Student Population at Brigham Young University

2023 Student PopulationUndergraduateGraduate
34,46431,4113,053
For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 34,464 students have enrolled in Brigham Young University with 31,411 undergraduate and 3,053 graduate students.
By gender, 16,740 male and 17,724 female students are attending the school.
It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (10,434 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (high research activity)).
807 students are enrolled exclusively, and 12,144 students are enrolled in some online courses.
You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.
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Student Population by Gender

Brigham Young University has a total of 34,464 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 31,411 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 3,053 students joined graduate programs.
By gender, 16,740 male and 17,724 female students (the male-female ratio is 49:51) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.
Total Student Enrolled By Gender
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total34,46431,4113,053
Men16,74015,0821,658
Women17,72416,3291,395

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 27,621 White, 155 Black, and 629 Asian students out of a total of 34,464 are attending at Brigham Young University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American773542
Asian629299330
Black1558372
Hispanic2,7011,2151,486
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders237124113
White27,62113,48414,137
Two or more races1,531691840
Race Unknown274150124
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American702941
Asian556272284
Black1336865
Hispanic2,4901,1121,378
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders217112105
White25,38212,24513,137
Two or more races1,406630776
Race Unknown248134114
Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
RaceTotalMenWomen
American Indian or Native American761
Asian732746
Black22157
Hispanic211103108
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders20128
White2,2391,2391,000
Two or more races1256164
Race Unknown261610

Student Age Distribution

By age, BYU has 251 students under 18 years old and 10 students over 65 years old. There are 29,952 students under 25 years old, and 4,512 students over 25 years old out of 34,464 total students.
In undergraduate programs, 251 students are younger than 18 and 5 students are older than 65. BYU has 29,193 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 2,218 students aged 25 and over.
It has 759 graduate students aged under 25 and 2,294 students aged 25 and over.
Student Age Distribution (Total)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1825117279
18-196,2674,7661,501
20-219,2775,1784,099
22-2414,1575,9838,174
25-293,1569342,222
30-34564189375
35-39262130132
40-49345225120
50-6417514134
Over 651064
Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen
Under 1825117279
18-196,2674,7661,501
20-219,2515,1554,096
22-2413,4245,5537,871
25-291,8774571,420
30-341305278
35-39513516
40-49766313
50-6479727
Over 65541
Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
AgeTotalMenWomen

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Brigham Young University, 807 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 12,144 students are enrolled in some online courses.
548 students lived in Utah or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 259 students live in other State or outside of the United States.
Online Student Population
All StudentsEnrolled Exclusively Online CoursesEnrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students34,46480712,144
Undergraduate31,41169211,602
Graduate3,053115542
Online Student Population by Locality
Utah ResidentsOther States in U.S.Outside of U.S.
All Students54824019
Undergraduate45122219
Graduate97180

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 31,411 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 991 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.15%.872 students have transferred in as full-time status and 119 students transferred in as part-time status.
Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
Number of Students
Regular Full-time27,382
Transfer-in Full-time872
Regular Part-time3,038
Transfer-in Part-time119
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