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Brigham Young University - Provo Overview

Located in Provo, Utah, Brigham Young University - Provo is a private not-for-profit institution. The city atmosphere of Provo makes it a great place for students who enjoy having lots of educational and entertainment options.

What Is Brigham Young University - Provo Known For?

6,776 Undergraduate Awards
$14,308 Avg Cost After Aid
67% Acceptance Rate
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at BYU.
  • During a recent academic cycle, 71% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from BYU with a bachelor's degree make about $75,790 a year. That's 86% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Brigham Young University - Provo?

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Contact details for BYU are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Main Campus, Provo, UT 84602
Phone: 801-422-4636
Website: byu.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BYU
Twitter: https://twitter.com/byu

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How Do I Get Into BYU?

You can apply to BYU online at: https://churchofjesuschrist.org/church-education/apply-to-church-schools?lang=eng

Admission Requirements for BYU

Submission Required?
High School GPA 1
High School Rank 3
High School Transcript 1
College Prep Program 5
Recommendations 1
SAT or ACT Scores 5
TOEFL 1

How Hard Is It To Get Into BYU?

67% Acceptance Rate
61% Of Accepted Are Women
13% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 67%, BYU does not let just anybody through their doors! Make sure you spend enough time polishing up your application so you will make a great impression.

Approximately 39% of accepted students are men and 61% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 58%, and the acceptance rate for women is 73%.

Average Test Scores

About 13% of students accepted to BYU submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 640 and 728. Math scores were between 640 and 740.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Brigham Young University - Provo  ( 640 to 728 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Brigham Young University - Provo  ( 640 to 740 )
200
800
BYU received ACT scores from 55% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 26 and 34. Math scores were between 26 and 0. Composite scores were between 27 and 32.

ACT English Scores for Brigham Young University - Provo  ( 26 to 34 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Brigham Young University - Provo  ( 27 to 32 )
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36

Can I Afford Brigham Young University - Provo?

$14,308 Net Price
8% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of BYU is $14,308. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At BYU, approximately 8% of students took out student loans averaging $5,457 a year. That adds up to $21,828 over four years for those students.

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Brigham Young University - Provo Undergraduate Student Diversity

30,039 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 33,376 undergraduate students at BYU, with 30,039 being full-time and 3,337 being part-time.

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There are also 3,085 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 30,039 full-time undergraduates at BYU, 49% are male and 51% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Brigham Young University - Provo students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 541
Black or African American 117
Hispanic or Latino 2,144
White 24,347
International Students 914
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,976

Geographic Diversity

Utah students aren't the only ones who study at Brigham Young University - Provo. At this time, 49 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 100 countries are represented at BYU. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Canada, South Korea, and China.

Brigham Young University - Provo Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s Graduate Certificate Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Accounting 256 0 165 0 421
Information Technology 222 0 94 0 316
Physiology & Pathology Sciences 302 0 2 1 305
Business Administration & Management 119 0 176 0 295
Human Development & Family Studies 266 0 0 0 266
Child Development & Psychology 240 0 0 0 240
Finance & Financial Management 216 0 0 0 216
Computer Science 183 0 23 3 209
Teacher Education Grade Specific 196 0 8 0 204
Mechanical Engineering 179 0 19 6 204
Public Relations & Advertising 202 0 0 0 202
Teacher Education Subject Specific 172 0 15 0 187
Public Health 158 0 24 0 182
Economics 159 0 0 0 159
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 140 0 7 2 149
Nursing 129 0 18 0 147
Statistics 130 0 17 0 147
Political Science & Government 146 0 0 0 146
Health & Physical Education 130 0 8 1 139
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 124 0 3 1 128
Romance Languages 125 0 2 0 127
Communication Sciences 109 0 16 0 125
Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies 123 0 0 0 123
General English Literature 98 0 15 0 113
Law 0 0 0 111 111
General Psychology 99 0 7 5 111
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 97 0 7 2 106
History 103 0 0 0 103
Civil Engineering 70 0 24 6 100
Marketing 92 0 0 0 92
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 76 0 1 10 87
Public Administration 0 0 87 0 87
Electrical and Computer Engineering. 68 0 14 4 86
Computer Engineering 81 0 0 0 81
Mathematics 51 0 26 4 81
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 60 0 20 0 80
Sociology 73 0 7 0 80
Music 68 0 12 0 80
Chemical Engineering 68 0 4 7 79
Journalism 75 0 0 0 75
Design & Applied Arts 73 0 0 0 73
Communication & Media Studies 58 0 13 0 71
Construction Management 66 0 0 0 66
Computer Information Systems 63 0 0 0 63
Publishing 55 0 0 0 55
Fine & Studio Arts 54 0 1 0 55
Business/Managerial Economics 54 0 0 0 54
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 49 0 3 0 52
Area Studies 51 0 0 0 51
Human Resource Management 48 0 0 0 48
Physics 35 0 6 6 47
Applied Mathematics 46 0 0 0 46
Geography & Cartography 46 0 0 0 46
Biotechnology 41 0 1 0 42
International Relations & National Security 42 0 0 0 42
Dietetics & Clinical Nutrition Services 41 0 0 0 41
Chemistry 22 0 2 17 41
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 39 0 0 0 39
General Business/Commerce 38 0 0 0 38
Special Education 32 0 6 0 38
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 14 0 23 0 37
Manufacturing Engineering 32 0 5 0 37
Social Work 0 0 37 0 37
Entrepreneurial Studies 35 0 0 0 35
Electrical Engineering 35 0 0 0 35
Drama & Theater Arts 35 0 0 0 35
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science 34 0 0 0 34
Nutrition Science 22 0 12 0 34
Educational Administration 0 0 28 5 33
Soil Sciences 31 0 0 0 31
Horticulture 29 0 0 0 29
Liberal Arts General Studies 29 0 0 0 29
Dance 29 0 0 0 29
Middle Eastern Semitic Languages 28 0 0 0 28
Instructional Media Design 0 0 22 5 27
Food Science Technology 22 0 4 0 26
East Asian Languages 26 0 0 0 26
Anthropology 18 0 8 0 26
Zoology 25 0 0 0 25
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 24 0 0 0 24
Philosophy 24 0 0 0 24
Allied Health Professions 2 0 21 0 23
Graphic Communications 22 0 0 0 22
Mental & Social Health Services 0 0 17 1 18
Geological & Earth Sciences 9 0 9 0 18
Writing Studies 0 0 15 0 15
Health Sciences & Services 14 0 0 0 14
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 0 0 5 9 14
Astronomy & Astrophysics 13 0 0 0 13
General Family & Consumer Sciences 1 0 9 2 12
Housing 12 0 0 0 12
Legal Research 0 0 11 0 11
Teaching English or French 0 0 10 0 10
Urban & Regional Planning 9 0 0 0 9
Other Visual Art 9 0 0 0 9
Computer Software & Applications 8 0 0 0 8
Intelligence & Command Control Operations 8 0 0 0 8
Wildlife Management 0 0 6 2 8
Public Policy 0 0 8 0 8
Pastoral Counseling & Specialized Ministries 0 0 8 0 8
Religious Education 0 0 8 0 8
Classical Languages & Literature 7 0 0 0 7
Archeology 7 0 0 0 7
Student Counseling 0 0 0 5 5
Natural Resources Conservation 0 0 4 0 4
Educational Assessment 0 0 0 3 3
Germanic Languages 2 0 0 0 2
Botany/Plant Biology 1 0 0 0 1
General Biology 1 0 0 0 1
Geography and Environmental Studies 1 0 0 0 1
Museum Studies 0 1 0 0 1
Textile & Apparel Studies 0 0 0 0 0
Natural Resource Management 0 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 6,776 1 1,123 218 8,118

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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