Marriott School of Business

The Marriott School of Business is the business school of Brigham Young University (BYU), a private university owned by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) and located in Provo, Utah. It was founded in 1891 and renamed in 1988 after J. Willard Marriott, founder of Marriott International, and his wife Alice following their $15 million endowment gift to the school.

Marriott School of Business
TypePrivate business school
Established1891 (1891)
Religious affiliation
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Academic affiliations
Brigham Young University
Endowment$224.3 million
DeanBrigitte C. Madrian
Academic staff
137 full-time
Undergraduates2,100
Postgraduates1,200
Location
Provo
,
Utah
,
United States

40°15′2″N 111°39′8″W
Websitemarriottschool.byu.edu

The school is housed in the N. Eldon Tanner Building and supports 137 full-time faculty and approximately 200 adjunct, part-time or visiting faculty, full-time staff and students who teach. It has approximately 2,100 undergraduate and 1,200 graduate students, and approximately 62 percent of its student body are bilingual. As of 2019, its alumni base numbers 55,000.

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