BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY
Brigham
Young University (BYU), located in Provo, Utah, United States, is a
private, coeducational research university owned by The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church). It is the oldest
existing institution within the LDS Church Educational System, is
America's largest religious university, and has the second-largest
private university enrollment in the United States. Approximately 98%
of the 34,000 students at BYU are Mormon; one-third of its American
students come from within the state of Utah.
BYU
students are required to adhere to an honor code, which mandates
behavior in line with LDS teachings (e.g., academic honesty, adherence
to dress and grooming standards, and abstinence from extramarital sex
and from the consumption of drugs and alcohol). Approximately 97% of
male BYU graduates have taken a two-year hiatus from their studies at
some point to serve as Mormon missionaries, and 32% of BYU female
graduates have been missionaries as well. Many BYU students obtain a
level of foreign language proficiency while serving as LDS
missionaries, and BYU has many foreign language classes, offering
courses in over 70 languages. Over 75% of BYU students have some
foreign language proficiency.
The
university's primary focus is on undergraduate education, but it also
has 68 master's and 25 doctoral degree programs, including a Juris
Doctor program. About 70% of student tuition is funded by LDS Church
tithing funds, making tuition less expensive than at similar private
universities.
BYU
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