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title: Brigham Young University — cost, debt & earnings (College Scorecard)
location: Provo, UT
control: Private nonprofit
source: U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard (2026-06-10 release)
sourceUrl: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/
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# Brigham Young University

Provo, UT · Private nonprofit · Bachelor-granting

> Federal College Scorecard institution **medians** — not a prediction of any one student's outcome, and not a figure for any single program. Earnings/debt cover federally-aided students.

## The bottom line

| Figure | Value | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Typical earnings, 10 yrs after entry | $75,790 | recorded |
| Earnings range (25th–75th pct) | $39,894 – $119,196 | recorded |
| Typical federal debt | $8,310 | recorded |
| Debt of students who withdrew | $6,241 | recorded |
| Completion rate | 81% | recorded |
| Average annual net cost | $22,690 | recorded |
| % earning above a $28k HS-grad wage | 77% | recorded |
| Debt ÷ a year's earnings | 0.11× | derived |
| Earnings premium vs $28k HS benchmark | $47,790 | derived |

**81% of students finish** — the loans are owed whether or not you graduate, so read every figure below next to this number.

Typical **federal** loan debt is $8,310 (≈ 11% of a year's typical earnings here). Note: this counts federal loans only — not private loans, Parent PLUS, or family savings — so true borrowing is usually higher; and because dropouts borrow less, low-completion schools can show a deceptively low debt figure.

## Earnings by major (the number that decides "worth it")

> **Different measure — read on its own terms.** These are median earnings **1 year after completing the program** (early career, graduates only) — NOT the 10-years-after-entry school-wide figure above. Do not compare a program figure to the school figure; compare majors to each other. The Dept. of Education omits programs with too few graduates.

By program, early-career pay ranges from $14,856 to $122,288 across 70 program(s).

| Major | Credential | Pay (1 yr out) | Median debt |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Master's Degree | $122,288 | $41,000 |
| Computer Science. | Bachelor's Degree | $82,667 | $12,000 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | Master's Degree | $82,340 | not reported |
| Computer Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $74,326 | $11,000 |
| Educational Administration and Supervision. | Master's Degree | $72,287 | not reported |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $71,754 | $13,500 |
| Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management. | Bachelor's Degree | $69,188 | $7,400 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $68,789 | $11,625 |
| Construction Management. | Bachelor's Degree | $67,720 | $12,364 |
| Chemical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $67,199 | $14,680 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $66,731 | $12,500 |
| Manufacturing Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $65,857 | $11,000 |
| Civil Engineering. | Master's Degree | $64,393 | not reported |
| Accounting and Related Services. | Master's Degree | $63,706 | not reported |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | Bachelor's Degree | $63,600 | $11,000 |
| Business/Managerial Economics. | Bachelor's Degree | $63,484 | not reported |
| Mechanical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $63,211 | $10,544 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $60,568 | $9,127 |
| Civil Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | $60,309 | $8,500 |
| Statistics. | Bachelor's Degree | $57,692 | $10,312 |
| Economics. | Bachelor's Degree | $57,448 | $11,000 |
| Law. | Doctoral Degree | $57,293 | not reported |
| Housing and Human Environments. | Bachelor's Degree | $56,859 | not reported |
| Marketing. | Bachelor's Degree | $56,416 | $11,000 |
| Clinical/Medical Laboratory Science/Research and Allied Professions. | Bachelor's Degree | $54,931 | not reported |
| Human Resources Management and Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $53,041 | not reported |
| Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations. | Bachelor's Degree | $51,830 | not reported |
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | Bachelor's Degree | $50,600 | $7,830 |
| Public Administration. | Master's Degree | $49,503 | $26,500 |
| Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $47,377 | not reported |
| Social Work. | Master's Degree | $45,144 | $15,500 |
| Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $42,900 | $12,250 |
| Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | Bachelor's Degree | $42,391 | not reported |
| International Relations and National Security Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $42,006 | not reported |
| Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication. | Bachelor's Degree | $41,037 | $11,974 |
| Political Science and Government. | Bachelor's Degree | $41,028 | $10,646 |
| Sociology. | Bachelor's Degree | $40,751 | $14,000 |
| Physics. | Bachelor's Degree | $40,730 | not reported |
| Graphic Communications. | Bachelor's Degree | $40,362 | not reported |
| Design and Applied Arts. | Bachelor's Degree | $39,924 | $12,065 |
| Geography and Cartography. | Bachelor's Degree | $39,884 | $11,210 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | Bachelor's Degree | $39,856 | $10,000 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | Bachelor's Degree | $38,021 | not reported |
| Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | Bachelor's Degree | $37,329 | $20,000 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | Bachelor's Degree | $36,102 | $13,385 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics. | Bachelor's Degree | $35,254 | $12,500 |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology. | Bachelor's Degree | $34,189 | $11,625 |
| Journalism. | Bachelor's Degree | $32,982 | $14,959 |
| Film/Video and Photographic Arts. | Bachelor's Degree | $32,016 | $11,894 |
| Microbiological Sciences and Immunology. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,269 | $11,087 |
| Zoology/Animal Biology. | Bachelor's Degree | $31,142 | not reported |
| Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology. | Bachelor's Degree | $30,637 | $10,419 |
| Area Studies. | Bachelor's Degree | $30,421 | $11,229 |
| History. | Bachelor's Degree | $29,901 | $11,750 |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $29,068 | $11,742 |
| Public Health. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,871 | $10,317 |
| Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. | Bachelor's Degree | $28,148 | not reported |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $25,153 | $11,438 |
| Fine and Studio Arts. | Bachelor's Degree | $24,952 | $13,502 |
| Psychology, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $24,482 | $11,000 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | Bachelor's Degree | $24,435 | $8,987 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | Bachelor's Degree | $24,143 | not reported |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | Bachelor's Degree | $22,165 | $15,000 |
| English Language and Literature, General. | Bachelor's Degree | $21,635 | $10,494 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services. | Bachelor's Degree | $21,303 | $10,475 |
| Neurobiology and Neurosciences. | Bachelor's Degree | $21,255 | $12,344 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. | Bachelor's Degree | $20,739 | $13,000 |
| Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft. | Bachelor's Degree | $20,605 | $22,330 |
| Music. | Bachelor's Degree | $17,786 | $10,920 |
| Dance. | Bachelor's Degree | $14,856 | not reported |

## What this is — and is NOT

Institution-wide medians from the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard. **Not** a prediction of what you would earn or owe, **not** a figure for any single program (a CS and a fine-arts graduate of the same school diverge enormously), **not** proof the school caused the outcome (selection, not causation), and **not** a "best college" ranking. Explore Brigham Young University by field of study at the official Scorecard: https://collegescorecard.ed.gov/school/?230038

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