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Student Demographics and Enrollment Statistics

Enrollment Data

This graph shows the number of students enrolled in BS, MS, and PhD programs in the Computer Science department at BYU from the year 2016 to 2025.

Enrollment statistics by program (Fall 2025)

This graph shows the number of students enrolled in the various BS emphases as well as MS and PhD programs in the CS department from year 2016-2025.

Enrollment statistics by program (Fall 2025)

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Undergraduate Enrollment Data
All Enrollment Data

Graduation Data

This graph shows the number of degrees awarded in the undergraduate and graduate programs in the CS department.

Degrees awarded (Fall 2025)

This graph shows the number of degrees awarded in each undergraduate major or emphasis in the CS department from 2016-2025.

Bachelors Degrees by emphasis/program (Fall 2025)

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Graduation Data

Student Profile


Enrollment

Bachelors Enrollment: 1347

Masters Enrollment: 80

PhD Enrollment: 40

Average GPA

Bachelors: 3.48

Masters: 3.58 (entering GPA)

PhD: 3.82 (entering GPA)

Minority Representation

Undergraduate: 15.21%

Graduate: 28%

Number of Countries Represented: 27

Undergraduate Statistics (2020 Graduating Class)

Average Starting Salary


Bachelor: $82,000 - $85,000

Language Skills
Bi-lingual: 63%
Languages have included: Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Q'eqchi, , Romanian, Russian, Spanish, Tahitian, Thai, Welsh

In a recent survey, most of our recent graduates reported that they had a job or graduate school plans upon graduation.

Student Training

Languages taught in program:

 Java, C, C++, C#, Python, Ruby, PHP, Javascript, SQL, Assembly, Scheme

Topics included in the curriculum: Internet Programming, Operating Systems, Business, Linux, Security, Software Systems Design, Database Modeling, Graphics and Design, Systems/Networking, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Applications Development, Computer Aided Geometric Design, Natural Language Processing, Information Extraction, and Bioinformatics

Student Resources/Organizations: ACM, Unix Users Group, Ruby Users Group, Game Developers, and Women in Computer Science

Some companies that recruit our students:

BYU Graduates with cap and gown

  • Adobe
  • Amazon
  • Ancestry
  • Apple
  • Bank of America
  • Boeing
  • Cingular
  • Dreamworks
  • ExxonMobil
  • Hewlett Packard
  • General Electric
  • General Motors
  • Goldman Sachs
  • Google
  • IBM
  • Intel
  • L-3 Communications
  • Lawrence Livermore National Labs
  • Lockheed Martin
  • Lucion Technologies
  • MIT
  • Micron
  • Microsoft
  • Motorola
  • NASA
  • National Instruments
  • National Science Foundation
  • Navair
  • Novell
  • Omniture
  • Overstock
  • Pixar
  • Raytheon
  • Sandia National Labs
  • Sony
  • Symantec
  • The Pentagon
  • The United Nations
  • Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
  • Walt Disney Animation
  • Yahoo!

Some graduate programs that accepted our students:

(During the years 2007 to 2020)

  • Brigham Young University
  • Carnegie Mellon University
  • Georgia Tech University
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
  • Princeton University
  • Stanford University
  • Yale University
  • Harvard
  • South Methodist University
  • Purdue University
  • University of Utah
  • UC Irvine
  • University of Central Florida
  • Gonzaga University School of Law
  • University of Colorado
  • Northeastern University
  • University of Wisconsin
  • John Hopkins University
  • University of Indiana
  • University of Maryland
  • UC Santa Barbara
  • University of Vermont
  • Oregon State
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign