Education Atlas

College Scorecard · cost, debt & earnings

Brigham Young University-Idaho

Rexburg, ID · Private nonprofit · Certificate-granting · 44,397 undergrads · 96% admitted

Do students finish?
55% complete

A large share of students do not finish; the cost is the same whether or not you graduate.

For 2-year colleges this undercounts students who transfer to a 4-year school before finishing here.

What does it cost?
$15,246/yr net

Average annual price after grants & scholarships.

What former students go on to earn

The middle 50% of students who received federal aid, measured 10 years after they entered (an earlier entering class — not a guarantee, and not limited to those who graduated). Earnings vary enormously by field of study.

$53,406 median, 10 yrs after entry
25th pct $26,332 median $53,406 75th pct $85,303

67% earn more than a typical high-school graduate (the dashed line above, $28,000 — a fixed, somewhat dated federal benchmark) ten years on.

Your major matters more than your school

The school-wide figure above blends every major together — but pay varies enormously by program. Pick a degree level (and search your major) to compare like-for-like.

Read these on their own terms. Program pay is measured 1 year after completing the program (early career, graduates only) — not the same as the school-wide number above, which is 10 years after a student first enrolled. Don't compare a program figure to the school figure; use the programs to compare majors to each other.

41 Bachelor's programs · $13,700 to $98,723 (1 yr out)

MajorPay · 1yr outMedian debt
Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians.Bachelor's $98,723
Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians.Bachelor's $74,657 $16,125
Computer Science.Bachelor's $73,097 $7,806
Construction Management.Bachelor's $65,669 $15,250
Mechanical Engineering.Bachelor's $63,318 $17,290
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering.Bachelor's $62,924 $12,819
Computer and Information Sciences, General.Bachelor's $61,778 $13,300
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.Bachelor's $55,891 $11,145
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions.Bachelor's $52,593
Finance and Financial Management Services.Bachelor's $51,955 $13,843
Business Administration, Management and Operations.Bachelor's $49,429 $12,812
Accounting and Related Services.Bachelor's $46,585 $13,709
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other.Bachelor's $46,240 $14,808
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences.Bachelor's $44,619
Computer Software and Media Applications.Bachelor's $42,978 $9,312
Agricultural Business and Management.Bachelor's $41,531
Health and Medical Administrative Services.Bachelor's $36,243 $13,148
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas.Bachelor's $34,903 $11,675
Special Education and Teaching.Bachelor's $34,289
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.Bachelor's $34,259 $15,000
Sociology.Bachelor's $30,197 $13,625
Political Science and Government.Bachelor's $30,121 $16,128
Communication and Media Studies.Bachelor's $29,783 $12,500
Animal Sciences.Bachelor's $27,859 $16,032
International/Globalization Studies.Bachelor's $26,722 $10,132
Public Health.Bachelor's $25,872 $13,043
Psychology, General.Bachelor's $25,293 $13,990
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General.Bachelor's $24,887 $13,074
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management.Bachelor's $24,821
Biology, General.Bachelor's $24,062 $11,042
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences.Bachelor's $23,738 $12,082
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management.Bachelor's $22,508 $12,421
History.Bachelor's $21,868
Social Work.Bachelor's $21,752 $12,862
Fine and Studio Arts.Bachelor's $21,477 $14,770
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities.Bachelor's $19,843 $10,809
English Language and Literature, General.Bachelor's $19,771 $12,771
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services.Bachelor's $19,478 $11,999
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services.Bachelor's $18,414 $12,277
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft.Bachelor's $18,032
Music.Bachelor's $13,700

The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates (to protect privacy), so not every major appears. Pay is a median for federally-aided graduates. Full program detail on the official Scorecard.

Typical federal loan debt
$8,750
16% of one year's typical earnings here

This counts federal student loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS loans, or family savings, so the true cost of borrowing is usually higher. And because students who drop out borrow less, a school where many students don't finish can show a deceptively low debt figure — read it next to the completion rate above.

What these numbers are — and are not

Every figure here is an institution-wide median from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. It is not a prediction of what you would earn or owe — a computer-science and a fine-arts graduate of the same school can earn wildly different amounts, and your field of study matters more than your school. It is not a figure for any one program, not proof the school caused the outcome (selective schools admit students who would earn more anyway), and not a "best college" ranking. Earnings and debt cover federally-aided students.

→ The number that actually answers "worth it" is earnings by major — see the by-major breakdown above (42 programs at this school).

Also available: structured data (JSON-LD) · plain text · JSON. Source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release). · school website