Brigham Young University
Private Research University in Provo, UT. Six-year graduation rate 81%. Median 10-year earnings $75,790.
Students who entered Brigham Young University reach a median of $75,790 ten years later, which puts this school in the upper band of undergraduate earnings outcomes. Completion is a strength: 81% of students finish within six years. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $11,069.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.15 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ Graduation rate 81% — well above the national average
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
- ! Mobility score 0.7 — limited economic uplift documented
Admissions
Brigham Young University accepts 68% of applicants, which makes it accessible to most students who meet the baseline requirements. The applicant pool is large — 11,698 in the most recent cycle — so the published rate reflects genuine competition rather than a small-sample quirk. A 78% yield rate puts this school in the upper range for admits who follow through. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 12% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 640–730 | 739 (12%) |
| SAT Math | 630–730 | |
| ACT Composite | 28–32 | 2,807 (46%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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81% of students finish within six years, putting completion well above the national norm. 91% of full-time first-years return for a second year — a healthy figure. Retention drops to 72% for part-time students, a gap worth weighing if full-time study is not realistic. The student-faculty ratio is 21:1 — typical, which in practice means large lectures early and smaller classes in the major. As a private nonprofit four-year college, the relevant comparison is other four-year schools rather than the national average across all institutions.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 32,154 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $16,694 annually once grants are applied. The income table below is the number that matters — $10,444 at $0–30k versus $20,542 at $110k+. Grant aid reaches 73% of students at an average of $7,639. 11% borrow federally — a low rate, though it covers federal loans only.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 5,848 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $10,444 |
| $30–48k | $10,112 |
| $48–75k | $13,062 |
| $75–110k | $16,378 |
| $110k+ | $20,542 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,465 of these 32,154 students, totalling $21,094,748 — an average of $6,088 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Utah County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)