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What makes BYU different
BYU offers named scholarships to high-achieving students with strong academics and community involvement.
Merit tiers4See who qualifies
Research checkedJul 2026By our research team
Selection beyond grades and scores
Start with the selection process.
These awards are not recorded as automatic on grades and scores. Read each award's selection rules, application steps and dates. Meeting a minimum is not an award offer.
Read the selection rules
Look for the school's stated criteria and whether an additional application is needed.
Check the application dates
Confirm the current admission and scholarship deadlines directly with the school.
Know what happens next year
Check renewal, credit requirements and how other aid affects the award.
The fine print / Three questions to carry forward
Before you count on it.
Does it apply to us? Confirm the entering year, residency and every eligibility condition.
Can we keep it? Check renewal GPA, credits and how long the award lasts.
Can we combine it? Ask how outside scholarships and other school awards change the offer.
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Who this school may work for
Students with excellent academic records who are active in their communities will find a range of competitive scholarship opportunities at BYU.
Published yearly cost: Approximately $23,468 for 2026-2027. Source
Cost and graduation facts
Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at BYU, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.
Average annual net price by family income at BYU, academic year 2021-22
Family income
Average net price paid
$0–$30,000
$10,444
$30,001–$48,000
$10,112
$48,001–$75,000
$13,062
$75,001–$110,000
$16,378
$110,001+
$20,542
All income levels (average)
$15,564
Sticker price vs. what students actually pay
Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23
$6,688
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22
$15,564
That works out to roughly a 31% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $22,690 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).
Outcomes for students who enrolled here
Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort
81%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort
91%
Median debt at completion, 2020–2021 completers
$11,069 (~$117/mo on a 10-yr plan)
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21)
$75,790
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22
12%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22
8%
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Other BYU scholarships worth checking
These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityRobert K. Thomas Scholarship is for Honors students who are currently working on their theses.
AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityKhona Scholarship is for Honors students who are majors or minors in the Marriott School of Business and are currently working on their Honors thesis.
665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
BYU is one of them. The cohort minority (84 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.
132 of 749 verified schools publish a dedicated National Merit Finalist package.
BYU is one of them. NMF packages typically carry their own stacking and renewal carve-outs separate from the standard automatic merit ladder; confirm those before assuming the headline NMF value is final.
Sources used on this page
Every claim is checked against BYU’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.