More selective than 80% of Utah colleges we cover.
College Scorecard, Fall 2024 entering class
Average after grants for all families receiving federal aid. Pick your income above.
Sticker price $22,690. College Scorecard.
Higher than 100% of Utah colleges we cover and 90% of colleges nationwide. U.S. median 54%.
Within 6 years · College Scorecard
Higher than 100% of Utah colleges we cover and 90% of colleges nationwide. U.S. median $53,263.
Median, 10 years after starting · College Scorecard
BYU acceptance rate & admissions
Of 11,006 applicants, Brigham Young University admitted 7,615 and 6,067 enrolled (IPEDS, Fall 2023 entering class). The middle half of enrolled first-year students scored 1270–1460 on the SAT or 28–32 on the ACT.
IPEDS Admissions, Fall 2023 entering class
Test scores: College Scorecard, Fall 2024. Other figures: College Scorecard; IPEDS
BYU tuition, cost & net price
What families actually pay per year, by income
Average net price after grants and scholarships for students who receive federal aid. Tap your income band.
College Scorecard, latest reported year (federal aid recipients)
Sticker price (before aid)
IPEDS 2023-24 cost items; total from College Scorecard
College Scorecard; Urban Institute Education Data Portal
What BYU costs to finish, and how fast it pays back
Graduates of Brigham Young University took 5.0 years on average to finish, so the yearly price adds up to the total below. Payback compares former students' earnings with what high school graduates earn in Utah. The figures follow your residency and income choices above.
| Family income | Net price / yr | Cost to finish | Years to pay back |
|---|---|---|---|
| $0–30k | $10,444 | $52,220 | 1.4 years |
| $30–48k | $10,112 | $50,560 | 1.4 years |
| $48–75k | $13,062 | $65,310 | 1.8 years |
| $75–110k | $16,378 | $81,890 | 2.2 years |
| $110k+ | $20,542 | $102,710 | 2.8 years |
Cost to finish = yearly price × 5.0 years, the average time graduates took (28% finished in 4 years; students who entered fall 2017, IPEDS). Years to pay back = cost to finish ÷ the earnings gain: median earnings of former students 10 years after starting ($75,790) minus $38,580 for high school graduates ages 25-34 in UT (Census ACS 2020-2024), a gain of $37,210 a year. Before taxes, loan interest and earnings given up while in school. Method
College Scorecard (net price, earnings); IPEDS Graduation Rates (time to finish); U.S. Census Bureau ACS (high school earnings). Calculated by EducationGuide.
BYU majors, earnings & careers
Brigham Young University offers 97 bachelor's majors across 11 areas. Earnings below are for this school's graduates of each major, four years after finishing.
- Science & Math · 20
- Social Sciences & Public Service · 15
- Humanities & Languages · 13
- Business & Finance · 11
- Health & Medicine · 10
- Engineering · 8
- Arts & Design · 7
- Communications & Media · 5
- Technology & Computing · 4
- Education · 3
- Trades & Applied Technology · 1
Highest-earning majors at BYU
| Major | Earnings, 4 yrs | Median debt |
|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | $142,800 | $12,000 |
| Computer Engineering | $133,111 | $10,750 |
| Finance | $129,879 | $11,750 |
| Information Technology | $118,606 | $9,000 |
| Business Economics | $117,015 | — |
| Computer and Information Sciences | $113,338 | $14,250 |
| Marketing | $112,596 | $10,500 |
| Business Administration | $105,544 | $11,000 |
Quick list of all 97 majors
- Accounting$96,632
- Allied Health (Imaging / Therapy / Tech)$45,018
- Anthropology—
- Apparel and Textiles—
- Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services$71,066
- Applied Mathematics—
- Archeology—
- Area Studies$67,310
- Astronomy and Astrophysics—
- Biochemistry$63,291
- Biology—
- Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology—
- Biotechnology—
- Botany / Plant Biology—
- Business—
- Business Administration$105,544
- Business Economics$117,015
- Chemical Engineering$101,726
- Chemistry—
- City / Urban, Community, and Regional Planning—
- Civil Engineering$81,928
- Classics—
- Communications$68,843
- Computer and Information Sciences$113,338
- Computer Engineering$133,111
- Computer Science$142,800
- Construction Management$98,073
- Dance—
- Dietetics$18,314
- East Asian Languages (Chinese / Japanese / Korean)—
- Ecology and Evolutionary Biology$61,078
- Economics$95,227
- Education (Elementary / Secondary)$50,251
- Education (Subject Teaching)$49,272
- Electrical and Computer Engineering—
- Electrical Engineering$99,774
- English$54,290
- Entrepreneurship$97,085
- Family and Consumer Sciences / Human Sciences—
- Family and Consumer Sciences / Human Sciences, Other—
- Film and Photography$53,695
- Finance$129,879
- Food Science and Technology—
- Geography$64,875
- Geography and Environmental Studies—
- Geology / Earth Science—
- German—
- Graphic / Interior / Fashion Design$52,929
- Graphic Communications$73,941
- Health Sciences—
- History$54,457
- Housing and Human Environments—
- Human Development and Family Studies$28,906
- Human Resources$96,354
- Information Technology$118,606
- Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations—
- International Relations$71,622
- Journalism$50,338
- Kinesiology / Exercise Science$30,791
- Liberal Arts / General Studies$48,410
- Linguistics$60,469
- Management Science / Analytics—
- Manufacturing Engineering$92,122
- Marketing$112,596
- Mathematics—
- Mechanical Engineering$90,634
- Medical Laboratory Science$60,265
- Microbiological Sciences and Immunology$66,603
- Middle / Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics—
- Music$29,483
- Neuroscience$60,065
- Nursing$59,080
- Nutrition Science—
- Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies$63,080
- Philosophy—
- Physics$73,747
- Physiology$68,321
- Political Science$83,209
- Psychology$62,106
- Psychology (Research)—
- Public Health$51,996
- Public Relations and Advertising$80,841
- Publishing—
- Rehabilitation / Therapy Sciences—
- Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics—
- Social Sciences, Other—
- Sociology$60,277
- Software and Media Applications—
- Soil Sciences—
- Spanish / French / Romance Languages$63,189
- Special Education$39,325
- Speech-Language Pathology / Communication Disorders—
- Statistics$96,164
- Studio Art—
- Theatre$26,782
- Visual and Performing Arts, Other—
- Zoology / Animal Biology$57,020
— means too few graduates to report earnings.
College Scorecard field of study, latest release
All majors by area with earnings 1 and 4 years out, and debt →Mechanical Engineering → Mechanical engineer
Median annual wage for all workers in this job, not only new graduates. U.S. jobs projected to grow 11.2% from 2025 to 2035.
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; Employment Projections 2025-35
Finance → Financial analyst
Median annual wage for all workers in this job, not only new graduates. U.S. jobs projected to grow 7.2% from 2025 to 2035.
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025; Employment Projections 2025-35
Living in Provo
Overall prices in the Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT area.
BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024
2 bedrooms $1,363. Housing costs 4% above the U.S. average.
HUD Fair Market Rent, FY2027
January and July average highs. 17 inches of rain a year, 45 inches of snow.
NOAA Climate Normals 1991-2020
Highest: wildfire (relatively high); winter weather (relatively high).
FEMA National Risk Index, Utah County
Campus & students
IPEDS fall enrollment; Carnegie Classification; EADA via Urban Institute
Utah County at a glance
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-year 2024
Compare BYU with similar schools
Similar private colleges in Utah by selectivity, graduation rate and size. Tap “Why?” to see where the price difference comes from.
| School | Acceptance | You'd pay | Graduation | Earnings, 10 yrs | Price gap |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigham Young University | 68% | $15,564 | 81% | $75,790 | This school |
| Westminster University | 67% | $27,094 | 64% | $66,215 | |
| Ensign College | — | $10,824 | 43% | $50,630 |
College Scorecard, latest reported year. “You'd pay” follows your residency and income choices above.
Why the price is different
Brigham Young University would cost you $11,530 less per year than Westminster University, on average.
- Lower sticker price at Brigham Young University, mostly from lower tuition & fees (−$36,840).
- Westminster University gives aided families $23,396 more in grants, on average.
| Per year, Utah resident | BYU | Westminster University | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tuition & fees | $6,688 | $43,528 | −$36,840 |
| Books & supplies | $1,040 | $1,000 | +$40 |
| Housing & meals | $9,720 | $11,770 | −$2,050 |
| Personal & travel | $5,736 | $3,681 | +$2,055 |
| Living-at-home adjustment | −$494 | −$2,363 | +$1,869 |
| Sticker price | $22,690 | $57,616 | −$34,926 |
| Average grants | −$7,126 | −$30,522 | +$23,396 |
| You pay | $15,564 | $27,094 | −$11,530 |
“+” means BYU costs more; “−” means it costs less. Grants are the sticker price minus the net price. Cost items: IPEDS, on-campus budget. Sticker and net price: College Scorecard, latest reported year; the adjustment reconciles the two. Net price is an average for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid, not a quote.
Common questions about BYU
What is the BYU acceptance rate?
Brigham Young University accepts 68% of applicants (College Scorecard). In the latest IPEDS admissions year, 7,615 of 11,006 applicants were admitted. The middle half of enrolled first-year students scored 1270–1460 on the SAT or 28–32 on the ACT.
How much does Brigham Young University cost per year?
The sticker price (cost of attendance) is $22,690 a year. After grants and scholarships, students receiving federal aid pay $15,564 a year on average; families earning $0–30k pay $10,444 and families earning $110k+ pay $20,542.
How much do BYU graduates earn?
Former Brigham Young University students earn a median $75,790 ten years after starting college, compared with a U.S. median of $53,263 across the colleges we cover.
What is the BYU graduation rate?
81% of first-time, full-time students graduate within six years, and 91% return for their second year.
How long does a BYU degree take to pay off?
For a family earning $48–75k, finishing at Brigham Young University costs about $65,310 after grants ($13,062 a year for 5.0 years, the average time graduates took). Former students earn a median $75,790 ten years after starting, $37,210 more than high school graduates in Utah ($38,580), so the cost is repaid in 1.8 years of that gain, before taxes and interest (EducationGuide calculation).
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Sources on this page: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS; U.S. Census Bureau (ACS); Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS, Employment Projections); Bureau of Economic Analysis; HUD; NOAA; FEMA; Urban Institute Education Data Portal (ODC-By); Wikidata. “Colleges we cover” means colleges awarding bachelor's degrees to at least 100 undergraduates. Averages are not quotes; confirm costs with the school. How we score
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Cite this: “Brigham Young University: cost, admissions and outcomes,” EducationGuide.com, https://educationguide.com/colleges/brigham-young-university (College Scorecard and IPEDS data).