🎓 College profile
Brigham Young University-Idaho
ID · Private nonprofit · Distant town · 10,303 applicants 2023
🎯 Parent/student verdict
LikelyAccessible for most applicants.
✅ Best for
- Students drawn to Business, Management, & Marketing or Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies (the two biggest majors)
- Students who thrive in a large, programmatic environment
🎯 The reality
- Bottom-quartile academic profile if: SAT below 980, or ACT below 20 (admitted-class quartiles; GPA floor is a calibrated heuristic where CDS not yet on file)
Verdict is composed from this college's structured data (admit rate, SAT bands, net price by income, Carnegie classification, scholarship grids) using transparent rule thresholds — not a chat-bot's opinion.
🏛️ Institutional snapshot
What kind of college is this?
Source: federal IPEDS Admissions 2023 for scores + admit rate; federal College Scorecard (20260606 vintage) for earnings + outcomes. SAT/ACT bands are the 25th–75th percentile of enrolled submitters.
📊 Outcomes & cost
What graduates actually earn, finish, and owe.
Federal College Scorecard data. Earnings are median annual income measured years after entering. Debt is for federal-aid borrowers only (cash-pay students aren't counted).
📚 What students study here
Most popular majors at Brigham Young University-Idaho
Top 5 fields of study by bachelor's degrees awarded (most recent IPEDS Completions). Use this to see what Brigham Young University-Idaho actually graduates — not just what it markets.
Source: IPEDS Completions (C2023_a), bachelor's-level first majors aggregated to 2-digit CIP family. Share is of these top 5 only — not all majors.
💼 Top programs by earnings
Highest-earning majors at Brigham Young University-Idaho
Median earnings 4 years after entry, by major (CIP code). From the federal College Scorecard program-level outcomes.
| Major (CIP) | Credential | Cohort | 1-yr earnings | 4-yr earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science. | Bachelor's Degree | 64 | $77,316 | $117,895 |
| Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | Bachelor's Degree | — | $75,836 | $113,755 |
| Industrial Production Technologies/Technicians. | Bachelor's Degree | 20 | $85,411 | $103,769 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General. | Bachelor's Degree | 207 | $63,444 | $96,249 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | 34 | $70,563 | $93,873 |
| Construction Management. | Bachelor's Degree | 83 | $75,779 | $91,759 |
| Finance and Financial Management Services. | Bachelor's Degree | 187 | $56,043 | $89,686 |
| Accounting and Related Services. | Bachelor's Degree | 147 | $56,800 | $88,548 |
| Mechanical Engineering. | Bachelor's Degree | 85 | $68,943 | $86,239 |
| Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies/Technicians. | Bachelor's Degree | 57 | $62,440 | $84,896 |
For full college-vs-major comparison + ROI leaderboards, see /college-outcomes →
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