Brigham Young University-Idaho

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for Brigham Young University-Idaho

Brigham Young University-Idaho operates as a private nonprofit institution located in Rexburg, Idaho (town: distant), with a total reported enrollment of 44,397 students of which 58,556 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. Brigham Young University-Idaho is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 95.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey, with an average SAT of 1,118 and an ACT midpoint of 23. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $8,221, with published in-state tuition of $4,800 and a Pell grant recipient share of 24.3%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $13,969, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 55.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 71.2%. Graduates earn a median of $53,406 ten years after enrolling, compared with $40,447 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 743900.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 56.1% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.