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Brigham Young University

Private research university in Provo, Utah, United States

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About

instance of	private university private not-for-profit educational institution production company
inception	10 October 1875
founder	Brigham Young Karl G. Maeser
named after	Brigham Young
native label	Brigham Young University
motto text	Entrez pour apprendre, repartez pour servir. (fr)
industry	higher education
language used	American English
academic calendar type	semester

Location and contact

country	United States
located in the administrative territorial entity	Provo
headquarters location	Provo · postal code: 84602 · coordinate location: 40.2517, -111.6517
postal code	84602
coordinate location	40.2497, -111.6492
official website	https://www.byu.edu/ · language of work or name: English

People and numbers

count of students	36,461 · September 2020
employees	5,244 · September 2020
admission rate	69% · 2020
admission yield rate	81% · 2020
position held by head of the organization	President of Brigham Young University

Rankings and recognition

Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education	doctoral university: higher research activity very high undergraduate research doctoral: humanities/social sciences-dominant four-year, large, primarily nonresidential four-year, full-time, more selective, lower transfer-in balanced arts & sciences/professions, some graduate coexistence

Finances

endowment	$2,257,760,000 · 30 June 2020
total assets	$5,585,406,163 · 30 June 2020

Structure and memberships

child organization or unit	Office of Research and Creative Activities, Brigham Young University Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Brigham Young University Center for Family History and Genealogy
member of	Association of Research Libraries Association of American Colleges and Universities Open Education Network Coalition for Networked Information Center for Research Libraries 2 more Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition National Digital Stewardship Alliance
owner of	LaVell Edwards Stadium BYUtv BYU Radio BYU Television International KBYU-FM 2 more KUMT Marriott Center
athletics program	BYU Cougars
replaces	Brigham Young Academy

Other facts

religion or worldview	The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Images and media on Wikimedia Commons (2)

image	MaeserBuilding.JPG
logo image	Brigham Young University medallion.svg

Wikimedia and technical details (8)

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topic's main category	Category:Brigham Young University
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category for employees of the organization	Category:Brigham Young University faculty
API endpoint URL	https://shib.byu.edu/idp/shibboleth · protocol: Shibboleth
Commons Institution page	Brigham Young University
different from	Brigham Young College
social media followers	81,838 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17600950 · 3 February 2023 106,000 · YouTube channel ID: UCctU7ssWjBx6E3HQ5xV6hDQ · 17 September 2025 Earlier figures (2) 77,246 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17600950 · 1 March 2022 72,461 · X (Twitter) numeric user ID: 17600950 · 2 January 2021

Identifiers in other databases (73)

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