Brigham Young University

Provo, UT · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
68.6%
8,331 admitted
SAT · 50th
1360
Range 1290–1430
6-yr grad
80.8%
Retention 91.3%
Undergrads
34,354
21:1 S-F
Admissions
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71.7% / 67.0%
in-state / out-of-state
admit rate spread
Applications12,141
Overall admit rate68.6%
In-state admit rate71.7%
Out-of-state admit rate67.0%
Enrolled6,743 · 80.9% yield
Very important factorsGPA, Application essay, Character, Religious affiliation, Rigor of HS record
Important factorsRecs, Test scores
Selection factors from CDS §C7 (Basis for selection).
Test scores
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1360
SAT composite · 50th %ile
range 1290–1430 · 11.0% submitted
SAT
255075
R&W650690730
Math630670720
Comp129013601430
ACT
255075
Comp283032
Cost & aid
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$7,096
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$7,096
Fees$0
Room & board$11,200
Books$416
Avg need-based grant$9,660
% need met62.7%
Avg debt at graduation$16,031
Academics
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21 : 1
student-faculty ratio
91.3% retention
Student-faculty21 : 1
Retention91.3%
4-year graduation26.8%
6-year graduation80.8%
Enrollment
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34,354
undergraduates
90 intl freshmen
Total undergraduates34,354
First-year6,744
Transfer1,187
Full-time93%
Female51%
International (freshmen)90
Rankings
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#3
Princeton Review
Best Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Private)
SourceListRankYr
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges for Students With No Demonstrated Need (Private)#326
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Business Specialties: Accounting#326
Princeton ReviewBest Value Colleges (Private Schools)#2526
ForbesAmerica's Top Colleges#4026
WSJ/College PulseBest Colleges in the U.S.#6326
U.S. News & World ReportBest Undergraduate Nursing Programs#7426
NicheBest Colleges in America#8226
Rankings are the property of their respective publishers (Forbes, Niche, Princeton Review, U.S. News & World Report, WSJ/College Pulse). Ranks as published; methodologies vary.
Classifications & designations
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R2 Research University
Carnegie Classification
54 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Carnegie ClassificationR2 Research University54
Athletic conferenceBig 12 Conference16
Athletic divisionNCAA D1-FBS95
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingUtah colleges2
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
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$35
application fee
waivable
Regular decision12/16 → 15-Feb → 1-May
Deferred admissionAllowed
Test policyConsidered but not required
Admissions URLhttps://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/chur…
Admissions emailadmissions@byu.edu
Admissions phone(801) 422-4104
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
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University of Utah
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
University of Utah UT · Public90.2%123029K
Arizona State University AZ · Public88.4%—64K
University of Arizona AZ · Public83.5%122043K
Colorado State University CO · Public88.6%—26K
University of Nevada NV · Public84.0%113027K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.

Official Common Data Set Documents — Brigham Young University

14 years of Brigham Young University's officially published CDS, archived by CollegeNumbers. PDF and spreadsheet originals exactly as the school filed them.