Student Population at BYU

Total Enrollment

34,464

Undergraduate

31,411

Graduate

3,053

Online Enrollment

807

Men Students

16,740

Women Students

17,724

For the academic year 2023-2024, a total of 34,464 students have enrolled at Brigham Young University - 31,411 undergraduate and 3,053 graduate.

By gender, 16,740 male and 17,724 female students are attending Brigham Young University. By attendance status, there are 30,147 full-time students and 4,317 part-time students.

The number of students at Brigham Young University is very large compared to Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Utah. Compared to similar schools in rankings such as University of Chicago and Duke University, its population is very large (average population is 15,484).

Brigham Young University offers online degree/certificate programs and 807 students enrolled in online programs.

*Gender, Race, Age, and Online population based on 2022-2023 data.

Enrollment Comparison Chart

The below chart compares the student population between Brigham Young University and similar colleges.

Enrollment by Gender/Attending Status

By gender, there are 16,740 male and 17,724 female students attending BYU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.94 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at BYU.

Population by Gender/Attending Status at BYU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	31,411	28,254	3,157
Men	15,082	13,555	1,527
Women	16,329	14,699	1,630

Population by Gender/Attending Status at BYU
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	3,053	1,893	1,160
Men	1,658	1,015	643
Women	1,395	878	517

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, there are 27,621 White students (80.14%) and 2,701 Hispanic students (7.84%) at Brigham Young University(top 2 most races/ethnicities). The following table summarizes the population diversity by race at Brigham Young University.

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Brigham Young University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	70	29	41
Asian	556	272	284
Black or African American	133	68	65
Hispanic	2,490	1,112	1,378
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	217	112	105
White	25,382	12,245	13,137
Two or More Races	1,406	630	776
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	248	134	114
Total	31,411	15,082	16,329

Population by Race/Ethnicity at Brigham Young University
	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Alaska Native	7	6	1
Asian	73	27	46
Black or African American	22	15	7
Hispanic	211	103	108
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	20	12	8
White	2,239	1,239	1,000
Two or More Races	125	61	64
Race/Ethnicity Unknown	26	16	10
Total	3,053	1,658	1,395

Enrollment by Student Age

By age, there are 29,952 students whose age under twenty five and 1,356 students whose age is over thirty years old at Brigham Young University.

Especially, 251 students are younger than eighteen and 10 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Brigham Young University.

Population by Student Age at Brigham Young University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	31,411	15,082	16,329
Under 18	251	79	172
18-19	6,267	1,501	4,766
20-21	9,251	4,096	5,155
22-24	13,424	7,871	5,553
25-29	1,877	1,420	457
30-34	130	78	52
35-39	51	16	35
40-49	76	13	63
50-64	79	7	72
65 and over	5	1	4
Total	31,411	15,082	16,329

Population by Student Age at Brigham Young University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	3,053	1,658	1,395
20-21	26	3	23
22-24	733	303	430
25-29	1,279	802	477
30-34	434	297	137
35-39	211	116	95
40-49	269	107	162
50-64	96	27	69
65 and over	5	3	2
Total	3,053	1,658	1,395

Online Student Population

At Brigham Young University, 12,951 students (37.58% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 807 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 548 students live in Utah where Brigham Young University is located in and 135 students have enrolled from other states.

Online Student Population
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	34,464	31,411	3,053
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes	807	692	115
Enrolled Some in Online Classes	12,144	11,602	542
Not Enrolled in Online Classes	21,513	19,117	2,396

Online Student Population by Student Location
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)	807	692	115
Utah Residents	548	451	97
Other State in U.S.	135	122	13
Outside of U.S.	19	19	0
Unknown	105	100	5