Brigham Young University - Idaho Rankings by Salary Score

If you want a good bang for your buck, then this is the university to go to. If you look at it, you get the best ROI (Return on Investment) from this school as compared to others on this list. I personally studied CM with a minor in Business Management and got the same job out of school as other graduates from universities on this list. I felt that my program prepped me for the industry enough to give me a good foundation to build on. If you can deal with the religious requirements of the university, it could... Read More serve you well to probably graduate debt free and be making $70k a year out of school. Piece of advice? Building your professional network, doing internships and competing in construction competitions are more important than GPA. GPA is important, don't get me wrong, but nowhere near as important as strategic relationships, hard skills and experience.

BYU-Idaho has a fair social scene and instructors, but they have a horrific counseling center and graduation advisors. Working with the BYU-Idaho counseling department, especially for online students is the bane of my existence. BYU-Idaho is good preparation for some things, but please do your research. Making simple adjustments and correcting I-Plan errors (which happen frequently) is worse than pulling teeth. DO NOT come to school here or at least DO NOT rely on I-Plan to fulfill your requirements. It is... Read More an unreliable system. It takes about a week to get a response (phone call) from a student staff member and then another week to get an email response from an actual advisor. If you are on campus it is a bit easier but not by much. CES schools are not as compatible as they claim to be. If you ever decided you'd like to transfer from here to BYU Hawaii or BYU Provo you are looking at at LEAST a full semester of unaccepted credits if not more. This is because states have different educational requirements. If you choose a non-CES school, all of the religion credits you taken often count for nothing- or if you're lucky and your major has electives then maybe; maybe, your school will accept them there. Even with a completed Associate's this remains true. I am living in Provo now and see this time and time again. You will be lucky if you have an entire semester of retake classes. If you are truly planning to live in Idaho for 5 years (yes, being a full-time student you will actually graduate in 5, not 4 years) and you will 100% NEVER transfer to another major or university then go for it. Study at BYU-Idaho. Otherwise- Do your research! DO NOT study here. I have spent hours, days, weeks, months, and years working with unhelpful academic advisors that are primarily made up of underpaid students. Student counsellors are happy to pick up the phone, but do not know much about anything at all. It is a huge headache to work with this school, if you want to have a spiritual experience go to EFY and then go to school somewhere else.