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Demographics of BYU

Approximately 72 percent of the BYU student body speaks a second language, and a total of 76 languages are spoken on-campus. Additionally, BYU CIBER (Global Management Center) and the Marriott School offer business language classes in 11 languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.

Language Study at BYU

BYU provides an unusually diverse language instruction program with 66 languages offered to studentsý-among the most offered anywhere in the country. Classes are regularly available in 35 languages, including American Sign Language (ASL) and English as a Second Language (ESL). Thirty one languages are optionally available by credit examination and/or by classroom instruction with sufficient student interest and access to a qualified instructor. BYU also provides live-in language experience with a foreign-language housing complex. It is estimated that more than 70% of BYU students have advanced ability in a second language.

Facts on the Marriott School

Nearly 80 percent of the students are bilingual at the Marriott School, more than 20 percent speak a third language, and most have lived abroad for at least one year. The school enrolls approximately 11 percent international students.

The MBA language profile is as follows:

	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006
Bilingual	80%	82%	82%	79%	79%	75%	80%
Countries Represented	11	14	12	9	9	11	10
International Students	17%	18%	18%	13%	11%	12%	14%