Enrollment Trends at BYU

The student population at Brigham Young University is 34,464 (31,411 undergraduate and 3,053 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 55 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at BYU is 91.14% which is increased by 351 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 296 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.06 to 1 which means that the numbers of female and male students are similar.

807 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,081.08% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 33,874 where 34,464 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

91.14% of total students is undergraduate students and 8.86% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 351 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 296 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.06 to 1 and it means that there are similar numbers of female and male students enrolled in BYU.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Brigham Young University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	34,409	31,060	15,935	15,125	3,349	2,043	1,306
2013-14	31,123 -3,286	27,765 -3,295	14,957 -978	12,808 -2,317	3,358 9	2,022 -21	1,336 30
2014-15	30,484 -639	27,163 -602	14,808 -149	12,355 -453	3,321 -37	1,996 -26	1,325 -11
2015-16	33,469 2,985	30,221 3,058	15,865 1,057	14,356 2,001	3,248 -73	1,974 -22	1,274 -51
2016-17	34,240 771	30,979 758	16,124 259	14,855 499	3,261 13	1,977 3	1,284 10
2017-18	34,334 94	31,233 254	16,020 -104	15,213 358	3,101 -160	1,908 -69	1,193 -91
2018-19	34,499 165	31,441 208	15,801 -219	15,640 427	3,058 -43	1,822 -86	1,236 43
2019-20	34,318 -181	31,292 -149	15,579 -222	15,713 73	3,026 -32	1,716 -106	1,310 74
2020-21	36,461 2,143	33,376 2,084	16,462 883	16,914 1,201	3,085 59	1,706 -10	1,379 69
2021-22	34,811 -1,650	31,642 -1,734	15,400 -1,062	16,242 -672	3,169 84	1,725 19	1,444 65
2022-23	34,464 -347	31,411 -231	15,082 -318	16,329 87	3,053 -116	1,658 -67	1,395 -49
Average	33,874	30,689	15,639	15,050	3,184	1,868	1,317

Brigham Young University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 30,689 where 31,411 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Brigham Young University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	31,060	28,338	14,522	13,816	2,722	1,413	1,309
2013-14	27,765	25,084	13,535	11,549	2,681	1,422	1,259
2014-15	27,163	24,499	13,309	11,190	2,664	1,499	1,165
2015-16	30,221	27,339	14,359	12,980	2,882	1,506	1,376
2016-17	30,979	28,012	14,524	13,488	2,967	1,600	1,367
2017-18	31,233	28,156	14,388	13,768	3,077	1,632	1,445
2018-19	31,441	28,253	14,164	14,089	3,188	1,637	1,551
2019-20	31,292	28,288	13,997	14,291	3,004	1,582	1,422
2020-21	33,376	30,039	14,716	15,323	3,337	1,746	1,591
2021-22	31,642	28,282	13,739	14,543	3,360	1,661	1,699
2022-23	31,411	28,254	13,555	14,699	3,157	1,527	1,630
Average	30,689	30,689	14,073	13,612	30,689	1,566	1,438

Brigham Young University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 3,184 where 3,053 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Brigham Young University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	3,349	2,026	1,288	738	1,323	755	568
2013-14	3,358	2,030	1,262	768	1,328	760	568
2014-15	3,321	1,977	1,214	763	1,344	782	562
2015-16	3,248	2,003	1,257	746	1,245	717	528
2016-17	3,261	2,023	1,256	767	1,238	721	517
2017-18	3,101	1,881	1,172	709	1,220	736	484
2018-19	3,058	1,909	1,146	763	1,149	676	473
2019-20	3,026	1,831	1,033	798	1,195	683	512
2020-21	3,085	1,887	1,017	870	1,198	689	509
2021-22	3,169	2,025	1,107	918	1,144	618	526
2022-23	3,053	1,893	1,015	878	1,160	643	517
Average	3,184	3,184	1,161	793	3,184	707	524

Brigham Young University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 80.14%. The percentage was 83.44% 10 years ago and BYU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.83% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.45% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Brigham Young University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	135	638	143	1,749	224	28,710	1,001
2013-14	125	614	144	1,717	188	25,807	947
2014-15	112	593	157	1,685	178	25,208	1,029
2015-16	111	616	165	1,871	201	27,735	1,177
2016-17	109	615	182	2,007	223	28,167	1,295
2017-18	97	644	176	2,029	222	28,125	1,358
2018-19	91	685	173	2,152	236	27,975	1,450
2019-20	73	670	153	2,461	232	27,682	1,433
2020-21	83	674	143	2,619	247	29,423	1,589
2021-22	76	634	140	2,547	249	28,065	1,479
2022-23	77	629	155	2,701	237	27,621	1,531
Average	99	637	157	2,140	222	27,683	1,299

Brigham Young University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

807 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 2% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,081.08% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Brigham Young University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	30,484	37	351	30,096
2015-16	33,469	37	381	33,051
2016-17	34,240	56	2,560	31,624
2017-18	34,334	143	4,533	29,658
2018-19	34,499	218	6,522	27,759
2019-20	34,318	287	3,920	30,111
2020-21	36,461	5,448	28,260	2,753
2021-22	34,811	725	12,325	21,761
2022-23	34,464	807	12,144	21,513
Average	34,120	862	7,888	25,370

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