The Marriott School of Business at Brigham Young University finished No. 47 on Poets&Quants’ 2025 ranking of the Best Undergraduate Business Programs in the U.S. In our three methodological categories, it finished No. 59 in Admission Standards, No. 40 in Career Outcomes, and No. 31 in Academic Experience (based solely on our alumni survey).
The B-school’s acceptance rate for the fall 2024 incoming class was 52.4%, and the class also reported an average SAT score of 1310. Its six-year graduation rate is 82%.
In career data, 80% of Class of 2024 graduates and 76% of Class of 2023 grads completed at least one business-specific internship before graduation. Some 94.8% of 2024 grads found jobs within three months, compared to 97.3% of 2023 grads.
Average salary for the most recent graduates was $72,770, with 24% of them reporting an average signing bonus of $7,811. The top employers included Walmart, Boeing, Goldman Sachs, KPMG, Fidelity Investments, PepsiCo, JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley Smith Barney, PwC, EY, Intermountain Healthcare, BYU, and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
The Marriott School of Business offers an education that emphasizes ethical decision making and gives students opportunities to gain valuable experience that translates to high employability.
ETHICS-FOCUSED CURRICULUM
As an institution owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, BYU as a whole emphasizes ethical decision-making in its education. And at Marriott, those values are apparent in the undergraduate business curriculum.
Students can choose from 10 majors including Accounting, Business Management, Entrepreneurial Management, Experience Design and Management, Finance, Global Supply Chain Management, Human Resource Management, Information Systems, Marketing, and Strategic Management.
Like many other B-schools, Marriott’s core business courses feature foundational topics based on a student’s chosen major. However, at Marriott, that core curriculum also includes an “Ethics for Management” course that all Marriott students — regardless of major — must take.
Marriott alumni have a positive outlook on the quality of their education. When asked to rate the quality of teaching in Marriott business courses, 2018 alumni gave a strong 9.2 average rating. Additionally, alumni rated Marriott faculty availability for informal discussions and mentoring outside of class at a 9.1 average rating.
VALUABLE WORK EXPERIENCE
On-campus internships are student-led 15-week projects that are sponsored by a wide-range of companies. Students receive academic credit for their on-campus internships and also gain valuable real work experience in their chosen fields. One 2018 alumni referenced the significance of her on-campus internship with PwC.
Marriott students also have access to a number of case competitions that give them an opportunity to showcase their knowledge and skills.
ALUMNI SAY
“I helped with an analysis of the employee satisfaction evaluation process for Johnson & Johnson. It was a great taste of what projects in the real world are like, and helped me learn how to interact with and present to executives which I do frequently in my current role.”
“I travelled in France Spain and Switzerland meeting various companies and organizations to learn about international business, ways of working outside the U.S., and just learn about the global scale of organizations. It helped me gain new perspectives, ideas, and be a better business partner.”
“Amazing school. BYU’ school of business is the greatest value of education I could have ever asked for. The cost to attend was minimal and set me up for a fantastic career. I highly recommend BYU to anyone.”
“My major provided a once a week class specifically focused on resumes, networking, and job placement that was extremely helpful in recruiting for my internship and job.”
“BYU was an excellent school and I believe I will have more success in my career because I attended BYU than most other schools.”
