Approximately 99% of the universitys students are members of the LDS Church, and a significant percentage of the student body take an 18-month (women) or 24-month (men) hiatus from their studies to serve as missionaries traveling to various locations around the world.

Do you have to be Mormon to go to BYU Idaho?

Non-Mormon students make up 0.3 percent of the universitys student population. Living in an area and attending school with so many members of another religion has allowed them an insiders view of the beliefs, culture and lives of Latter-day Saint students at BYU-Idaho.

What percentage of athletes at BYU are Mormon?

But at a school where 98.5 percent of the student body belongs to the Church of Christ of Latter-day Saints, and more than 90 percent of the football team is also Mormon, Hoffman was a religious foreigner.

Is BYU liberal or conservative?

Of 55 colleges surveyed by College Pulse to produce free-speech rankings, BYU was the only one where the majority of students identified as conservative (58%). It also had the smallest percentage of liberal students overall (26%).

Are there any conservative colleges?

The Best Conservative Colleges in the U.S.Hillsdale College. Location Hillsdale, MI. Grove City College. Location Grove City, PA. Biola University. Location La Mirada, CA. University of Dallas. Location Irving, TX. Liberty University. Location Lynchburg, VA. College of the Ozarks. Houston Baptist University. Regent University.More items •Aug 3, 2021

What is the most conservative school in the United States?

Americas most conservative colleges in 2020, rankedCornerstone University. Colorado Christian University. Franciscan University of Steubenville. Bob Jones University. Brigham Young University. Liberty University. Cedarville University. Brigham Young University - Idaho. Brigham Young University - Idaho via Facebook.More items •Mar 22, 2020