Student Population at BYU

The following chart compares BYU's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Utah.

BYU has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 27,187 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in Utah average (16,965 students).

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

By gender, there are 17,517 male and 18,356 female students attending BYU. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.95 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.

By age, there are 31,233 students whose age under twenty five and 1,296 students whose age is over thirty years old at Brigham Young University.

Especially, 241 students are younger than eighteen and 24 students are older than sixty five.

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

At Brigham Young University, 12,785 students (35.64% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 898 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, 574 students live in Utah where Brigham Young University is located in and 303 students have enrolled from other states.