Brigham Young University - Provo: Statistics
Updated:
| Position | Category |
|---|---|
| #200 of 14,131 | In the World |
| #101 of 2,597 | In North America |
| #89 of 2,496 | In the United States |
| #2 of 20 | In Utah |
| #1 of 3 | In Provo |
| #19 of 1,013 | For Genealogy |
| Top100 | For 12 other topics |
Quick Review
- Religion
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Acceptance rate
- 69%
- Undergraduates
- 32,221
- Graduates
- 2,853
- Male:Female Ratio
- 48:52
- Control
- Private
not-for-profit - Highest Degree
- Doctor's degree
- Website
- www.byu.edu
Brigham Young University - Provo Acceptance rate and admissions statistics
Brigham Young University - Provo has an acceptance rate of 69% and is among the top 31% of the most difficult universities to gain admission to in the United States. The university reports the admission statistics without distinguishing between local and international students.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acceptance Rate | 69% | 62% | 75% |
| Applicants | 11,006 | 5,096 | 5,910 |
| Admissions | 7,615 | 3,162 | 4,453 |
| Freshmen enrolled full time | 5,869 | 2,435 | 3,434 |
| Freshmen enrolled part time | 198 | 91 | 107 |
12,087 students enrolled in some distance education courses.
799 enrolled exclusively in distance education.
SAT scores
Among admitted applicants
720 or 12%
submitted SAT
25% of them
had 1290
or below
75% of them
had 1450
or below
Typical SAT scores of first-years in Brigham Young University - Provo are 1290-1450 (middle 50% range).
ACT scores
Among admitted applicants
2,810 or 46%
submitted ACT
25% of them
had 28
or below
75% of them
had 32
or below
Typical ACT scores of first-years in Brigham Young University - Provo are 28-32 (middle 50% range).
Admissions requirements
| Recommendations | Required |
|---|---|
| Secondary school GPA | Required |
| Secondary school record | Required |
| TOEFL | Required |
| College-preparatory program | Considered but not required |
| SAT/ACT | Considered but not required |
| Formal demonstration of competencies | Neither required nor recommended |
| Other Tests | Neither required nor recommended |
| Secondary school rank | Neither required nor recommended |
Enrollment demographics by race or ethnicity
| White | 28055 (80%) |
|---|---|
| Hispanic | 2811 (8%) |
| Two or more races | 1502 (4%) |
| Nonresident Alien | 1227 (4%) |
| Asian | 608 (2%) |
| Race or Ethnicity unknown | 446 (1%) |
| Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander | 216 (0.6%) |
| Black or African American | 141 (0.4%) |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 32 (0.1%) |
Costs per year: Tuition, Housing, Fees
The average net cost to attend Brigham Young University - Provo is $14,643 per year, calculated as the sum of the average cost of tuition, room and board, books, and supplies, reduced by the amount of average financial aid received.
The final cost of attendance varies for each student based on household income, residency, program, and other factors.
Average costs by household income
| <$30K | $9,531 |
|---|---|
| $30-48K | $10,224 |
| $48-75K | $12,374 |
| $75-110K | $16,389 |
| $110K+ | $20,042 |
Tuition and fees
| Undergraduates | Graduates | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition in-district | $6,496 | $8,096 |
| Tuition in-state | $6,496 | $8,096 |
| Tuition out-of-state | $6,496 | $8,096 |
Room and board costs
| Dormitory capacity | 7,697 |
|---|---|
| Combined charge for room and board | $9,720 |
Brigham Young University - Provo majors
Brigham Young University - Provo has granted 6,638 bachelor's degrees across 162 programs, 1,123 master's across 66 programs, and 218 doctorate degrees across 24 programs. Below is a table with majors that lead to degrees at Brigham Young University - Provo.
| Major | Bachelor | Master | Doctoral |
|---|---|---|---|
| Accounting | 193 | 97 | |
| Computer & Information Technology Services Administration and Management, Other | 196 | 94 | |
| Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | 230 | ||
| Exercise Physiology and Kinesiology | 228 | ||
| Business Administration and Management, General | 41 | 176 | |
| Finance, General | 216 | ||
| Computer Science | 183 | 23 | 3 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 179 | 19 | 6 |
| Economics, General | 152 | ||
| Human Development and Family Studies, General | 146 | ||
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 144 | ||
| Accounting and Related Services, Other | 63 | 68 | |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education & Fitness, General | 130 | ||
| Registered Nursing & Registered Nurse | 129 | ||
| Neuroscience | 124 | 3 | 1 |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies | 123 | ||
| Political Science and Government, General | 121 | ||
| Family Systems | 120 | ||
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other | 106 | 7 | 2 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 98 | 15 | |
| Law | 111 | ||
| Psychology, General | 99 | 7 | 5 |
| Audiology & Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology & Pathologist | 108 | ||
| Microbiology, General | 96 | 7 | 2 |
| Statistics, Other | 105 | ||
| Advertising | 102 | ||
| Civil Engineering, General | 70 | 24 | 6 |
| Public Relations & Image Management | 100 | ||
| Marketing & Marketing Management, General | 92 | ||
| Public Health, General | 65 | 24 | |
| Public Administration | 87 | ||
| Electrical and Computer Engineering | 68 | 14 | 4 |
| History, General | 82 | ||
| Chemical Engineering | 68 | 4 | 7 |
| Sociology, General | 72 | 7 | |
| Logistics, Materials, and Supply Chain Management | 78 | ||
| Public Health Education and Promotion | 78 | ||
| Physiology, General | 73 | 2 | 1 |
| Journalism, Other | 75 | ||
| Mathematics, General | 43 | 26 | 4 |
| Mass Communication & Media Studies | 58 | 13 | |
| Computer Software Engineering | 67 | ||
| Construction Management, General | 66 | ||
| Linguistics | 47 | 13 | |
| Business & Managerial Economics | 54 | ||
| Publishing | 54 | ||
| Organizational Behavior Studies | 48 | ||
| Biochemistry | 36 | 1 | 10 |
| Computational and Applied Mathematics | 46 | ||
| Spanish Language and Literature | 45 | 1 | |
| Computer and Information Sciences, Other | 44 | ||
| Biotechnology | 41 | 1 | |
| International Relations and Affairs | 42 | ||
| Chemistry, General | 22 | 2 | 17 |
| Dietetics & Dietitian | 41 | ||
| Film & Cinema & Media Studies | 38 | 3 | |
| Statistics, General | 24 | 17 | |
| Business & Commerce, General | 38 | ||
| Special Education and Teaching, General | 32 | 6 | |
| Manufacturing Engineering | 32 | 5 | |
| Social Work | 37 | ||
| Electrical and Electronics Engineering | 35 | ||
| Entrepreneurship & Entrepreneurial Studies | 35 | ||
| Clinical Laboratory Science & Medical Technology & Technologist | 34 | ||
| Educational Leadership and Administration, General | 28 | 5 | |
| Nutrition Sciences | 21 | 12 | |
| Mathematics Teacher Education | 25 | 7 | |
| Molecular Biology | 31 | ||
| Soil Sciences, Other | 31 | ||
| Music Teacher Education | 27 | 3 | |
| Geography | 29 | ||
| Landscaping and Groundskeeping | 29 | ||
| Humanities & Humanistic Studies | 28 | ||
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods, Other | 27 | 1 | |
| Bioinformatics | 27 | ||
| Educational & Instructional Technology | 22 | 5 | |
| Computer and Information Systems Security & Auditing & Information Assurance | 26 | ||
| Food Science | 22 | 4 | |
| Design and Visual Communications, General | 25 | ||
| Early Childhood Education and Teaching | 25 | ||
| Fine & Studio Arts, General | 24 | 1 | |
| Physics, General | 13 | 6 | 6 |
| Wildlife Biology | 25 | ||
| Drama and Dramatics & Theatre Arts, General | 24 | ||
| Music, Other | 24 | ||
| Anthropology, General | 15 | 8 | |
| Athletic Training & Trainer | 2 | 21 | |
| Dance, General | 23 | ||
| Ecology and Evolutionary Biology | 23 | ||
| Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, Other | 23 | ||
| Animation, Interactive Technology, Video Graphics, and Special Effects | 22 | ||
| Philosophy | 22 | ||
| Physics, Other | 22 | ||
| Social Science Teacher Education | 22 | ||
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 21 | ||
| History, Other | 20 | ||
| Political Science and Government, Other | 20 | ||
| Information Technology | 19 | ||
| English & Language Arts Teacher Education | 18 | ||
| Family Practice Nurse & Nursing | 18 | ||
| Geology & Earth Science, General | 9 | 9 | |
| Marriage and Family Therapy & Counseling | 17 | 1 | |
| Graphic Design | 17 | ||
| Physical Education Teaching and Coaching | 17 | ||
| Russian Language and Literature | 17 | ||
| Illustration | 16 | ||
| Speech-Language Pathology & Pathologist | 16 | ||
| Creative Writing | 15 | ||
| Environmental Health | 15 | ||
| Industrial and Product Design | 15 | ||
| Computer Engineering, General | 14 | ||
| Health and Wellness, General | 14 | ||
| Music, General | 14 | ||
| Family and Consumer Sciences & Home Economics Teacher Education | 13 | ||
| Latin American Studies | 13 | ||
| Astronomy | 12 | ||
| Facilities Planning and Management | 12 | ||
| Family and Consumer Sciences & Human Sciences, General | 1 | 9 | 2 |
| Acting | 11 | ||
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services, Other | 4 | 7 | |
| Photography | 11 | ||
| Programs for Foreign Lawyers | 11 | ||
| Stringed Instruments | 11 | ||
| Actuarial Science | 10 | ||
| American & United States Studies & Civilization | 10 | ||
| Asian Studies & Civilization | 10 | ||
| Biostatistics | 10 | ||
| Chinese Language and Literature | 10 | ||
| Drama and Dance Teacher Education | 10 | ||
| Epidemiology | 10 | ||
| French Language and Literature | 10 | ||
| History Teacher Education | 10 | ||
| Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language & ESL Language Instructor | 10 | ||
| Ancient Near Eastern and Biblical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 9 | ||
| Arabic Language and Literature | 9 | ||
| Biology Teacher Education | 9 | ||
| Biophysics | 9 | ||
| City & Urban, Community, and Regional Planning | 9 | ||
| Clinical Psychology | 9 | ||
| Exercise Science and Kinesiology | 8 | 1 | |
| Geography, Other | 9 | ||
| Spanish Language Teacher Education | 8 | 1 | |
| Visual and Performing Arts, Other | 9 | ||
| Art & Art Studies, General | 8 | ||
| Chaplain & Chaplaincy Studies | 8 | ||
| Computer Graphics | 8 | ||
| Education Policy Analysis | 8 | ||
| Japanese Language and Literature | 8 | ||
| Keyboard Instruments | 8 | ||
| Music Performance, General | 3 | 5 | |
| Portuguese Language and Literature | 7 | 1 | |
| Religious Education | 8 | ||
| Signal & Geospatial Intelligence | 8 | ||
| Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management | 6 | 2 | |
| Archeology | 7 | ||
| European Studies & Civilization | 7 | ||
| Geographic Information Science and Cartography | 7 | ||
| Korean Language and Literature | 7 | ||
| Language Interpretation and Translation | 7 | ||
| Teacher Education, Multiple Levels | 7 | ||
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 6 | ||
| Dance, Other | 6 | ||
| Personality Psychology | 6 | ||
| Voice and Opera | 6 | ||
| College Student Counseling and Personnel Services | 5 | ||
| Conducting | 5 | ||
| School Psychology | 5 | ||
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas, Other | 1 | 4 | |
| Environmental Science | 4 | ||
| Educational Evaluation and Research | 3 | ||
| Management Science | 3 | ||
| Physics Teacher Education | 3 | ||
| Science Teacher Education & General Science Teacher Education | 3 | ||
| Chemistry Teacher Education | 2 | ||
| German Language Teacher Education | 2 | ||
| Music Theory and Composition | 1 | 1 | |
| Ancient & Classical Greek Language and Literature | 1 | ||
| Biomedical Sciences, General | 1 | ||
| Botany & Plant Biology, Other | 1 | ||
| Business Statistics | 1 | ||
| French Language Teacher Education | 1 | ||
| Geography and Environmental Studies | 1 | ||
| German Language and Literature | 1 | ||
| Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 1 | ||
| Italian Language and Literature | 1 | ||
| Musicology and Ethnomusicology | 1 | ||
| Russian, Central European, East European and Eurasian Studies | 1 | ||
| Grand Total | 6,638 | 1,123 | 218 |
Brigham Young University - Provo has a graduation rate of 82%, which is among the 9% highest for universities in the US.
| Total | Men | Women | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Graduation rate | 82% | 78% | 86% |
| |||
Publications & Citations
Brigham Young University - Provo is a world-class research university with 60,825 scientific papers published and 1,649,220 citations received. The research profile covers a range of fields, including Liberal Arts & Social Sciences, Biology, Engineering, Computer Science, Environmental Science, Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Political Science, and Law.
Publication / Citation count by topic
Annual publication & citation counts
| Year | Publications | Citations |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 547 | 3848 |
| 1993 | 612 | 3909 |
| 1994 | 557 | 4321 |
| 1995 | 609 | 4838 |
| 1996 | 669 | 5646 |
| 1997 | 740 | 6239 |
| 1998 | 741 | 7019 |
| 1999 | 810 | 8046 |
| 2000 | 848 | 9891 |
| 2001 | 896 | 10855 |
| 2002 | 1318 | 14951 |
| 2003 | 1237 | 16844 |
| 2004 | 1398 | 19831 |
| 2005 | 1542 | 24071 |
| 2006 | 1606 | 29545 |
| 2007 | 1716 | 33143 |
| 2008 | 1742 | 36924 |
| 2009 | 1933 | 41957 |
| 2010 | 2085 | 47019 |
| 2011 | 2185 | 52707 |
| 2012 | 2134 | 58455 |
| 2013 | 2191 | 66990 |
| 2014 | 2313 | 73852 |
| 2015 | 2215 | 76416 |
| 2016 | 1965 | 77740 |
| 2017 | 2118 | 81673 |
| 2018 | 2110 | 87582 |
| 2019 | 2747 | 98380 |
| 2020 | 2634 | 115963 |
| 2021 | 2297 | 125690 |
| 2022 | 2224 | 116360 |
| 2023 | 3192 | 119654 |
| 2024 | 1799 | 110719 |
Brigham Young University - Provo alumni
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Mitt Romney
- Enrolled in Brigham Young University - Provo
- In 1971 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in English studies
- Occupations
- Mormon missionarybusiness executivepoliticiannon-fiction writerconsultant
- Biography
-
Willard Mitt Romney is an American businessman and retired politician. He served as a United States senator from Utah from 2019 to 2025 and as the 70th governor of Massachusetts from 2003 to 2007. He was the Republican Party's nominee in the 2012 U.S. presidential election.
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Aaron Eckhart
- Occupations
- film actortelevision actorfilm produceractor
- Biography
-
Aaron Edward Eckhart is an American actor. Born in Cupertino, California, Eckhart moved to the United Kingdom at an early age. He began his acting career by performing in school plays, before moving to Australia for his high school senior year. He left high school without graduating, but earned a diploma through a professional education course, and then graduated from Brigham Young University (BYU) in Provo, Utah, in 1994 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree in film.
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Matthew Modine
- Occupations
- screenwriterfilm producerfilm actormodelfilm director
- Biography
-
Matthew Avery Modine is an American actor and filmmaker. He shared the Venice Film Festival‘s Volpi Cup for Best Actor as part of the ensemble cast of Robert Altman film Streamers (1983). He went on to play lead roles in several high-profile films throughout the 1980s, including Birdy (1984), Vision Quest (1985), and Married to the Mob (1988). He gained further prominence for playing U.S. Marine James T. "Joker" Davis in Stanley Kubrick's Full Metal Jacket (1987).
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Andy Reid
- Occupations
- American football coachAmerican football player
- Biography
-
Andrew Walter Reid is an American professional football coach who is the head coach for the Kansas City Chiefs of the National Football League (NFL). Reid was previously the head coach of the Philadelphia Eagles from 1999 to 2012. From 2001 to 2012, he was also the Eagles' executive vice president of football operations. Reid is the only NFL coach to win 100 games with two different franchises and also the only coach to appear in four consecutive conference championships with two different franchises. He is considered one of the greatest NFL coaches of all time.
General info
| Alternative names | BYU |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1875 |
| Motto | Enter to learn, go forth to serve |
| Colors | dark blue, white, tan |
| Academic calendar | September to April (September - December; January-April). Also Spring Term (May-June); Summer Term (July-August) |
| Total FTE staff | 4,735 |
| Carnegie classification | Doctoral Universities: Higher Research Activity |
Location and contacts
| Address | Main Campus Provo, Utah, 84602 United States |
|---|---|
| City population | 115,000 |
| Phone | 8014224636 |