Enrollment Trends at BYU

The student population at Brigham Young University is 35,873 (32,952 undergraduate and 2,921 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 2,404 (7.18%) over the past decade.

Class Level: The percentage of undergraduate students at BYU is 91.86% which is increased by 2,731 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 327 and it has been decreasing.
Gender Breakdown: In 2025, there were 95 male students for every 100 female students, down from 114 in 2015.
898 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 2,327.03% since 2015.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 34,754 where 35,873 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 6 year-over-year increases and 3 decreases. It peaked at 36,461 students in 2021 and was lowest at 33,469 in 2016. Overall, enrollment rose from 33,469 to 35,873 students, a net gain of 2,404 (7.2%).

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

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	33,469	30,221	15,865	14,356	3,248	1,974	1,274
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
2023-24	35,074 610	32,221 810	15,478 396	16,743 414	2,853 -200	1,511 -147	1,342 -53
2024-25	35,873 799	32,952 731	15,957 479	16,995 252	2,921 68	1,560 49	1,361 19
Average	34,754	31,677	15,777	15,900	3,078	1,756	1,322

Brigham Young University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 31,677 where 32,952 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Brigham Young University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	32,221	29,261	14,064	15,197	2,960	1,414	1,546
2024-25	32,952	30,147	14,605	15,542	2,805	1,352	1,453
Average	31,677	31,677	14,211	14,392	31,677	1,566	1,508

Brigham Young University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 3,078 where 2,921 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Brigham Young University since 2015.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	2,853	1,794	929	865	1,059	582	477
2024-25	2,921	1,848	969	879	1,073	591	482
Average	3,078	3,078	1,090	819	3,078	666	503

Brigham Young University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 79.78%. The percentage was 82.87% 10 years ago and BYU still has a high percentage of white students. 1.61% of enrolled students is Asian and 0.33% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 8.24% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 82.87% to 79.78%. Asian enrollment declined from 1.84% to 1.61%. Black student enrollment decreased from 0.49% to 0.33%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 5.59% to 8.24%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.3544 which indicates that somewhat diverse. This increased from 0.3085 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Brigham Young University 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	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
2023-24	68	608	141	2,811	216	28,055	1,502
2024-25	53	577	119	2,956	187	28,621	1,572
Average	84	635	155	2,415	225	28,147	1,439

Brigham Young University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

898 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2024-2025, which is 3% of total students. The number of online students has increased 2,327.03% since 2015. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Brigham Young University from 2015 to 2025.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
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
2023-24	35,074	799	12,087	22,188
2024-25	35,873	898	11,887	23,088
Average	34,754	942	9,462	24,351

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Enrollment Trends at BYU

Student Population Changes

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

Graduate Enrollment Changes

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

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