BYU–Provo's Graduation and Dropout Rate

Graduation Rate

The following chart shows the graduation rate of Brigham Young University students who enrolled in 2015 and after. The stat covers all undergraduates registered as full-time students to study a 4-year bachelor's degree program for the first time.

The breakdown shows the graduation rate by race/ethnicity of US students. All international students are represented under one group.

As of August 31, 2021, the average graduation rate of Brigham Young University students is 76.8%. Female students graduated at a rate of 79.6%, whereas male students graduated at a rate of 72.7%.

76.8%

asian 79.2% 61 students
African American 56.0% 14 students
white 77.8% 2,695 students
unknown 82.0% 41 students
hawaiian 47.6% 10 students
hispanic 70.8% 143 students
International Students 74.4% 64 students
Mixed Race 69.6% 119 students

Drop Out

Brigham Young University has an overall drop-out rate of 15.6% as of August 31, 2021. The dropout rate of male students and female students is 19.0% and 13.2% respectively.

Below is a breakdown of the dropout rate of US students by race/ethnicity and international students.

15.6%

asian 14.3% 11 students
African American 32.0% 8 students
white 14.8% 513 students
unknown 14.0% 7 students
hawaiian 38.1% 8 students
hispanic 20.8% 42 students
International Students 11.6% 10 students
Mixed Race 21.6% 37 students

Still Enrolled

The data represent all cohorts between 2015 and August 31, 2021

7.6%

asian 6.5% 5 students
African American 12.0% 3 students
white 7.4% 256 students
unknown 4.0% 2 students
hawaiian 14.3% 3 students
hispanic 8.4% 17 students
International Students 13.9% 12 students
Mixed Race 8.8% 15 students

Bachelor's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Computer Engineering	$74,326	$87,604	$103,770
Computer Science	$82,667	$83,848	$99,723
Computer and Information Sciences, General	$71,754	$76,460	$88,329
Chemical Engineering	$67,199	$76,460	$86,347
Business/Managerial Economics	$63,484	$70,456	$83,356
Finance and Financial Management Services	$68,789	$67,593	$82,194
Mechanical Engineering	$63,211	$67,772	$80,068
Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering	$66,731	$71,351	$76,659
Construction Management	$67,720	$64,990	$75,207
Statistics	$57,692	$64,791	$74,902
Accounting and Related Services	$60,568	$65,524	$72,941
Economics	$57,448	$54,430	$72,747
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$63,600	$58,286	$72,699
Manufacturing Engineering	$65,857	$65,486	$72,317
Human Resources Management and Services	$53,041	$57,860	$69,732
Civil Engineering	$60,309	$58,221	$68,405
Housing and Human Environments	$56,859	$63,855	$67,537
Marketing	$56,416	$62,012	$65,876
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$42,391	$39,153	$58,455
Political Science and Government	$41,028	$40,017	$52,654
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication	$41,037	$44,276	$49,266
Mathematics	NA	$52,107	$47,893
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$35,254	$39,909	$47,197
Neurobiology and Neurosciences	$21,255	$25,194	$43,910
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	$51,830	$42,682	$43,619
Sociology	$40,751	$34,420	$42,809
Geography and Cartography	$39,884	$37,671	$42,790
Area Studies	$30,421	$30,554	$42,671
Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions	$54,931	$50,677	$42,400
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Studies	$42,900	$35,060	$41,299
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	NA	$39,153	$39,376
Philosophy	NA	$27,439	$39,125
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	$30,637	$23,649	$38,397
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	$50,600	$48,752	$35,001
Journalism	$32,982	$29,685	$34,829
Film/Video and Photographic Arts	$32,016	$27,482	$34,181
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	$39,856	$38,128	$33,834
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	$29,068	$28,164	$31,311
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	$20,739	$26,121	$31,293
Food Science and Technology	NA	NA	$30,320
Public Health	$28,871	$27,126	$29,647
History	$29,901	$32,711	$29,403
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	$22,165	$26,353	$28,716
Design and Applied Arts	$39,924	$28,753	$27,819
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	$37,329	$26,353	$27,598
English Language and Literature, General	$21,635	$28,697	$27,578
Psychology, General	$24,482	$23,906	$26,284
Zoology/Animal Biology	$31,142	$22,192	$24,432
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology	$34,189	$27,822	$23,177
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft	$20,605	$21,508	$21,139
Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions	$28,148	$28,960	$16,956
Music	$17,786	$21,508	$16,889
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	$25,153	$17,139	$13,280
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods	$36,102	$29,689	$10,379
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services	$21,303	$20,921	$9,956
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	$24,435	$22,130	$9,614
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management	$69,188	NA	NA
Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods	NA	$64,990	NA
Special Education and Teaching	$38,021	$32,569	NA
Graphic Communications	$40,362	$54,713	NA
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	$47,377	$41,205	NA
Physics	$40,730	$52,733	NA
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	NA	$17,162	NA
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences	NA	$24,035	NA
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	$24,143	$25,194	NA
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	$31,269	$21,508	NA
Nutrition Sciences	NA	$17,162	NA
International Relations and National Security Studies	$42,006	$39,369	NA
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	NA	$71,015	NA
Visual and Performing Arts, Other	NA	$25,194	NA
Biotechnology	NA	$25,194	NA
Fine and Studio Arts	$24,952	$22,192	NA
Dance	$14,856	$8,000	NA

Master's Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$122,288	$119,642	$131,537
Management Information Systems and Services	$91,071	$86,498	$103,443
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	NA	$83,177	$95,117
Mechanical Engineering	$82,340	$83,177	$93,220
Educational Administration and Supervision	$72,287	$75,989	$85,287
Accounting and Related Services	$63,706	$64,174	$78,752
Civil Engineering	$64,393	$63,335	$77,323
Public Administration	$49,503	$63,005	$70,895
Social Work	$45,144	$46,193	$54,149
Music	NA	$39,009	$35,994
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services	NA	$43,426	$31,307
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas	NA	$35,600	NA
Engineering Technologies/Technicians, Other	NA	$94,972	NA
Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology	NA	$48,823	NA
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	NA	$40,281	NA
Statistics	NA	$90,856	NA

Doctoral Degrees

Degree/Program	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3
Law	$57,293	$59,485	$73,933

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