brigham young university

Main Campus, Provo, Utah

General information:	(801) 422-4636
Website:	www.byu.edu
Type:	Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Awards offered:	Bachelor's degree Postbaccalaureate certificate Master's degree Doctor's degree First-professional degree
Campus setting:	City Midsize
Campus housing:	Yes

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General information:

Estimated student expenses (before aid):

Undergraduate academic year prices

Detailed expenses	2008-2009	2007-2008	2006-2007
Tuition and fees	$4,080	$3,840	$3,620
Books and supplies	$1,000	$1,170	$1,380
Living arrangement
On campus
Room and board	$6,550	$6,460	$5,640
Other	$3,700	$3,888	$3,340
Off campus
Room and board	$6,550	$6,460	$5,640
Other	$3,700	$3,888	$3,340
Off campus with family
Other	$3,700	$3,888	$3,340
Total expenses	2008-2009	2007-2008	2006-2007
On campus	$15,330	$15,358	$13,980
Off campus	$15,330	$15,358	$13,980
Off campus with family	$8,780	$8,898	$8,340

Financial aid:

Enrollment:

Admissions:

Undergraduate application fee: $30

Undergraduate admissions:

	TOTAL	MALE	FEMALE
Number of applicants:	10081	4372	5709
Percent admitted:	69%	73%	66%
Percent admitted who enrolled:	78%	77%	79%

Admissions Considerations	Required	Recommended
Secondary school GPA	X
Secondary school rank		X
Secondary school record	X
Completion of college-prepatory program		X
Recommendations	X
Admission test scores	X
TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)	X

Test Scores (enrolled first-time students):

Students submitting scores	NUMBER	PERCENT
SAT	1817	33%
ACT	5090	94%

Test Scores	25th Percentile*	75th Percentile**
SAT Critical Reading	550	660
SAT Math	570	680
ACT Composite	25	30
ACT English	25	31
ACT Math	25	30

Notes:

* 25% of students scored at or below

** 25% of students scored above

Programs/majors

Completions 2007-2008:

Program	Bachelor	Master	Doctor	Certificate
Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences.
Agricultural Business and Management, General	2	-	-	-
Crop Production	-	2	-	-
Landscaping and Groundskeeping	32	-	-	-
Food Science	9	2	-	-
Food Technology and Processing	4	-	-	-
Soil Sciences, Other	7	-	-	-
Category total	54	4	-	-
Natural resources and conservation.
Environmental Science	1	-	-	-
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	-	7	1	-
Category total	1	7	1	-
Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies.
American/United States Studies/Civilization	32	-	-	-
Asian Studies/Civilization	6	-	-	-
Central/Middle and Eastern European Studies	5	-	-	-
Latin American Studies	39	-	-	-
Category total	82	-	-	-
Communication, journalism, and related programs.
Mass Communication/Media Studies	-	5	-	-
Journalism	75	-	-	-
Advertising	110	-	-	-
Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs, Other	43	-	-	-
Category total	228	5	-	-
Communications technologies/technicians and support services.
Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects	24	-	-	-
Category total	24	-	-	-
Computer and information sciences and support services.
Information Technology	36	1	-	-
Computer Science	80	25	3	-
Category total	116	26	3	-
Education.
Bilingual and Multilingual Education	-	-	1	-
Curriculum and Instruction	-	2	2	-
Educational Leadership and Administration, General	-	36	5	-
Educational/Instructional Media Design	-	10	3	-
Educational Statistics and Research Methods	-	-	2	-
Special Education and Teaching, General	56	4	-	-
College Student Counseling and Personnel Services	-	-	4	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	236	-	-	-
Teacher Education, Multiple Levels	-	1	-	-
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	41	-	-	-
Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods, Other	22	-	-	-
English/Language Arts Teacher Education	45	-	-	-
Health Teacher Education	17	-	-	-
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	19	-	-	-
Mathematics Teacher Education	42	10	-	-
Music Teacher Education	25	2	-	-
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	19	3	-	-
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	5	-	-	-
Social Science Teacher Education	12	-	-	-
Biology Teacher Education	23	-	-	-
Chemistry Teacher Education	4	-	-	-
Drama and Dance Teacher Education	19	-	-	-
French Language Teacher Education	3	-	-	-
German Language Teacher Education	2	-	-	-
History Teacher Education	50	-	-	-
Physics Teacher Education	5	-	-	-
Spanish Language Teacher Education	18	5	-	-
Latin Teacher Education	-	-	-	-
Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas, Other	6	-	-	-
Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	-	27	-	20
Teaching French as a Second or Foreign Language	-	2	-	-
Category total	669	102	17	20
Engineering.
Chemical Engineering	43	2	3	-
Civil Engineering, General	71	39	1	-
Computer Engineering, General	29	-	-	-
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	77	20	6	-
Mechanical Engineering	113	34	3	-
Manufacturing Engineering	49	2	-	-
Category total	382	97	13	-
Engineering technologies/technicians.
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other	-	1	-	-
Category total	-	1	-	-
Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics.
Foreign Languages and Literatures, General	5	-	-	-
Linguistics	66	5	-	-
Language Interpretation and Translation	19	-	-	-
Comparative Literature	4	2	-	-
Linguistic/Comparative/Related Language Studies & Services, Other	29	8	-	-
Chinese Language and Literature	22	-	-	-
Japanese Language and Literature	18	-	-	-
Korean Language and Literature	5	-	-	-
Russian Language and Literature	25	3	-	-
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General	3	-	-	-
German Language and Literature	11	2	-	-
French Language and Literature	18	7	-	-
Italian Language and Literature	9	-	-	-
Portuguese Language and Literature	5	1	-	-
Spanish Language and Literature	63	8	-	-
Arabic Language and Literature	12	1	-	-
Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics	9	-	-	-
Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General	8	-	-	-
Ancient/Classical Greek Language and Literature	2	-	-	-
Category total	333	37	-	-
Family and consumer sciences/human sciences.
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	343	5	1	-
Human Development and Family Studies, General	61	-	-	-
Child Development	1	-	-	-
Category total	405	5	1	-
Legal professions and studies.
Law (LLB, JD)	-	-	160	-
Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LLM, MCL)	-	7	-	-
Category total	-	7	160	-
English language and literature/letters.
English Language and Literature, General	278	20	-	-
Speech and Rhetorical Studies	4	-	-	-
Category total	282	20	-	-
Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities.
Humanities/Humanistic Studies	11	-	-	-
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities, Other	6	-	-	-
Category total	17	-	-	-
Biological and biomedical sciences.
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	190	-	-	-
Biomedical Sciences, General	3	-	-	-
Biochemistry	24	1	2	-
Biophysics	8	-	-	-
Molecular Biology	15	2	1	-
Botany/Plant Biology	1	-	-	-
Microbiology, General	26	2	1	-
Zoology/Animal Biology	1	-	2	-
Wildlife Biology	7	-	-	-
Physiology, General	54	9	-	-
Exercise Physiology	266	-	-	-
Biostatistics	2	-	-	-
Bioinformatics	19	-	-	-
Biotechnology	27	3	-	-
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology, Other	24	6	-	-
Category total	667	23	6	-
Mathematics and statistics.
Mathematics, General	32	7	1	-
Statistics, General	6	13	-	-
Category total	38	20	1	-
Multi/interdisciplinary studies.
Biological and Physical Sciences	-	1	-	-
Museology/Museum Studies	-	1	-	-
Nutrition Sciences	21	7	-	-
Neuroscience	78	3	-	-
Category total	99	12	-	-
Parks, recreation, leisure, and fitness studies.
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	63	-	-	-
Health and Physical Education, General	89	29	-	-
Kinesiology and Exercise Science	1	-	-	-
Health and Physical Education/Fitness, Other	74	-	-	-
Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies, Other	6	5	-	-
Category total	233	34	-	-
Philosophy and religious studies.
Philosophy	33	-	-	-
Category total	33	-	-	-
Theology and religious vocations.
Religious Education	-	5	-	-
Category total	-	5	-	-
Physical sciences.
Astronomy	8	-	1	-
Chemistry, General	24	6	8	-
Geology/Earth Science, General	14	9	-	-
Hydrology and Water Resources Science	1	-	-	-
Physics, General	32	13	-	-
Physics, Other	16	-	-	-
Category total	95	28	9	-
Psychology.
Psychology, General	268	6	3	-
Clinical Psychology	-	-	11	-
Personality Psychology	19	-	-	-
School Psychology	-	11	-	-
Category total	287	17	14	-
Public administration and social service professions.
Public Administration	-	56	-	-
Public Policy Analysis	-	7	-	-
Social Work	57	37	-	-
Category total	57	100	-	-
Social sciences.
Social Sciences, General	-	-	-	-
Anthropology	19	3	-	-
Anthropology, Other	-	-	-	-
Archeology	17	-	-	-
Economics, General	139	-	-	-
Development Economics and International Development	1	-	-	-
Geography	24	6	-	-
Cartography	9	-	-	-
Geography, Other	80	-	-	-
International Relations and Affairs	82	-	-	-
Political Science and Government, General	176	-	-	-
Sociology	150	4	2	-
Category total	697	13	2	-
Visual and performing arts.
Dance, General	6	-	-	-
Ballet	5	-	-	-
Dance, Other	3	-	-	-
Design and Visual Communications, General	35	-	-	-
Industrial Design	13	-	-	-
Graphic Design	10	-	-	-
Illustration	12	-	-	-
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	39	-	-	-
Acting	6	-	-	-
Film/Cinema Studies	43	6	-	-
Photography	8	-	-	-
Art/Art Studies, General	12	1	-	-
Fine/Studio Arts, General	27	6	-	-
Art History, Criticism and Conservation	37	9	-	-
Painting	1	-	-	-
Sculpture	-	1	-	-
Music, General	25	-	-	-
Music History, Literature, and Theory	8	-	-	-
Music Performance, General	8	15	-	-
Music Theory and Composition	-	3	-	-
Musicology and Ethnomusicology	-	2	-	-
Conducting	-	5	-	-
Piano and Organ	17	-	-	-
Voice and Opera	13	-	-	-
Jazz/Jazz Studies	3	-	-	-
Violin, Viola, Guitar and Other Stringed Instruments	5	-	-	-
Music, Other	17	-	-	-
Visual and Performing Arts, Other	10	-	-	-
Category total	363	48	-	-
Health professions and related clinical sciences.
Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	-	17	-	-
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	82	-	-	-
Athletic Training/Trainer	20	4	-	-
Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist	27	-	-	-
Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling	-	9	3	-
Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)	122	-	-	-
Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner	-	14	-	-
Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy	47	-	-	-
Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)	37	-	-	-
Category total	335	44	3	-
Business, management, marketing, and related support services.
Business/Commerce, General	71	-	-	-
Business Administration and Management, General	60	201	-	-
Logistics and Materials Management	23	-	-	-
Accounting	188	101	-	-
Accounting and Related Services, Other	57	63	-	-
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	33	-	-	-
Finance, General	189	-	-	-
Financial Planning and Services	96	-	-	-
Organizational Behavior Studies	16	-	-	-
Management Information Systems, General	55	-	-	-
Information Resources Management/CIO Training	41	50	-	-
Business Statistics	11	-	-	-
Actuarial Science	13	-	-	-
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	79	-	-	-
General Merchandising/Sales/Related Marketing Operations, Other	81	-	-	-
Fashion Merchandising	1	-	-	-
Construction Management	107	1	-	-
Category total	1121	416	-	-
History
History, General	198	8	-	-
History, Other	18	-	-	-
Category total	216	8	-	-
Grand total	6834	1079	230	20

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Main Campus, Provo, Utah

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Admissions:

Undergraduate admissions:

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Completions 2007-2008:

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