How hard is BYU to get into?
Brigham Young University (BYU) acceptance rate is 69.19% for 2023-2024 admission. A total of 11,006 students applied and 7,615 were admitted to the school. Its acceptance rate is relatively high, making it somewhat easy to get into BYU.
BYU's acceptance rate places 2nd out of 9 Utah colleges with competitive admission.
The median SAT score is 1360 and the ACT score is 30 at BYU. BYU's SAT score ranks 1st out of 5 Utah colleges that consider SAT score for admission.
To apply to BYU, recommendations and personal statement (or essay) are required to submit. The SAT and ACT score is not required, but considered for admission. In addition, english proficiency test score is also considered (required).
Admission Statistics
For the academic year 2023-24, BYU's acceptance rate is 69.19% and the yield (also known as enrollment rate) is 79.67%. 5,096 men and 5,910 women applied to BYU and 3,162 men and 4,453 women students were accepted.
Among them, 2,526 men and 3,541 women were enrolled in BYU (Fall 2023).
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: July 3, 2024)
Median SAT and ACT Score
In 2024, 720 students (12% of enrolled) have submitted their SAT scores and 2,810 students (46%) have submitted their ACT scores for seeking degrees at BYU.
The median SAT score is 1,360 with 680 SAT EBRW and 680 SAT Math median scores. The 75th percentile SAT score of EBRW (Evidence-Based Reading / Writing) is 720 and the 25th percentile is 650. The SAT Math 75th percentile score is 730 and 25th percentile is 640 .
The median ACT composite score is 30 with 75th percentile score of 32 and 25th percentile score of 28 at BYU. The median ACT math score is 28 and the ACT English score is 31.
How competitive is BYU's score?
The SAT and ACT scores at Brigham Young University are similar to the average score compared to similar colleges (SAT: 1,311, ACT: 29 - private (not-for-profit) research university with high research activity).
The institutional SAT code for BYU is 4019 and 4-digt code ACT code is 4266.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: July 3, 2024)
First-year Enrollment by Gender and Enrolled Type
For the academic year 2023-24, total 6,067 first-year students enrolled in BYU. The proportion of full-time students is 96.74% and part-time students is 3.26%.
By gender, the proportion of men students is 41.64% and women students is 58.36%.
The following table shows the first-year students by gender and enrolled type at BYU.
Data source: IPEDS (Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System) (Last update: December 11, 2023)
Application Requirements
It requires to submit High School GPA, High School Record (or Transcript), Recommendations, English Proficiency Test, and Personal statement or essay to its applicants.
The SAT and ACT test score is not reqired, but considered in admission process at BYU. The english proficiency test is reqired .
The next table summarizes the application requirements to apply Brigham Young University.
For more admission information such as minimum GPA and deadlines, see its online application page .
General Admissions Information
The application fee is $35 for applying undergraduate schools and $50 for for applying graduate schools at Brigham Young University. The following table provides general admission information for applying to BYU.