Acceptance Rate
Fall 2021 admitted students
BYU-Idaho requires that all applicants must submit either SAT or ACT scores. During the Fall 2021 admissions cycle, approximately 0% of admitted students opted to submit SAT scores.
The data shows that the ACT was more popular among the first-time enrolled students, with a majority of students opting for this test.
Average SAT Score
1095
Students submitting SAT Score
Out of the total 9621 admitted students 1496 students submitted their SAT score when applying.
31%
For the admitted students who submitted SAT scores, 50% of their scores fell within the following range 990-1200. Specifically, in the Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (ERW) section, 50% of admitted students scored between 500 and 610, while 25% scored below 500 and another 25% scored above 610.
In the Math section, 50% of admitted students scored between 490 and 590, while 25% scored below 490 and 25% achieved a score of 590. The data suggests that, applicants with a composite SAT score of 1095 or higher have competitive chances of gaining admission to BYU-Idaho.
Overall, for the admitted students who submitted SAT scores, their scores placed most of them in the lower range, just above 37% of test takers nationally.
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Reading and Writing
500-610 -
Math
490-590
Average ACT Score
The average ACT score of admitted students for Fall 2021 enrollment season.
23
Students who Submitted ACT Score
Out of the 9621 admitted students 2404 students submitted their ACT score when applying.
50%
Similar to the SAT, BYU-Idaho requires all applicants to submit either SAT or ACT scores. During the Fall 2021 admissions round, around 50% of admitted students submitted ACT scores.
The middle 50% of admitted students received a composite ACT score between 20 and 26, with 25% scoring above 26 and another 25% scoring below 20.
For the admitted students who submitted ACT scores, their scores placed most of them around the middle, above 50% of test takers nationally.
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English
19-25 -
Math
18-25 -
Composite
20-26
Application Fees
Fall 2021
$35
Applicants Stats
The following table details the number of students who applied, admitted, and enrolled in BYU-Idaho during the Fall 2021 enrollment season.
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Total Applicants
During the Fall 2021 enrollment season, BYU-Idaho received a total of 9,963 applications. These applications included 4,282 male applicants and 5,681 female applicants. -
Admitted Students
Out of the 9,963 applicants, BYU-Idaho admitted 9,621 students. Among the admitted students, there were 4,094 males and 5,527 females who received offers of admission. -
Enrolled Students
Among the admitted students, 4,858 students chose to enroll at BYU-Idaho. This means that 4,858 students accepted the admission offers and officially registered to attend the university for the Fall 2021 term. Among the enrolled students, 2,087 were male and 2,771 were female. -
Acceptance Rate
The acceptance rate is the percentage of applicants who were offered admission. In this case, BYU-Idaho had an overall acceptance rate of 97% for the Fall 2021 enrollment season. When we break it down by gender, the acceptance rate for male applicants was 96% while the acceptance rate for female applicants was 97%. -
Yield Rate
The yield rate is the percentage of admitted students who actually chose to enroll at the university. BYU-Idaho had an overall yield rate of 50% for the Fall 2021 term. The yield rate for male admitted students was 51%, and for female admitted students, it was 50%.
Admission and Enrollment Trends
The following table presents the application, admission, and enrollment statistics for BYU-Idaho over the past 7 years.
Admission Requirements
Fall 2021
Brigham Young University-Idaho uses the following list of admission requirements and recommended documents when evaluating students' applications. All documents listed under the Required sections must be submitted with your application, but those listed under the Recommended section are optional.
Please double-check with the school to verify the current and complete admission requirements.Required
- Secondary school GPA
- Recommendation letters
- Test scores (SAT/ACT)
- TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language)
Recommended
- Secondary school record
- Completion of college-preparatory program
Neither required nor recommended
- Secondary school rank
- Formal demonstration of competencies
- Other tests (Wonderlic, WISC-III, etc.)
Accepted Credits
Fall 2021
The following is a list of college preparatory work and life experience that are accepted at Brigham Young University-Idaho.
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Credit for life experiences
Not Accepted -
Advanced placement (AP) credits
Accepted -
Dual credit (college credit earned while in high school)
Accepted
University of Arizona
University of California-Berkeley
Colorado State University-Fort Collins
Harvard University
University of Nevada-Reno
Snow College
Stanford University