Brigham Young University

Provo, Utah · Private, nonprofit

Of 79 assessed programs, 71 leave graduates out-earning a typical Utah high-school graduate (about $38,556/yr) and 8 fall short. Another 162 could not be assessed.

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Family income	Net price per year
Under $30k	$10,444
$30k to $48k	$10,112
$48k to $75k	$13,062
$75k to $110k	$16,378
$110k and up	$20,542
All families (average)	$15,564

Net price is the yearly cost after grants and scholarships, by family income (College Scorecard). It reflects students who received federal aid.

Program earnings vs a high-school graduate

Earnings are measured four years after completion when available. Where four-year earnings are suppressed, one-year earnings are shown and marked 1-year earnings. One-year and four-year figures reflect different career stages and should not be compared as if measured at the same time.

79 of 241 programs could be assessed 33% have an earnings verdict

Programs by earnings versus a typical Utah high-school graduate.
Program	Degree	Median earnings	vs a high-school grad	Verdict	Median debt	Years to repay	Recent completers
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	$68,321	+$29,765	clears the bar	$13,000	0.4 yrs	306
Human Development and Family Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$28,906	-$9,650	falls short	$10,475	insufficient data	300
Accounting	Bachelor's Degree	$96,632	+$58,076	clears the bar	$9,127	0.2 yrs	269
Business Administration	Master's Degree	$158,399	+$119,843	clears the bar	$41,000	0.3 yrs	223
IT Administration and Management	Bachelor's Degree	$118,606	+$80,050	clears the bar	$7,400	0.1 yrs	209
Finance	Bachelor's Degree	$129,879	+$91,323	clears the bar	$11,625	0.1 yrs	198
Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	$62,106	+$23,550	clears the bar	$11,000	0.5 yrs	193
Public Relations and Advertising	Bachelor's Degree	$80,841	+$42,285	clears the bar	$11,974	0.3 yrs	185
Teacher Education (by level)	Bachelor's Degree	$50,251	+$11,695	clears the bar	$13,385	1.1 yrs	173
Teacher Education (by subject)	Bachelor's Degree	$49,272	+$10,716	clears the bar	$10,000	0.9 yrs	173
Mechanical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$90,634	+$52,078	clears the bar	$10,544	0.2 yrs	158
Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$95,227	+$56,671	clears the bar	$11,000	0.2 yrs	145
Public Health	Bachelor's Degree	$51,996	+$13,440	clears the bar	$10,317	0.8 yrs	141
Computer Science	Bachelor's Degree	$142,800	+$104,244	clears the bar	$12,000	0.1 yrs	135
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Bachelor's Degree	$30,791	-$7,765	falls short	$8,987	insufficient data	134
Nursing	Bachelor's Degree	$59,080	+$20,524	clears the bar	$7,830	0.4 yrs	127
English	Bachelor's Degree	$54,290	+$15,734	clears the bar	$10,494	0.7 yrs	126
Statistics	Bachelor's Degree	$96,164	+$57,608	clears the bar	$10,312	0.2 yrs	122
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$63,189	+$24,633	clears the bar	$12,500	0.5 yrs	117
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$61,078	+$22,522	clears the bar	$10,419	0.5 yrs	115
Political Science	Bachelor's Degree	$83,209	+$44,653	clears the bar	$10,646	0.2 yrs	115
Neuroscience	Bachelor's Degree	$60,065	+$21,509	clears the bar	$12,344	0.6 yrs	113
Business Administration	Bachelor's Degree	$105,544	+$66,988	clears the bar	$11,000	0.2 yrs	107
Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$63,080	+$24,524	clears the bar	$12,250	0.5 yrs	105
Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$133,111	+$94,555	clears the bar	$11,000	0.1 yrs	97
Microbiological Sciences and Immunology	Bachelor's Degree	$66,603	+$28,047	clears the bar	$11,087	0.4 yrs	97
Marketing	Bachelor's Degree	$112,596	+$74,040	clears the bar	$11,000	0.1 yrs	97
Communications and Media	Bachelor's Degree	$68,843	+$30,287	clears the bar	$19,680	0.6 yrs	94
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Bachelor's Degree	$21,220 1-year earnings	-$17,336	falls short	$11,438	insufficient data	91
Public Administration	Master's Degree	$87,075	+$48,519	clears the bar	$26,500	0.5 yrs	90
Sociology	Bachelor's Degree	$60,277	+$21,721	clears the bar	$14,000	0.6 yrs	85
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$63,291	+$24,735	clears the bar	$11,625	0.5 yrs	84
History	Bachelor's Degree	$54,457	+$15,901	clears the bar	$11,750	0.7 yrs	81
Civil Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$81,928	+$43,372	clears the bar	$8,500	0.2 yrs	77
Design	Bachelor's Degree	$52,929	+$14,373	clears the bar	$12,065	0.8 yrs	72
Chemical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$101,726	+$63,170	clears the bar	$14,680	0.2 yrs	68
Journalism	Bachelor's Degree	$50,338	+$11,782	clears the bar	$14,959	1.3 yrs	62
Construction Management	Bachelor's Degree	$98,073	+$59,517	clears the bar	$12,364	0.2 yrs	62
Area Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$67,310	+$28,754	clears the bar	$11,229	0.4 yrs	61
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Bachelor's Degree	$60,469	+$21,913	clears the bar	$11,742	0.5 yrs	57
Fine Arts	Bachelor's Degree	$34,241 1-year earnings	-$4,315	falls short	$13,502	insufficient data	55
Music	Bachelor's Degree	$29,483	-$9,073	falls short	$10,920	insufficient data	55
Film and Photography	Bachelor's Degree	$53,695	+$15,139	clears the bar	$11,894	0.8 yrs	54
Special Education	Bachelor's Degree	$39,325	+$769	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	46
Physics	Bachelor's Degree	$73,747	+$35,191	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	46
Human Resources	Bachelor's Degree	$96,354	+$57,798	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	46
Business/Managerial Economics	Bachelor's Degree	$117,015	+$78,459	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	45
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition Services	Bachelor's Degree	$18,314	-$20,242	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	44
Computer and Information Science	Bachelor's Degree	$113,338	+$74,782	clears the bar	$13,500	0.2 yrs	43
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations	Bachelor's Degree	$97,085	+$58,529	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	43
Theatre	Bachelor's Degree	$26,782	-$11,774	falls short	$22,330	insufficient data	41
Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$68,084 1-year earnings	+$29,528	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	39
Mechanical Engineering	Master's Degree	$103,427	+$64,871	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	37
Middle/Near Eastern and Semitic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$48,355 1-year earnings	+$9,799	clears the bar	$20,000	2.0 yrs	37
Social Work	Master's Degree	$62,078	+$23,522	clears the bar	$15,500	0.7 yrs	37
Liberal Arts and General Studies	Bachelor's Degree	$48,410	+$9,854	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	34
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	$60,240 1-year earnings	+$21,684	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	33
Graphic Communications	Bachelor's Degree	$73,941	+$35,385	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	32
Biotechnology	Bachelor's Degree	$42,178 1-year earnings	+$3,622	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	32
Geography and Cartography	Bachelor's Degree	$64,875	+$26,319	clears the bar	$11,210	0.4 yrs	32
International Relations	Bachelor's Degree	$71,622	+$33,066	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	32
Manufacturing Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$92,122	+$53,566	clears the bar	$11,000	0.2 yrs	31
Electrical Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	$99,774	+$61,218	clears the bar	$12,500	0.2 yrs	30
Educational Administration	Master's Degree	$103,822	+$65,266	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	29
Medical Laboratory Science	Bachelor's Degree	$60,265	+$21,709	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Zoology/Animal Biology	Bachelor's Degree	$57,020	+$18,464	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	27
Computer Science	Master's Degree	$130,090	+$91,534	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology	Master's Degree	$48,148 1-year earnings	+$9,592	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Applied Horticulture and Horticultural Business Services	Bachelor's Degree	$71,066	+$32,510	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	22
Management Science	Bachelor's Degree	$79,777 1-year earnings	+$41,221	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Civil Engineering	Master's Degree	$103,440	+$64,884	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Nursing	Master's Degree	$128,351	+$89,795	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Master's Degree	$74,972 1-year earnings	+$36,416	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Housing and Human Environments	Bachelor's Degree	$67,737 1-year earnings	+$29,181	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Bachelor's Degree	$45,018	+$6,462	clears the bar	$15,000	2.3 yrs	3
Physical and Occupational Therapy	Bachelor's Degree	$33,580 1-year earnings	-$4,976	falls short	insufficient data	insufficient data	1
Electrical Engineering	Master's Degree	$115,974	+$77,418	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Human Development and Family Studies	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	$54,464	+$15,908	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other	Non-Credential Program (Preparatory Coursework/Teacher Certification)	$72,631	+$34,075	clears the bar	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data
Accounting	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	168
Research Psychology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	144
Law	First Professional Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	121
IT Administration and Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	92
Applied Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	58
Publishing	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	52
Electrical and Computer Engineering	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	49
Mathematics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	42
Business	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	36
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Nutrition Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Anthropology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Management Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	28
Soil Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Dance	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	24
Electrical and Computer Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	23
Philosophy	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	21
Teacher Education (by subject)	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	19
Chemistry	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
Allied Health Diagnostics and Treatment	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	18
English	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Mathematics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	16
Communications and Media	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Health Sciences	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	15
Chemistry	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Geology and Earth Science	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Public Health	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	14
Statistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Visual and Performing Arts, Other	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	12
Food Science and Technology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Astronomy and Astrophysics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Music	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	11
Electrical and Computer Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Nutrition Sciences	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Counseling Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Mental Health and Counseling Services	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	10
Natural Resources and Conservation	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Computer Software and Media Applications	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Chemical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	9
Teacher Education (by level)	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Physics	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Psychology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	8
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Mechanical Engineering	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Manufacturing Engineering	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Intelligence, Command Control and Information Operations	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Pastoral Counseling and Specialized Ministries	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Archeology	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	7
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Educational/Instructional Media Design	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
School Counseling	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	6
Computer and Information Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Educational Administration	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Biochemistry and Molecular Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Biotechnology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Kinesiology and Physical Education	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Geology and Earth Science	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Physics	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Counseling Psychology	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Fine Arts	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	5
Food Science and Technology	Master's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management	Doctoral Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4
City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning	Bachelor's Degree	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	insufficient data	4

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, release 2026-06-10. Earnings are medians measured four years after completion where available (programs shown with a 1-year figure are marked), compared with the state high-school-graduate benchmark ($38,556/yr). Debt is federal loans only. Suppressed values are shown as insufficient data, never imputed. Figures describe past graduates and are never a promise.