What is Brigham Young University’s Compass Score?

Exceptional (grade A). It ranks in the top 9% of rated colleges. The grade comes from outcomes (40%: graduation, retention and earnings), entering students (40%: test scores and selectivity), cost (15%: debt and price after aid) and teaching (5%: class size), all from federal data.

How much does Brigham Young University cost after financial aid?

The average net price is $15,564 a year for students who receive federal aid, after grants and scholarships. What your family pays depends on income; the college’s net price calculator gives your own estimate.

How hard is it to get into Brigham Young University?

Brigham Young University admitted 68% of applicants in the most recent federal data.

How do Brigham Young University’s graduates do?

81% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years; the median earnings of former students ten years after entry are $75,790; the median federal debt at graduation is $11,069.

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Brigham Young University

Provo, UT · Private nonprofit · 4-year

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Average price after aid $15,564 a year

Median debt at graduation: $11,069 (all students)

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Academic Excellence

A-

Excellent · Top 13%

From federal data, on fixed published scales.

Each measure counts for the share shown.

Graduation rate 35% of score81%
First-year retention 20% of score91%
Entering students' test scores 15% of scoreSAT 1,376 · ACT 30
Student-to-faculty ratio 15% of score21 to 1
Instructional spending per student 15% of score$18,168

Bars show points on each measure’s scale. How Academic Excellence is computed.

Source: College Scorecard (College Scorecard, most recent cohorts (data release 06/10/2026))

What families pay, by income

Average yearly price after grants and scholarships, for students who receive federal aid.

Average net price by family income
Family income	Price after aid
Up to $30,000	$10,444
$30,001–$48,000	$10,112
$48,001–$75,000	$13,062
$75,001–$110,000	$16,378
Over $110,000	$20,542

Full cost of attendance before aid: $22,690 a year.

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Cost and value

Federal data: what families pay after aid, what graduates earn, and what they owe.

Value and outcomes
Undergraduate students Fall enrollment (IPEDS)	32,221
Men and women Undergraduates, fall 2023 (College Scorecard)	Men 48% · Women 52%
First-generation students Share of students who are first-generation, by the College Scorecard’s definition	14%
First-year students from another state Of first-time students whose home is a U.S. state, fall 2023 (IPEDS)	63%
Total students	35,074
Average net price (per year) After grants and scholarships, for students receiving federal aid	$15,564
Cost of attendance (per year)	$22,690
Median federal debt at graduation	$11,069
Graduation rate First-time, full-time students finishing within 150% of normal time	81%
Graduation rate for Pell grant recipients Finishing within 6 years (College Scorecard)	67%
Graduation rate for first-generation students Finishing within 6 years (College Scorecard)	61%
Borrowers paying down their loans within 3 years Borrowers who repaid at least $1 of principal within 3 years (College Scorecard)	80%
First-year retention	91%
Median earnings 10 years after entry	$75,790
Admission rate	68%
Application fee Undergraduate application fee, 2023–24 (IPEDS)	$35
Students receiving Pell grants	32%

Admitted students’ middle range:SAT 1270–1460ACT 28–32

Admission test scores (middle 50% of admitted students who submitted scores)
Average SAT	1376
SAT reading & writing	640–730
SAT math	630–730
ACT composite	28–32
Test policy	Considered but not required

Value: Exceptional · Top 1% (how it’s computed)

Sources: College Scorecard · IPEDS College Navigator · Net price calculator
College Scorecard, most recent cohorts (data release 06/10/2026); IPEDS 2024-25 directory and institutional characteristics; fall 2023 enrollment.

Earnings by major

Median earnings of bachelor’s graduates a few years after finishing, by major (College Scorecard).

Median earnings by major
Major	Median earnings
Computer science	$142,800
Computer engineering	$133,111
Finance	$129,879
Information technology	$118,606
Managerial economics	$117,015
Computing and information science	$113,338
Marketing	$112,596
Business administration	$105,544
Chemical Engineering	$101,726
Electrical engineering	$99,774
Construction Management	$98,073
Entrepreneurship	$97,085
Accounting	$96,632
Human resources	$96,354
Statistics	$96,164
Economics	$95,227
Manufacturing Engineering	$92,122
Mechanical engineering	$90,634
Political science	$83,209
Civil engineering	$81,928
Public relations	$80,841
Graphic communications	$73,941
Physics	$73,747
International relations	$71,622
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	$71,066
Communication studies	$68,843
Physiology and pathology	$68,321
Area studies	$67,310
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	$66,603
Geography	$64,875
Biochemistry	$63,291
Romance languages	$63,189
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies	$63,080
Psychology	$62,106
Ecology and evolutionary biology	$61,078
Linguistics	$60,469
Sociology	$60,277
Clinical laboratory science	$60,265
Neuroscience	$60,065
Nursing	$59,080
Zoology/Animal Biology	$57,020
History	$54,457
English	$54,290
Film and video	$53,695
Design	$52,929
Public health	$51,996
Journalism	$50,338
Teacher education	$50,251
Secondary education	$49,272
Liberal arts	$48,410
Allied health	$45,018
Special education	$39,325
Kinesiology and exercise science	$30,791
Music	$29,483
Family and human development	$28,906
Theatre	$26,782
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	$18,314

Also offered (no earnings published yet): Anthropology, Apparel and Textiles, Applied mathematics, Archeology, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Biology, Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology, Biotechnology, Botany/Plant Biology, Business (general), Chemistry, City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning, Classics, Dance, East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Experimental psychology, Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, Fine arts, Food Science and Technology, Geography and Environmental Studies, Geology and earth science, German, Health sciences, Housing and Human Environments, Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations, Management science, Mathematics, Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Nutrition Sciences, Other family and consumer sciences/human sciences, Other social sciences, Other visual and performing arts, Philosophy, Publishing, Rehabilitation and therapy, Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, Software and media applications, Soil Sciences, Speech-language pathology.

What students study most

Share of bachelor’s degrees by field, first majors in 2023–24 (IPEDS).

Most common bachelor’s fields
Field	Share of degrees
Business	15%
Biology	13%
Engineering	8%
Computer and information sciences	7%
Social sciences	7%

Campus life

School colors
Setting	City
Part-time undergraduates	9%
Undergraduates aged 25 and older	7%
On-campus room and board (per year)	$10,396
Sports	NCAA Division I · Big Twelve Conference
ROTC	Army · Air Force
Study abroad	Offered
Students per faculty member	21 to 1
Faculty who are full-time	70%Of instructional faculty, fall 2023 (College Scorecard)
Endowment per student	$85,077Endowment at the end of fiscal year 2023, per full-time-equivalent student (IPEDS)
Dorm space	For about 24% of studentsCampus beds divided by undergraduate enrollment. Not how many students live on campus (IPEDS)
Nearest airport with scheduled flights	Provo Municipal Airport (PVU)About 4 miles away in a straight line (OurAirports)
Town population	114,7662020–2024 five-year estimate (U.S. Census Bureau)
Nearest city of 250,000 people or more	North Las VegasAbout 331 miles away in a straight line (U.S. Census Bureau)
Average temperature in January	33°F1991–2020 normal, from PROVO BYU, UT US, about 0 miles away (NOAA)
Average temperature in July	79°F1991–2020 normal, from PROVO BYU, UT US, about 0 miles away (NOAA)

Federal data (IPEDS and College Scorecard), except school colors.

Campus safety reports

On-campus crimes reported in 2024, per 1,000 students.

On-campus crimes per 1,000 students
Category	This campus	U.S. rate
Rape	0.03	0.07
Robbery	0.00	0.01
Aggravated assault	0.00	0.04
Burglary	0.08	0.08
Motor vehicle theft	0.07	0.15

Numbers reflect what each campus reported. They differ with campus size and how reporting is done, so compare with care. U.S. rate: total reported offenses divided by total students at every institution in the report.

Source: Official data: U.S. Department of Education

Questions families ask

What is Brigham Young University’s Compass Score?: Exceptional (grade A). It ranks in the top 9% of rated colleges. The grade comes from outcomes (40%: graduation, retention and earnings), entering students (40%: test scores and selectivity), cost (15%: debt and price after aid) and teaching (5%: class size), all from federal data.
How much does Brigham Young University cost after financial aid?: The average net price is $15,564 a year for students who receive federal aid, after grants and scholarships. What your family pays depends on income; the college’s net price calculator gives your own estimate.
How hard is it to get into Brigham Young University?: Brigham Young University admitted 68% of applicants in the most recent federal data.
How do Brigham Young University’s graduates do?: 81% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years; the median earnings of former students ten years after entry are $75,790; the median federal debt at graduation is $11,069.

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IPEDS unit ID 230038
Carnegie classification: Doctoral university (high research)
Accreditation: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (U.S. Department of Education DAPIP)
Religious affiliation (IPEDS): The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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