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Brigham Young University-Idaho serves thousands of students on its beautiful campus in Rexburg, Idaho, in addition to many online students throughout the world. Students enrolled at byu-idaho Winter Semester 2022 18,425 On-Campus Students 5,278 Campus students taking online courses or completing an internship 20,000
Rankings
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International Reach
NEW: BYU is No. 3 in the country for the most graduates with foreign language degrees, according to a new report from @chronicle. For specific language degrees, we rank:#N#No. 1 Portuguese#N#No. 1 Arabic#N#No. 1 Russian#N#No. 4 Korean#N#No. 6 French#N#Details: https://t.co/jvSoajg6dP
Overview
Academics
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 75 nationally.
History
On November 12, 1888, the LDS Church created the Bannock Stake Academy in Rexburg. The precursor to BYU-Idaho, like several other colleges and universities across the mountain west, was established as a "stake academy" first, as Mormon settlers colonized the eastern Snake River Plain in the 1880s. As a stake academy, its purpose was that of a modern secondary school as public schoolshad not yet been established. As the population grew, it became necessary to divi…
Campus
The campus sits on a hill overlooking the city of Rexburg and the Snake River Valley and includes nearly forty major buildings and residence halls on over 400 acres (1.6 km ). Off-campus facilities include a Livestock Center and the Henry's Fork Outdoor Learning Center near Rexburg. The Teton Lodge and Quickwater Lodge near Victor, Idaho, are utilized as student leadership and service centers.
Organization
BYU-Idaho is led by Henry J. Eyring, who began serving as president in April 2017. Along with other members of CES, BYU-Idaho is under the direction of a board of trustees, which includes the First Presidency, members of the Quorum of the Twelve, other general authorities, and presidents of auxiliary organizations. BYU-Idaho is organized into six colleges:
Athletics
Known as the Vikings, Ricks College fielded an intercollegiate athletics program from 1919 to 2002 in the National Junior College Athletic Association, earning 17 national championships, 61 individual national titles, and producing nearly 100 first-team All-Americans. National title wins included Women's Cross Country (1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001), Men's Cross Countr…
Student life
The atmosphere at BYU–Idaho is different from most other universities due to its affiliation with the LDS Church. For example, almost every Tuesday that school is in session, a devotional is held on campus. During the devotional, no classes are held, administrative offices close, and students and faculty are encouraged to attend the hour-long worship service either in person (in the BY…
Alumni
As of Fall 2017, BYU–Idaho has approximately 200,000 alumni, including those from the period when the school functioned as an academy (equivalent to a modern high school). The school's alumni include two-time Olympic gold medalist in Greco-Roman wrestling (2000) Rulon Gardner and MLB pitcher for the Chicago White Sox, Matt Lindstrom. Another alumnus is Marion G. Romney, a former counselor in the First Presidencyof the LDS Church, who was valedictorian of the Ricks …