Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University (BYU), located in Provo, Utah, United States, is a private, coeducational research university owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church). It is the oldest existing institution within the LDS Church Educational System, it is America’s largest religious university, and it has the third-largest private university enrollment in the United States. Approximately 98% of the 34,000 students at BYU are members of the LDS Church; one-third of its American students come from within the state of Utah.

BYU students are required to adhere to an honor code, which mandates behavior in line with LDS teachings (e.g., academic honesty, adherence to dress and grooming standards, and abstinence from extramarital sex and from the consumption of drugs and alcohol). Approximately 97% of male BYU graduates have taken a two-year hiatus from their studies at some point to serve as Mormon missionaries, and 32% of BYU female graduates have been missionaries as well.

Many BYU students obtain a level of foreign language proficiency while serving as LDS missionaries, and BYU has many foreign language classes, offering courses in over 70 languages. Over 75% of BYU students have some foreign language proficiency.

The university’s primary focus is on undergraduate education, but it also has 68 master’s and 25 doctoral degree programs, including a Juris Doctor program. About 70% of student tuition is funded by LDS Church tithing funds, making tuition less expensive than at similar private universities.

Brigham Young University Rankings in 2010

• TOP 100 MECHANICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKING IN 2010
• BEST UNDERGRADUATE ENGINEERING UNIVERSITY RANKING
• TOP 25 COLLEGES / SCHOOLS RANKING BY JOB RECRUITER – WALL STREET JOURNAL
• TOP 100 COLLEGES IN UNITED STATES
• TOP 100 EDUCATION COLLEGES / UNIVERSITIES IN 2010
• THE BEST LAW SCHOOLS / COLLEGES RANKING IN U.S.
• TOP 10 ACCOUNTING UNDERGRADUATE COLLEGE RANKING IN U.S
• TOP 200 UNDERGRADUATE BUSINESS PROGRAM IN 2010
• TOP 100 NURSING GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKING IN 2009
• ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKINGS

Brigham Young University Rankings in 2011

• BEST BUSINESS GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKING IN 2011
• TOP 100 LAW SCHOOLS IN 2011
• TOP 100 GRADUATE COMPUTER ENGINEERING SCHOOL RANKINGS IN 2011
• BEST PHYSICS GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKINGS IN 2011
• FORBES AMERICAN’S BEST COLLEGE RANKINGS IN 2011
• TOP 200 NATIONAL UNIVERSITY RANKINGS IN 2012
• 2012 TOP 200 COLLEGES IN UNITED STATES
• TOP 2011 BUSINESS GRADUATE SCHOOL RANKINGS
• BEST LAW SCHOOL RANKING FOR HIRING BY THE NATION’S LARGEST LAW FIRMS

Brigham Young University Rankings in 2012

• TOP 100 COMPUTER ENGINEERING COLLEGE RANKING IN 2011-2012

Brigham Young University Tuition and Fees

Schools and Colleges of Brigham Young University

Brigham Young University News

• Rich, beautiful and popular: Foul-mouthed characters in teen books have it all
  

  Bestselling authors of teen literature portray their more foul-mouthed characters as rich, attractive and popular, a new study finds.

• What's there to do? BYU offers family-friendly activities this summer
  

  This summer Brigham Young University is the place for summer fun, family-friendly activities.

• Lee Library's Mike Hunter to deliver BYU devotional address May 22
  

  Mike Hunter, department chair of religion and family history at the Harold B. Lee Library, will give an address titled “Small Things” at the weekly devotional Tuesday, May 22, at 11:05 p.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

• BYU-based Arabic language program receives major grant
  

  The Utah Arabic K-12 Teacher Association, in collaboration with the National Middle East Language Resource Center at BYU, has been awarded a $25,000 grant by the Qatar Foundation International.

• Museum of Peoples and Cultures hosts May 18 date night activity
  

  The Museum of Peoples and Cultures will host its first date night of the summer titled “Culture-Me-Mine” Friday, May 18, at 7 p.m. at the museum,�located at 100 E. 700 N. in Provo.

• 1941's "Dive Bomber" to be screened at BYU film series May 25
  

  The Motion Picture Archive Film Series will show “Dive Bomber” on Friday, May 25, at 7 p.m. in the Harold B. Lee Library auditorium on level one.

• BYU formula hybrid racecar speeds to first at international competition
  

  After 21 years of leading BYU’s Mechanical Engineering Capstone program, Dr. Robert Todd is retiring – but not before he does one final victory lap.

• Rulon Pope to deliver BYU Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecture May 15
  

  Rulon Pope, a professor in the Department of Economics, will present the 2012 Karl G. Maeser Distinguished Faculty Lecture at a forum Tuesday, May 15, at 11:05 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall. The title of his speech will be “Engel’s Law Rulon.”

• BYU's "Arabian Nights" will spin hypnotic tales May 24-June 9
  

  BYU will host the Utah premiere of a new adaptation of The Thousand and One Nights by presenting selections from Mary Zimmerman’s “Arabian Nights” Thursday, May 24, through Saturday, June 9, at 7:30 p.m. in the Pardoe Theatre.

• Area secondary school students invited to free BYU Open Lab Days May 12, 19
  

  Lasers, rockets, and explosions will be going off the next two Saturdays during thee annual Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Open Lab Days May 12 and 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.