Founded in 1925 as the first fine arts college in the Intermountain West, BYU’s College of Fine Arts and Communications has an average of 775 graduates each year – with more than 24,000 alumni. The college is one of the university's largest, teaching approximately 3,600 students each year in 36 degree programs.

Scope

• Collaborative efforts
• Main or partial use of 7 campus buildings
• 8% of school population in college
• Performing arts groups tour an average of 140 cities in 8 countries annually
• 400+ performances every year

Facilities

• 53 practice rooms
• 5 theatres with more than 450 music, theatre and dance performances annually
• 9 art galleries holding over 130 exhibitions annually
• Fully equipped scenic, lighting, costume, sound and properties studios
• 200+ spaces for offices, media classrooms, and computer laboratories for art, design, advertising, public relations, newspaper, media and music

Students

• Over 3,000 undergraduate and 140 gradate students
• 38% male to 62% female
• 82% single to 18% married
• Ethnic minorities comprise 13%

Faculty & Staff

• 139 full-time faculty
• 230 part-time faculty
• 97 full-time administration and staff