Brigham Young University Placements: Job Opportunities & Placement rate, Packages

Recognised as one of the top higher education institutions in the nation by Forbes, U.S News & World Report, and Princeton Review, Brigham Young University falls in the category of top 10 best value schools along with the likes such as Stanford, Yale, and MIT. 61.48% of the students obtained an internship before completing their graduation and for 53.620% of the graduates, their internship led to employment.

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BYU Placement Highlights 2021

BYU Class Profile (Fall) 2021

Around 50% of the 2021 batch of graduates had lived outside the U.S. The top 3 countries represented include Canada, South Korea, and China. 65% of the students enrolled could interact in a second language, with the university offering 20 language certifications. 17% of the students went to study abroad while studying here.

95.5% of the students were from the States itself and 4.5% were the international lot.

Read about the class profile in detail below:

• The total number of daytime students is 34,737.
• A total number of 31,627 students were undergraduates and 3,110 were pursuing post-graduation.
• The percentage of male students was 49, whereas females were 51%.
• 75% of the students were single and 25% were married.
• The freshman acceptance rate was 59%.
• Middle 50% ACT score: 28-31
• Middle 50% high school GPA: 3.86-4.00

Race: Caucasian (81%), Hispanic (7%), 2 or more races (4%), Asian/Pacific Islander (3%), Black (

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This section dwells on the 6 months after post-graduation data of the Brigham graduates, giving an impression about whether they were working, not working, or not still searching for jobs. More than half of the BYU graduates had full-time employment, while 17.68% opted to study further.

The pie chart below explains the same with more clarification. The ‘Other’ category includes homemakers, volunteers, future graduate students, and the military.

BYU Top Employers 2021

BYU Placement Stats 2021

More than half (58.60%) of the 2021 undergraduate batch, found a job before graduating and it took less than 1 month for 11.13% of the students to get employed. 21.28% of the students got hired after 1-3 months of passing out and 8.99% of them had to wait for 4-6 months to obtain employment.

BYU Employers & Position by College 2021

Marriott School of Business

• Employers: Anglepoint, Honeywell, Sunrise Technologies, Boston Consulting Group, Divvy, Ivory Homes, Tanner & Co., Vivint, Apex Tool Group, American Pet Nutrition, Blackstone.
• Positions: HR Specialist, Sales Representative, Management Analyst, Software Engineer, Business Support Manager, Tax Associate, Consulting Staff, Financial Analyst.

David O. McKay School of Education

• Employers: ABC Great Beginnings, BME Livingwell, City of Provo, Clayton County Public Schools, Grifols, Piko TrailMix, In-House Interpreting, Logan City School District, Newport New Public School.
• Positions: School Psychologist, Teacher, Medical Interpreter, PE Teacher, Inpay Coordinator, Speech Therapy Assistant, 4^th Grade Teacher, Education Specialist, Assistant Principal.

Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering

• Employers: L3 Technologies, Valero, Dennis Group, HHI Corporation, Holland & Hart LLP, JT4, Teledyne FLIR, Texas Instruments, Bastian Solutions, Cortex HC, Dibble.
• Positions: Patent Engineer, Field Engineer, Consultant, Process Engineer, EIT, Weld Development Engineer, Systems Engineer, Research Assistant, Brake System Validation Engineer.

College of Fine Arts & Communications

• Employers: Busy Human, KLAS Research, 1-800 Contacts, Pattern, AFIP, Alpine Innovations, Better Body Foods, Big Red Jelly, Blue Raven, Aon, Charles Schwab, BELLA.
• Positions: Copywriter, Construction Worker, Designer, Communications Manager, Content Marketing Specialist, Dance Instructor, Hall Advisor, Interior Designer, Graphic Designer.

College of Life Sciences

• Employers: Thunder Biotech, Revere Health, Grifols, DoTERRA, RMEC Environment Inc., CSB Nutrition, Biolife, Ameri-Labs, Atena, Canopy, Dublin Orthodontics.
• Positions: Testing Tech, Associate Analyst, Tech Oligo, Research Scientist, Linguist, Airman, Client Representative, Data Science Lab Intern, GIS Research Assistant, IT Manager, Medical Technologist.

1. Reuben Clark Law School

• Employers: Bailey Builders, BestReviews, DentalQore, Dominos, Conduent, Henry Schein, DoTERRA, Latinlingua, Medex, McCullough Law, Podium, Self Employed.
• Positions: Seminary Teacher, SEO Marketing and Editing Intern, Student Health Mentor, Superintendent, Technical Writer, Web Producer, Paralegal, President, Retail Sales Consultant.

College of Nursing

• Employers: Centinela Hospital, Inova, Primary Children’s Hospital, Starkids HHC, Capita Financial Network, Foothill Family Clinic, Optimal Health Family Practice, Stewerd Health Care System, VA Hospital Salt. Lake City, University of Utah Hospital, Huntsman Cancer Institute
• Positions: Registered Nurse, Family Nurse Practitioner, NICU RN, Public Health Nurse, RN Circulator, Wealth Advisor.

College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences

• Employers: Nebo School District, HydroJug, Jewelry Television, Mercer Consulting, Techcyte, AbSci, AdvancedMD Software, Aetna, Bishop Fox, Beat Bread, Domo.
• Positions: Acoustics Engineer, Andrologist, Security Consultant II, Data Science Analyst, Staff, Sales Engineer, iOS Mobile Developer, Statistician, QC Analyst, Film Engineer, Software Developer in Test.

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The university college which witnessed the highest full-time employment rate of the graduates was the College of Nursing (CON), with 84.62% of its students obtaining a full-time job. This was followed by the Marriott School of Business (MSB), with an 83.25% of full-time employment rate. The college which recorded the least percentage of full-time graduate employment was the College of Life Sciences, with an employment rate of 45.64%.

College Abbreviation for graphical reference

• College of Nursing: CON
• Marriott School of Business: MSB
• Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering: Ira A. FCE
• Reuben Clark Law School: JRCLS
• College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences: CP&MS

BYU Average Salary 2021

The salary data input included is that of 1,364 graduates. Overall, the median salary was recorded at $54,000 and the average salary stood at $58,204.02.

The table below displays the salary bracket which the maximum graduate student groups obtained.

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Salary Stats by College 2021

Graduates from the J.Reuben Clark Law School witnessed the highest median salary with the amount standing at $84,000. This was followed by Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and the College of Physical & Mathematical Sciences, with the median amounts being $70,000 and $68,814, respectively. The college (not displayed below), which witnessed the lowest median salary amount for its graduates was the College of Life Sciences.

Top 6 BYU colleges with the highest median salary

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BYU MBA Placement 2021

Brigham Young University’s full-time MBA program had been recognised as the best by the U.S. News & World Report. In 2021, over 96% of the MBA graduates who were searching for employment were hired within 3 months of passing out. The top employers included Amazon, Adobe, Intel, PwC, Dell, Microsoft, HP, Honeywell, Symantec, General Mills, Procter & Gamble, and LinkedIn.

MBA Salary by Function 2021

MBA Placement by Region

• West: 47%
• Southwest: 18%
• Midwest: 15%
• South: 4%
• Mid-Atlantic: 1%
• Northeast: 8%
• International:6%

BYU Campus Placement Support

BYU has a dedicated career studio where students can get suggestions and instructions regarding building a professional portfolio and resume. Students, as well as alumni, can get their interviewing, networking, and job exploring skills enhanced here with the help and guidance from the skilled mentors or career directors available.

University Advisement Centre: Students can take different assessments here and weave their professional route effectively.

Get Hired Toolkit: Get your cover letter and CV tailored here before applying for a job. Learn how to face an interview professionally and get acquainted with your strengths and weaknesses.

CareerShift: Make use of various tools here which serve a different purpose than other web services available. Students can discover, save, and record job listings at all publicly posted websites, agency portals, and newspapers. You can also set a filtered job alert here. For your convenience inside contact details, such as email addresses of lakhs of companies, are available.

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