Brigham Young University Student Population

How many students at BYU? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 35,873 students have enrolled in Brigham Young University with 32,952 undergraduate and 2,921 graduate students.

By gender, 17,517 male and 18,356 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (10,607 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).

898 students are enrolled exclusively, and 11,887 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

Student Population by Gender

Brigham Young University has a total of 35,873 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 32,952 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 2,921 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 17,517 male and 18,356 female students (the male-female ratio is 49:51) are attending the school.

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Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 28,621 White, 119 Black, and 577 Asian students out of a total of 35,873 are attending at Brigham Young University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Brigham Young University is somewhat diverse with a diversity index of 35.4% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution has limited racial and ethnic diversity in its student population.

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• Undergraduate
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Student Age Distribution

By age, BYU has 241 students under 18 years old and 24 students over 65 years old. There are 31,233 students under 25 years old, and 4,640 students over 25 years old out of 35,873 total students.

In undergraduate programs, 241 students are younger than 18 and 22 students are older than 65. BYU has 30,464 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,488 students aged 25 and over.

It has 769 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,152 students aged 25 and over.

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Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Brigham Young University, 898 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 11,887 students are enrolled in some online courses.

574 students who live in Utah or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 324 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 32,952 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 1,248 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.79%.1,140 students have transferred in as full-time status and 108 students transferred in as part-time status.