page_title: Brigham Young University–Idaho
section_title: Academics
hierarchical_section_title: Brigham Young University–Idaho / Academics
caption_attribution_description: English: John Taylor building on BYU-Idaho campus
context_page_description: Brigham Young University–Idaho is a private university in Rexburg, Idaho. Founded in 1888, the university is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, transitioned from a junior college to a four-year institution in 2001, and was known for the greater part of its history as Ricks College.
  BYU-Idaho offers programs in liberal arts including the sciences, engineering, agriculture, management, and performing arts. The university is broadly organized into 33 departments within six colleges, and its parent organization, the Church Educational System, sponsors sister schools in Utah and Hawaii. The university's focus is on undergraduate education, hosting 26 certificate, 20 associate and over 87 bachelor's degree programs, and it operates on a three-semester system also known as "tracks."
  Students at BYU-Idaho agree to follow an honor code that mandates behavior in line with LDS teachings. Approximately 99% of the university's students are members of the LDS Church, and a significant percentage of the student body take an 18- or 24-month hiatus from their studies to serve as missionaries.
context_section_description: Despite the change to a four-year institution, BYU-Idaho still offers several Associate-degree programs in addition to its bachelor-degree programs. Across the six colleges, there are thirty-three departments, offering over eighty-seven bachelor-level programs and twenty associate-degree programs.  BYU-Idaho's engineering programs rank in the top 40 nationally.
  The academic year is divided into three equal semesters (fall, winter, spring) of fourteen weeks and is known as the "three-track" system. It was instituted in 2001 as part of the transition from Ricks College to BYU-Idaho and the school's "Rethinking Education" campaign.  When a student is admitted to BYU-Idaho, they are also assigned to a specific two-semester "track," (fall-winter, winter-spring, or spring-fall) based partly on preference, degree program, and availability to balance.  Initially, the fall and winter semesters were slightly longer (and thus more heavily attended) than the summer semester and had more class options. Beginning in January 2007, the school adjusted the academic calendar equalizing the amount of time available in each semester, lengthening the class periods, and opening class offerings in the spring to allow more students to attend in the spring semester. There is also a short, 2-month summer session with accelerated class schedules.  BYU-Idaho also offers "fast grad" which allows students to attend all semesters and finish their degree sooner.  This is usually available as an option to students who have an upper sophomore or higher standing.
  There were 20,592 full-time campus students enrolled at BYU–Idaho during the Fall 2019 semester. In addition to this number, during the Fall 2019 semester, there were 13,952 students enrolled in BYU-Idaho online and another 4,543 campus-based students are taking online courses or fulfilling internships away from campus. Students come from all 50 states and more than 130 countries. According to fall 2016 enrollment numbers, 27% of BYU-Idaho campus students came from the state of Idaho, with the majority of students coming from five states: Idaho 27%, California 14%, Utah 10%, Washington 8%, and Arizona 4.5%. Thus, the student body at BYU–Idaho is notably homogeneous—not only due to its geographic representation but also due to ethnicity and religion. During the Fall 2016 semester, 83% of the students were Caucasian. Moreover, during the Fall 2016 semester, 99.7% of the students were members of the LDS Church.
caption: The John Taylor Building, used mainly for religious education
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