About Brigham Young University Idaho

Brigham Young University–Idaho (BYU–Idaho or BYU–I) is a private academic circles in Rexburg, Idaho. Founded in 1888, the academe is owned and operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). It transitioned from a junior college to a four-year institution in 2001, and was known for the greater ration of its records as Ricks College.

BYU-Idaho offers programs in futuristic arts including the sciences, engineering, agriculture, management, and drama arts. The academe is broadly organized into 33 departments within six colleges, and its parent organization, the Church Educational System (CES), sponsors sister schools in Utah and Hawaii. The university’s focus is upon undergraduate education, hosting 26 certificate, 20 associate and beyond 87 bachelor’s degree programs, and it operates upon a three-semester system next known as “tracks.”

Students attending BYU take over to follow an rave review code that mandates tricks in line afterward LDS teachings, such as academic honesty, adherence to dress and grooming standards (which includes rules next to wearing shorts and men having beards), abstinence from extramarital sex and homosexual behavior, and no consumption of illegal drugs, coffee, tea, alcohol, or tobacco. Approximately 99% of the university’s students are members of the LDS Church, and a significant percentage of the student body take an 18- (women) or 24-month (men) hiatus from their studies to relief as missionaries. Tuition rates are generally degrade than those at thesame universities, due largely to funding provided by the church from tithing donations.

Rexburg is a city in Madison County, Idaho, United States. The population was 25,484 at the 2010 census, up from 17,257 in 2000. The city is the county chair of Madison County and its largest city. Rexburg is the principal city of the Rexburg, ID Micropolitan Statistical Area, which includes Fremont and Madison Counties. The city is house to Brigham Young University-Idaho (BYU-Idaho), a private institution operated by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).