Brigham Young University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a medium-sized city.

Overview

Brigham Young University was established on October 16, 1875 as the Brigham Young Academy. In 1903, its name was changed to Brigham Young University. The university covers more than 500 acres of land at the base of the Wasatch Mountains in Provo, Utah. Brigham Young University is divided into the following academic divisions:

• College of Health & Human Performance
• College of Humanities
• College of Nursing
• College of Physical and Mathematical Sciences
• David O. McKay School of Education
• Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
• J. Reuben Clark Law School
• Marriott School of Management

Among the notable alumni of the Brigham Young University are Kieth Merrill, Academy Award winning film director; Kevin Rollins, Former President and CEO of Dell Computers; and George Sutherland, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Latter Day Saints (Mormon Church) religious affiliation.
• Many students concentrating in nutrition and exercise therapy, family and social work, science, drama and performing arts, music, and real estate and construction management.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• High faculty salary.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High SAT scores (combined Verbal and Math).
• High yield: the portion of accepted students who enroll.
• High male/female ratio.

School characteristics:

• The school is private, not-for-profit.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Extensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 34,244 in 2009-2010 (34,949 full-time equivalent).

About 46% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 54% of the class.

Undergrads are 91% of enrolled students and graduate students are 9%.

Students under 25 years old represent 82% of the student body. About 2% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 99% are full-time and 1% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Brigham Young provides on-campus housing for 4,979 of its 34,949 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010).

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Mountain West Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 253 male students received the aid (men were 58% of those receiving aid) and 181 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 42% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Brigham Young offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is STEM Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

(2 awarded)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (31 awarded)

• Crop Production
• Food Science
• Food Technology and Processing

ART STUDIES (14 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (1,333 awarded)

• Accounting
• Accounting and Related Services
• Actuarial Science
• Business Administration and Management
• Business Statistics
• Business/Commerce
• Business/Managerial Economics
• Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies
• Finance
• Financial Planning and Services
• General Merchandising/Sales/Related Marketing Operations
• Information Resources Management/CIO Training
• Logistics and Materials Management
• Marketing/Marketing Management
• Organizational Behavior Studies

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (216 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science
• Information Technology

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (10 awarded)

• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

DESIGN (84 awarded)

• Design and Visual Communications
• Graphic Design
• Illustration
• Industrial Design

DRAMA AND PERFORMING ARTS (75 awarded)

• Acting
• Ballet
• Dance
• Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts
• Visual and Performing Arts

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (748 awarded)

• Bilingual and Multilingual Education
• Biology Teacher Education
• Chemistry Teacher Education
• College Student Counseling and Personnel Services
• Curriculum and Instruction
• Drama and Dance Teacher Education
• Early Childhood Education and Teaching
• Educational Leadership and Administration
• Educational/Instructional Media Design
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• English/Language Arts Teacher Education
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• German Language Teacher Education
• Health Teacher Education
• History Teacher Education
• Mathematics Teacher Education
• Music Teacher Education
• Physical Education Teaching and Coaching
• Physics Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Social Science Teacher Education
• Spanish Language Teacher Education
• Special Education and Teaching
• Teacher Education, Multiple Levels
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Levels & Methods
• Teacher Education/Profess Development, Subject Areas
• Teaching English as Second/Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor
• Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (503 awarded)

• Archeology
• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Manufacturing Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (700 awarded)

• Facilities Planning and Management
• Family Systems
• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Human Development and Family Studies
• Public Administration
• Public Policy Analysis
• Social Work

FINE ARTS (85 awarded)

• Art History, Criticism and Conservation
• Fine/Studio Arts
• Sculpture

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (46 awarded)

• Landscaping and Groundskeeping
• Soil Sciences

LAW (157 awarded)

• Law (LLB, JD)
• Programs for Foreign Lawyers (LLM, MCL)

LIBERAL ARTS (1,638 awarded)

• American/United States Studies/Civilization
• Ancient Near Eastern/Biblical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Anthropology
• Arabic Language and Literature
• Asian Studies/Civilization
• Cartography
• Central/Middle and Eastern European Studies
• Chinese Language and Literature
• Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics
• Comparative Literature
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• French Language and Literature
• Geography
• German Language and Literature
• German Studies
• Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
• History
• Humanities/Humanistic Studies
• International Relations and Affairs
• Italian Language and Literature
• Japanese Language and Literature
• Korean Language and Literature
• Language Interpretation and Translation
• Latin American Studies
• Latin Language and Literature
• Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities
• Linguistic/Comparative/Related Language Studies & Services
• Linguistics
• Museology/Museum Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Portuguese Language and Literature
• Russian Language and Literature
• Sociology
• Spanish Language and Literature
• Speech and Rhetorical Studies

MATHEMATICS (65 awarded)

• Mathematics
• Statistics

MEDIA (252 awarded)

• Advertising
• Animation, Interactive Tech, Video Graphics and Special Effects
• Communication, Journalism, and Related Programs
• Journalism
• Mass Communication/Media Studies
• Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication

MEDICAL SUPPORT AND TECHNOLOGY (137 awarded)

• Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Clinical Laboratory Science/Medical Technology/Technologist
• Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist
• Veterinary/Animal Health Technology/Technician/Veterinary Assistant

MEDICINE (63 awarded)

• Neuroscience

MUSIC (98 awarded)

• Conducting
• Jazz/Jazz Studies
• Music History, Literature, and Theory
• Music Performance
• Music Theory and Composition
• Music
• Musicology and Ethnomusicology
• Piano and Organ
• Violin, Viola, Guitar and Other Stringed Instruments
• Voice and Opera

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (137 awarded)

• Family Practice Nurse/Nurse Practitioner
• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (411 awarded)

• Athletic Training/Trainer
• Dietetics/Dietitian (RD)
• Health and Physical Education
• Health and Physical Education/Fitness
• Kinesiology and Exercise Science
• Nutrition Sciences
• Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies
• Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies
• Therapeutic Recreation/Recreational Therapy

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (56 awarded)

• Film/Cinema Studies
• Photography

REAL ESTATE AND CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT (110 awarded)

• Construction Management

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (42 awarded)

• Philosophy
• Religious Education

SCIENCE (817 awarded)

• Astronomy
• Biochemistry
• Bioinformatics
• Biological and Physical Sciences
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biophysics
• Biostatistics
• Biotechnology
• Botany/Plant Biology
• Chemistry
• Ecology, Evolution, Systematics and Population Biology
• Exercise Physiology
• Geology/Earth Science
• Hydrology and Water Resources Science
• Microbiology
• Molecular Biology
• Physics
• Physiology
• Wildlife Biology
• Zoology/Animal Biology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (377 awarded)

• Clinical Psychology
• Marriage and Family Therapy/Counseling
• Personality Psychology
• Psychology
• School Psychology