Marriott School of Business – Brigham Young University
The Brigham Young University (BYU) Marriott School of Business’s full-time MBA program is located on BYU’s main campus in Provo, Utah, a 45-minute drive south of Salt Lake City. Brigham Young Marriott offers a two-year, full-time MBA program, and an Executive MBA program. Hallmarks of the Brigham Young Marriott full-time MBA program include a commitment to academic excellence, emphasis on ethical leadership, and a supportive community of more than 65,000 alumni, faculty, and peers.
FAQ
What is the tuition for BYU Marriott’s MBA program?
The tuition for BYU Marriott’s MBA program is $15,076 for Latter-day Saints students and $30,152 for non-Latter-day Saints students per year.
What is the average GMAT score for admission to BYU Marriott’s MBA program?
The average GMAT score for the incoming class at BYU Marriott’s MBA program is 667.
Does the BYU Marriott MBA program accept the GRE?
Yes, the BYU Marriott MBA program has accepted the GRE for several years.
What is the average GRE score for admission to BYU Marriott’s MBA program?
The average GRE score for the incoming MBA class at BYU Marriott is 324.
What is the minimum number of years of work experience required for admission to BYU Marriott’s MBA program?
The BYU Marriott MBA program requires a minimum of two years of post-graduate, full-time work experience for admission.
What is the average number of years of work experience for admission to BYU Marriott’s MBA program? (or, What is the average age of a Brigham Young Marriott MBA student?)
The latest MBA class at BYU Marriott had an average of 3.9 years of work experience.
What is the average starting salary for graduates of the BYU Marriott MBA program?
The average starting salary for graduates of the BYU Marriott MBA program is $116,800.
How long is BYU Marriott’s full-time MBA program?
The BYU Marriott full-time MBA program is a standard two years in length.
What are the application deadlines for BYU Marriott’s MBA program?
The Round 1 MBA application deadline for the 2024-2025 admissions season for BYU Marriott is December 1; the Round 2 deadline is January 15; international applicants must apply by March 1; the final domestic deadline is May 1. Admissions decisions are released on a rolling basis.
What percent of BYU Marriott MBA students are women?
Twenty-six percent of the BYU Marriott MBA class are women.
What type of interview does BYU Marriott use for MBA admissions?
BYU Marriott conducts interviews by invitation only. In-person is preferred, but virtual interviews are available.
Admissions
The Class Profile
Ninety-nine students enrolled at BYU Marriott for the MBA Class of 2025. First-year Marriott MBA students scored an average GMAT score of 667; 47% of the class submitted GMAT scores. The eight percent of candidates who submitted GRE scores averaged 324 overall.
The average undergraduate GPA for the group was 3.53. In regards to their undergraduate studies, 47% had majored in business commerce, and 17% majored in engineering/computer sciences. Twelve percent had studied sciences followed by nine percent studying humanities/social sciences. Six percent had majored in economics.
The group had an average of 3.9 years of work experience. Twenty percent had a background in tech and 17% each worked in financial services or consulting before joining Marriott. Another 14% came from consumer products while 9% had worked in the public/non-profit sector.
Thirty-two percent of first-year MBA candidates are international. Women comprise 27% of the Class of 2025. Finally, 3% of U.S. citizens and permanent residents identify as members of a U.S. minority group.
Application Procedures
BYU Marriott reviews applications on a rolling basis. Only when an application is complete will it be considered within a given round. MBA applications are accepted each year beginning October 1 and application review begins November 1. December 1 is the Round 1 deadline & a priority deadline; January 15 is the Round 2 deadline & priority deadline for international applicants. For international students, the final application deadline is March 1 while domestic applicants need to apply by May 1.
BYU Marriott requires applicants to submit their completed online application along with a résumé, essay, GMAT/GRE (waivers available), transcripts from all collegiate and post-collegiate academic institutions attended, and two professional letters of recommendation. International applicants may need to submit a TOEFL or English3 Proficiency Test score. Interviews are conducted on an invitation-only basis and are required for admission to the MBA program.
Application Checklist
- GMAT/GRE (waivers available)
- Minimum two-year post-graduate work experience
- Four-year undergraduate degree or its equivalent
- University transcripts (with a credential evaluation if needed)
- Commitment to BYU Honor Code
- Ecclesiastical endorsement
- Essay (statement of purpose/letter of intent)
- Two professional letters of recommendation
- Résumé
- TOEFL/English3 Proficiency test (if applicable)
- Application Fee
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Academics
Faculty
Brigham Young has 171 full-time, part-time, and adjunct faculty. About 60 faculty members teach courses in the MBA program each semester across the following departments: Accounting, Entrepreneurship, Experience Design & Management, Finance, Global Supply Chain, Human Resources, Information Systems, Marketing, and Strategy. Many of the BYU Marriott faculty members serve on professional associations, committees, and councils. Some faculty members serve as editors on professional publications. Almost all the faculty are involved in significant research.
Curriculum
The BYU Marriott MBA uses a variety of teaching styles, including interactive lecture and discussion, case studies, simulations, and experiential learning. Group work is part of all four teaching methods so that students learn to build and lead teams, collaborate on assignments, and develop accountability.
BYU Marriott requires three pre-term primer courses and an in-person residency week at the beginning of the first semester for class orientation. First-year students take all their classes together during the first year. The class is broken down into sections of approximately 50 students each and further organized into smaller learning teams of approximately five students each. Teams are composed of people from different undergraduate majors, academic backgrounds, language backgrounds, and previous work experiences.
MBA students are required to complete 64 credits, 36 of which come from core credits and 28 from electives. Students are enrolled in the management core classes during the first year (two 15-week semesters) of study. The core covers foundational business principles in finance, operations, strategy, leadership, entrepreneurship and more. BYU Marriott does not offer course waivers.
Following the second semester of the program, students are strongly encouraged to spend the summer in independent work experiences or internships.
While MBA students may begin taking elective courses in the winter semester of their first year, the second year opens up opportunities to specialize in a specific discipline and take courses of particular interest. The second year begins with the last two core classes supplemented by track electives. BYU Marriott provides a broad range of elective courses from which to choose, and students may direct their studies toward a minor, track, emphases, or specific interests, which include:
- Analytics
- Entrepreneurship
- Global business certificate
- Healthcare
- Information systems
- International business
- Product management
- Social innovation
- Strategy
Additionally, BYU Marriott offers a STEM specialization that requires students to take 15 credits of specific electives in addition to the 12 credits of STEM-related classes already present in the MBA core. Students may also specialize in consulting in addition to choosing a track.
Other MBA Degree Options
The EMBA at BYU Marriott is a 54-credit program and is designed for working professionals. Classes are held every other week on Fridays and Saturdays at the BYU Salt Lake Center, with a few residency weeks throughout the year.
Dual degree options include law and engineering. The Marriott School of Business, J. Reuben Clark Law School, and Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering administer the MBA/JD degree and MBA/MS degree.
MBA Tracks at BYU Marriott
- Entrepreneurship
- Finance
- Operations and supply chain
- Marketing
- Strategic human resources
MBA Emphases at BYU Marriott
- Analytics
- Entrepreneurship
- Healthcare Leadership
- International Business
- Product Management
- Social Impact
- Strategy
Degree Options at BYU Marriott
Full-time MBA
https://marriott.byu.edu/mba/
Executive MBA
https://marriott.byu.edu/emba/
Dual Degrees
MBA/JD, MBA/MS
https://marriott.byu.edu/mba/academics/joint-degrees/
Campus Life
Clubs, Conferences & Competitions
BYU Marriott offers its students many opportunities for extracurricular involvement, including nearly 20 student organizations to choose from, with a wide array of professional and cultural groups on hand. Additional experiential opportunities include BYU Cougar Capital, Cougar Strategy, Healthcare Industry Scholar, Marketing Lab, Savage Global Consulting, and Silver Fund. BYU Cougar Capital is a donation-based, evergreen-structured venture capital and private equity fund deploying real dollars into real companies and seeks to add value to their partners’ investment process through significant due-diligence efforts, as well as by providing additional post-deal analysis of companies in which they have invested. The Silver Fund was established in 1984 to provide MBA students an opportunity to manage a $5+ million stock portfolio and conduct the associated security analysis and portfolio performance measurements.
Regarding competitions, BYU Marriott students are encouraged to participate in a Supply Chain Case Competition, Venture Capital Case Competition, National Case Competition in Ethical Leadership, and National Human Capital Case Competition. The annual MBA Faith and Belief at Work case competition, which the Marriott MBA hosts, brings awareness to how including the faith and belief systems of a diverse workforce can lead to optimal business outcomes. MBA students from around the world convene to address current challenges facing leaders regarding faith and belief in the workplace. Second-year BYU Marriott MBA students lead the Miller Competition Series in which students take on the role of venture capitalists in screening and judging viable business plans.
Campus Spaces
MBA students convene in The N. Eldon Tanner Building on the BYU campus. The Tanner Building is seven stories and hosts a variety of classroom, office, study, and open spaces with greenery and fountains. The MBA program has a dedicated department office area and student lounge.
BYU Marriott MBA students can apply to live on campus or choose to reside off campus.
MBA Careers
Career Services
The BYU Marriott Business Career Center provides extensive support for MBA students with coaching, workshops, seminars, and boot camps about skills such as resume building, networking, job searching and more. They host on-campus job fairs and provide support for off-campus job fairs. The Business Career Center also organizes trips to specific regions to visit top firms at their offices, conducts one-on-one mentoring to help navigate the job search, and hosts a student-coaching program to aid all first-year students in their internship searches.
Career Statistics
The mean base annual salary of 2023 BYU Marriott graduates was $116,800, with an average signing bonus of $26,208. Of the 2023 BYU Marriott MBA graduates seeking post-MBA employment, 78% received offers by graduation and that number increased to 90% within three months of graduation.
Thirty percent of the Class of 2023 found jobs in the technology industry after graduating. The next most chosen industry was consumer goods, at 21% of the class. Nine percent pursued roles in financial services and six percent each into consulting or healthcare/pharma/biotech.
Fifty-five percent of graduates settled in the West of the U.S. after graduation. Twenty-six percent split evenly across the South and Southwest. Eight percent worked in the Midwest and four percent headed abroad for work.
Financing
For the 2023-2024 academic year, the tuition for BYU Marriott’s MBA program is $15,076 for Latter-day Saints students and $30,152 for non-Latter-day Saints students. BYU is a nonprofit corporation affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and significant portions of university operating costs are paid with the tithes of Church members.
BYU Marriott estimates that with additional expenses such as living expenses and textbooks, students will pay up to $40,988 as Latter-day Saints members or $56,064 as non-members of Latter-day Saints. For two years of attendance, the totals add up to $81,986 and $112,128, respectively.
BYU Marriott MBA students can apply for a variety of financial aid options, including scholarships, federal student loans, BYU Marriott School of Business loans, and private loans. All incoming students are automatically considered for scholarships and about 60 percent are awarded partial MBA scholarships. While students cannot work during their first year, they are welcome to seek out employment opportunities the second year. In addition, BYU Marriott publishes a compiled list of preferred lenders with different loan options for students to consider.
Cost of Attendance – 2023-2024
Tuition & Fees
- Latter-day Saint $15,076
- Non-Latter-day Saint $30.152
Room & Board, off campus $15,368
Books & Supplies $2,296
Transportation $3,520
Personal Expenses $4,520
Loan Fees $208
Totals (one year):
- Latter-day Saint $40,988
- Non-Latter-day Saint $56,064
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Contact
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Provo, Utah 84602
Phone: (801) 422-3500
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