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BYU accepted 68% of the 10,409 people who applied for admission in the summer term and fall semester of 2009.[30] The average ACT score and GPA for these admitted students was 28.2 and 3.8, respectively.[30]
U.S. News and World Report describes BYU's selectivity as being "more selective" and compares it with such universities as the University of Texas and The Ohio State University.[31][32][33]
In addition, BYU is ranked 26th in colleges with the most freshman Merit Scholars, with 88 in 2006.[34] For the past two years, BYU outranked every university in the country including Harvard University for the percentage of accepted applicants that go on to enroll (78% vs. 76% for Harvard).[35] For 2012, U.S. News & World Report ranked BYU as #71 for national universities in the United States.[45] The Princeton Review has ranked BYU the best value for college in 2007,[46] and its library is consistently ranked in the nation's top ten—#1 in 2004 and #4 in 2007.[47] BYU is also ranked #19 in the U.S. News and World Report's "Great Schools, Great Prices" lineup, and #12 in lowest student-incurred debt.[48] Due in part to the school's emphasis on undergraduate research, BYU is ranked #10 nationally for the number of students who go on to earn PhDs, #1 nationally for students who go on to dental school, #6 nationally for students who go on to law school, and #10 nationally for students who go on to medical school.[49] BYU is designated as a research university with high research activity by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.[50]
In 2009, the university's Marriott School of Management received a #5 ranking by BusinessWeek for its undergraduate programs,[51] and its MBA program was ranked by several sources: #22 ranking by BusinessWeek,[51] #16 by Forbes,[52] and #29 by U.S. News & World Report.[53] Among regional schools the MBA program was ranked #1 by The Wall Street Journal's most recent ranking (2007),[54] and it was ranked #92 among business schools worldwide in 2009 by Financial Times.[55] For 2009, the university's School of Accountancy, which is housed within the Marriott School, received two #3 rankings for its undergraduate program—one by Public Accounting Report and the other by U.S. News & World Report.[56][57] The same two reporting agencies also ranked the school's MAcc program #3 and #8 in the nation, respectively.[56][58] In prestigious scholarships, BYU has produced 10 Rhodes Scholars,[65] four Gates Scholars in the last six years, and in the last decade has claimed 41 Fulbright scholars and 3 Jack Kent Cooke scholars.[66]
Over three quarters of the student body have some proficiency in a second language (numbering 107 languages in total).[67] This is partially due to the fact that 45% of the student body at BYU have been missionaries for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, and many of them learned a foreign language as part of their mission assignment.[68] During any given semester, about one-third of the student body is enrolled in foreign language classes, a rate nearly four times the national average.[67]
Several of its language programs are the largest of their kind in the nation, the Russian[69] program being one example. The university was selected by the United States Department of Education as the location of the national Middle East Language Resource Center, making the school a hub for experts on that region.[69] It was also selected as a Center for International Business Education Research, a function of which is to train business employees in international languages and relations.[67]
In 2001, the Institute of International Education ranked BYU as the number one university in the U.S. to offer students study abroad opportunities.
The BYU Ballroom Dance Company is known as one of the best formation ballroom dance teams in the world,[118] having won the U.S. National Formation Dance Championship every year since 1982.
In addition, BYU has a number of other notable dance teams and programs. These teams range from Theater Ballet to the International Folk Dance Ensemble. BYU boasts one of the largest dance departments in the nation.
The Princeton Review has rated BYU the "#1 stone cold sober school" in the nation for several years running.
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