Enrollment Trends at BYU Idaho

The student population at Brigham Young University-Idaho is 45,585 (all undergraduate). The number of students has increased by 1,782 (4.07%) over the past decade.

Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 86 male students for every 100 female students, up from 76 in 2015.
25,139 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has decreased by -0.84% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 44,238 where 45,585 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 4 year-over-year increases and 5 decreases. It peaked at 51,881 students in 2018 and was lowest at 39,145 in 2020. Overall, enrollment rose from 43,803 to 45,585 students, a net gain of 1,782 (4.1%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Brigham Young University-Idaho since 2015.

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	43,803	18,885	24,918
2016-17	44,821 1,018	19,061 176	25,760 842
2017-18	51,881 7,060	21,984 2,923	29,897 4,137
2018-19	42,341 -9,540	17,980 -4,004	24,361 -5,536
2019-20	39,145 -3,196	16,642 -1,338	22,503 -1,858
2020-21	44,481 5,336	19,372 2,730	25,109 2,606
2021-22	44,304 -177	19,348 -24	24,956 -153
2022-23	43,023 -1,281	18,805 -543	24,218 -738
2023-24	42,996 -27	19,312 507	23,684 -534
2024-25	45,585 2,589	21,064 1,752	24,521 837
Average	44,238	19,245	24,993

Brigham Young University-Idaho Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 53.32%. The percentage was 51.93% 10 years ago and BYU Idaho still has a high percentage of white students. 0.70% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.64% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 9.21% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students increased from 51.93% to 53.32%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.66% to 0.70%. Black student enrollment increased from 0.35% to 0.64%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 2.04% to 9.21%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.7068 which indicates that quite diverse. This decreased from 0.7283 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has declined.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Brigham Young University-Idaho over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2015-16	88	288	153	894	157	22,748	1,695
2016-17	110	329	196	1,116	208	24,734	2,041
2017-18	122	336	185	1,182	212	26,543	2,351
2018-19	120	377	197	1,301	207	27,540	3,048
2019-20	126	369	198	1,309	203	27,562	3,333
2020-21	107	422	234	1,394	292	29,664	3,851
2021-22	96	914	1,608	3,377	454	28,969	5,283
2022-23	94	607	1,161	7,994	301	27,193	818
2023-24	71	519	1,112	7,840	233	25,272	782
2024-25	69	317	294	4,200	190	24,308	775
Average	100	448	534	3,061	246	26,453	2,398

Brigham Young University-Idaho Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

25,139 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 55% of total students. The number of online students has decreased -0.84% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Brigham Young University-Idaho from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2015-16	43,803	25,352	8,199	10,252
2016-17	44,821	25,820	10,006	8,995
2017-18	51,881	31,554	10,503	9,824
2018-19	42,341	21,053	11,395	9,893
2019-20	39,145	17,448	10,092	11,605
2020-21	44,481	22,218	14,305	7,958
2021-22	44,304	23,058	11,659	9,587
2022-23	43,023	22,541	11,499	8,983
2023-24	42,996	23,153	11,509	8,334
2024-25	45,585	25,139	14,323	6,123
Average	44,238	23,734	11,349	9,155

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Enrollment Trends at BYU Idaho

Student Population Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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