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Brigham Young UniversityFacilities Facts & Statistics

Location
Provo, UT
Undergrads
28,048
Tuition
$4,290
Admission Difficulty
Average
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Facts & Statistics

Service & Maintenance Staff
478
Campus Size
557 acres
Student Centers
Ernest L. Wilkinson Student Center
Campus Library?
Yes
Main Libraries
  • Harold B. Lee Library
  • Howard W. Hunter Law Library
Popular Places to Chill
  • The "No Shhh" section of the library
  • Brigham Square
  • The Cougareat
  • The Museum of Art Cafe
  • The Wilkinson Center
Bar on Campus
None
Bowling on Campus
Located in the Wilkinson Center.
Coffeehouse on Campus
No
Movie Theater on Campus
  • In the library
  • In the Wilkinson Center
  • The SWKT (international cinema)
School Slang
  • DTR: "Define the relationship." When a couple sits down and talks about the state of their relationship and their plans for the future.
  • Mrs. Major: A female BYU student who is only at BYU to get her "Mrs. Degree" (i.e., find a husband).
  • NCMO: Non-committal makeout.
  • Sweet Bro/Provo All-Star: A male BYU student who is obsessed with BYU sports, working out, and hooking up. He usually does summer sales and typically has a lot of money.
  • Zoobie: A hardcore BYU sports fan.
Traditions
  • 100 Hour Board: BYU has a 100 Hour Board, a website that takes student questions and answers them within one hundred hours. It's located at theboard.byu.edu.
  • Blue and White Week: Blue and White Week is held every year during the week of the BYU versus U of U football game. BYUSA sponsors student activities involving BYU spirit every day of the week, including a homecoming dance.
  • BYU/University of Utah Food Drive: BYU and the U of U host a canned food drive every year, where the students compete to gather the most items of canned food for charity.
  • First Kiss: When you kiss someone for the first time, BYU tradition says that you have to buy your roommates ice cream. Similarly, when you hold hands with someone for the first time, you owe them M&Ms.
  • Tunnel Singing: Every Sunday, groups of students go "tunnel singing," where they sing hymns in the tunnels near the Marriott Center.
Urban Legends
  • BYU has hoards of food stored for students in case of an emergency.
  • BYU is building a parking garage (this can also be varied by saying that the Honor Code is changing, tank tops will be allowed . . . It's never going to happen!).
  • The fourth floor of the library is haunted. A chair in the Harp Room appeared out of nowhere one day, and no one knows where it came from.
  • There are dinosaur bones buried under the football stadium. BYU stores them there because they didn't have anywhere else to put them.
  • There are tunnels that connect BYU's campus to the LDS church headquarters in Salt Lake City.
  • There is a urinal in one of the women's restrooms in the Clyde building.
  • You get a tuition refund if you graduate unmarried.
Favorite Things To Do
Get involved or check up on activities that various clubs are sponsoring on and around campus. The International Cinema is also a favorite place for students, offering international movies for free every week. Also, every Tuesday in the Marriott Center, BYU offers a devotional given by a University or church authority which offers good, character-building guidance on how to lead a better life. There are tons of things to do on BYU campus. There are always activities being sponsored by BYU's student association, or one of the many other clubs on campus. Also, the Soapbox is a campus favorite; students voice off about everything from dating to politics. The gyms are open throughout the day, and intramural aerobics classes are offered at night. There are three movie theaters on campus, including the free International Cinema in the SWKT. Campus offers a wide variety of places to grab a quick bite, from the casual Cougareat to the more upscale Skyroom Restaurant. You can swing by the Wilk for a performance of BYU's stand-up comedy group Divine Comedy, an Acoustic Explosion event featuring musically gifted students, or even a quick haircut. The Wilk also offers a campus craft store if you're into scrapbooking, and there's Outdoors Unlimited if you're dying to get that brand new mountain bike in the window.
Student Activities Offered
  • Choral groups
  • Concert band
  • Dance
  • Drama/theater
  • Jazz band
  • Literary magazine
  • Marching band
  • Music ensembles
  • Musical theater
  • Opera
  • Pep band
  • Radio station
  • Student government
  • Student newspaper
  • Student-run film society
  • Symphony orchestra
  • Television station
ROTC
Air Force ROTC: Yes
Navy ROTC: No
Army ROTC: Yes
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