Enrollment Services

Census snapshot created by OIT

1. Census Date: the date BYU takes a snapshot of student enrollment data every year term, typically 7 calendar days after the add/drop deadline.
2. Continuing Freshman: an undergraduate student who is not in their first term of enrollment and has earned less than 30 total credits.
3. Doctorate: a graduate student who is not in their first graduate student enrollment term and is pursuing a Doctorate (not Law) degree.
4. Dual Program Students: a student who is enrolled in an undergraduate and graduate program simultaneously (i.e., MISM program) or in multiple graduate programs. If a graduate student is enrolled in both a Law program and a different graduate degree level, they are included in the Law student counts.
5. First Generation Student: a student who indicated neither of their parents completed a 4-year college degree on the most recent undergraduate application (only assigned to undergraduate students).
6. Former: an undergraduate student who has previously enrolled at BYU but needed to re-apply to regain registration eligibility.
7. International Student: a student who is not a citizen or national of the United States and who is in this country on a visa or temporary basis and does not have the right to remain indefinitely. If a student has a non-student visa type (F-1, J-1), they are still counted as an international student because they meet the IPEDS definition of a Nonresident alien. If a DACA student has a visa type of DACA, they are included in the international student definition. If we do not have a visa type for a student, it is assumed they are citizens.
8. Junior: an undergraduate student who has earned 60 or more total credits but less than 90 total credits.
9. Law: a graduate student who is not in their first graduate student enrollment term and is pursuing a Law degree.
10. Masters: a graduate student who is not in their first graduate student enrollment term and is pursuing a Masters degree.
11. Matriculated Day-Eligible Student: a student who has been admitted to BYU as degree-seeking and is currently eligible to enroll in day classes. This is determined for each year term, not overall.
12. New Freshman: an undergraduate student who was admitted as a New Freshman and is in their first term of enrollment.
13. New Graduate: a newly admitted graduate student in their first graduate student enrollment term.
14. New Transfer: an undergraduate student who was admitted as a transfer student and is in their first term of enrollment.
15. Race/Ethnicity Unknown: a student who did not select either a racial or ethnic designation.
16. Return Missionary No Previous Enrollment: an undergraduate student who was previously admitted, deferred before enrolling, and is now in their first term of enrollment.
17. Senior: an undergraduate student who has earned 90 or more total credits but less than 120 total credits.
18. Senior +120: an undergraduate student who has earned 120 or more total credits.
19. Sophomore: an undergraduate student who has earned 30 or more total credits but less than 60 total credits.
20. Total Earned Credits: the number of credits a student has earned at BYU, credits accepted from another institution, credits earned through a BYU challenge exam, or credits earned through AP/IB equivalency.
21. Two or More Races: a student who did not identify as Hispanic or Latino but selected two or more other race categories.