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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?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$14,308 Avg Cost After Aid
59% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at BYU have an easier time paying back their loans. The school's student loan default rate is only 0%, compared to the national rate of 10.1%.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at BYU.
  • In <nil>, 71% of the faculty were full-time.
  • Students who graduate from BYU with a bachelor's degree make about $74,630 a year. That's 83% 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: www.byu.edu

How Do I Get Into BYU?

You can apply to BYU online at: besmart.com/Admissions

Admission Requirements for BYU

Submission Required?
High School GPA Required
High School Rank Neither required nor recommended
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Considered but not required
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Required

How Hard Is It To Get Into BYU?

59% Acceptance Rate
60% Of Accepted Are Women
20% Submit SAT Scores
BYU has an acceptance rate of 59%, which means it is fairly selective. Take that into account when you are working on your application and gathering requested materials. Do what you can to stand out among other applicants.

Approximately 40% of accepted students are men and 60% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 54%, and the acceptance rate for women is 64%.

Average Test Scores

About 20% 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 620 and 720. Math scores were between 600 and 720.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Brigham Young University - Provo  ( 620 to 720 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Brigham Young University - Provo  ( 600 to 720 )
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800
BYU received ACT scores from 76% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 25 and 34. Math scores were between 25 and 31. Composite scores were between 26 and 32.

ACT English Scores for Brigham Young University - Provo  ( 25 to 34 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Brigham Young University - Provo  ( 25 to 31 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Brigham Young University - Provo  ( 26 to 32 )
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36

Can I Afford Brigham Young University - Provo?

$14,308 Net Price
10% Take Out Loans
0.4% Loan Default Rate
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 10% of students took out student loans averaging $5,687 a year. That adds up to $22,748 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at BYU is 0.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Brigham Young University - Provo Undergraduate Student Diversity

28,282 Full-Time Undergraduates
51% Women
15% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 31,642 undergraduate students at BYU, with 28,282 being full-time and 3,360 being part-time.

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There are also 3,169 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 28,282 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 509
Black or African American 113
Hispanic or Latino 2,054
White 22,930
International Students 889
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,787

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.

Online Learning at Brigham Young University - Provo

725 Took All Classes Online
13,050 Took At Least One Class Online
509.4% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 13,050 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at BYU has changed over the last few years.

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Online Growth Rankings of BYU

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Brigham Young University - Provo was 509.4%. This is the #157 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at BYU regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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