 25.

BYU students view the world as their campus and many take advantage of the 200+ international study abroad programs that are offered throughout 60 countries. More than 2,000 students participate in study abroad programs annually, making BYU one of the Top 20 study abroad programs in the country. BYU also boasts one of the top foreign language study programs in the country, with students speaking 121 languages. More than 60 percent speak a second language.

Amidst BYU’s growth, there has remained a constant thread. Dedicated faculty, staff and students embrace a vision of learning, in which academics and faith go hand in hand and the ultimate goal is to help students develop their full divine potential as children of God.

Enrollment Profile (Fall 2024)

  • 35,743: total daytime students
  • 32,823: undergraduate students
  • 2,920: graduate students
  • 51% female; 49% male
  • 62% single; 18% married; 20% unknown

Academics

  • 198 undergraduate majors
  • 113 undergraduate minors
  • 94 master's programs
  • 28 doctoral programs

Degrees Granted (2023–2024)

  • Bachelor's degrees: 6,725
  • Master's degrees: 1,036
  • Doctoral degrees: 252
  • Total degrees: 8,013
  • Alumni with degrees: 363,333
  • Total living alumni: 449,197

Top States Represented

  • Utah: 36%
  • California: 11%
  • Arizona: 7%
  • Texas: 6%
  • Idaho: 5.8%

Rankings

  • No. 1: Best financially healthy schools (Forbes)
  • No. 1: Most highly recommended by students, recent alums (Wall Street Journal)
  • No. 1: Graduates who go on to earn a Ph.D. in business admin (NSF)
  • No. 1: Best college library (Princeton Review)
  • No. 3: Graduates who go on to earn a Ph.D. in foreign language (NSF)
  • No. 3: Producer of foreign language degrees (Chronicle of Higher Ed.)
  • No. 3: Undergraduate accounting program (U.S. News)
  • No. 3: Producer of U.S. Fulbright Scholars (U.S. State Department)
  • No. 4: Best university for technology transfer (Milken Institute)
  • No. 5: Master of accounting program (U.S. News)
  • No. 5: Graduates with the least amount of debt (U.S. News)
  • No. 8: Graduates who go on to earn Ph.Ds. (NSF)
  • No. 21: Best value school (U.S. News)
  • No. 28: Best law school (U.S. News)
  • No. 37: Best full-time MBA program (U.S. News)

University Highlights

  • BYU is among the top universities in the country for growing unicorn companies ($1 billion valuation without being listed on the stock market) from college graduation to unicorn status. Research from Stanford’s Venture Capital Initiative finds it takes 11 years after graduation on average for people to found startups that go on to become unicorns. For BYU graduates it takes less than six years.
  • With the assistance of the BYU Alumni Association, the university has hosted service tailgates at each away football game since the fall of 2022. Projects include food drives, literacy projects and efforts to collect diapers and children’s clothing for refugee groups. The service tailgates have continued as BYU entered year two of playing in the Big 12 this fall, 2024.
  • In July 2024, the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the decision to create a medical school at BYU. A major focus will be on international health issues affecting members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Church’s worldwide humanitarian efforts.

Freshman Profile

  • Applicants: 12,976
  • Transfer applicants: 2,748
  • Total applicants: 15,724
  • Freshman acceptance rate: 68.7%
  • Transfer acceptance rate: 60.6%

Tuition 2024–2025

  • Latter-day Saint:
    • Undergraduate: $3,344 per semester
    • Graduate: $4,208 per semester
    • Law/Business schools: $7,764 per semester
  • Non Latter-day Saint:
    • Undergraduate: $6,688 per semester
    • Graduate: $8,416 per semester
    • Law/Business schools: $15,528 per semester

The percentage of those enrolled, full-time students at the institution who received a Federal Pell Grant in the 2022-2023 year: 29.83%.

Student Ethnicity (self-identified)

  • White: 80.6%
  • Hispanic or Latino: 9.3%
  • Two or more races: 4.5%
  • Asian: 3%
  • Black: 1%
  • Native Hawaiian: 1%
  • American Indian: <1%
  • Not reported: 1.5%

International Reach

  • Number of international students: 1,252
  • Countries represented: 107
  • Top three nations represented: Canada, Mexico, South Korea

World Languages at BYU

  • 60+% of students speak a second language
  • 127 languages spoken on campus
  • 84 languages taught regularly
  • 21 language certifications offered
  • 204 study abroad programs in 61 countries
  • 258 ambassadors to the United States from 104 countries have spoken on campus since 1996
  • 10 languages offered in foreign language student housing

Cougar Athletics Highlights

  • BYU Athletics finished No. 3 in the nation in Director’s Cup Fall 2022.
  • Women’s Soccer reached the NCAA College Cup in two of the past three seasons.
  • Women’s Volleyball has been ranked in the Top 20 in the nation for more than 10 consecutive years.
  • A total of nine former BYU student-athletes competed in the 2024 Summer Olympics, with Kenneth Rooks winning a silver medal.
  • In the past 50 years, BYU football has the ninth-most wins in all of college football.
  • BYU currently has 22 players on NFL rosters.
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