 For 2016 , U.S. News & World Report ranked BYU as tied for 66th for national universities in the United States . A 2013 Quarterly Journal of Economics study of where the nation 's top high school students choose to enroll ranked BYU No. 21 in its peer @-@ reviewed study . The Princeton Review has ranked BYU the best value for college in 2007 , and its library is consistently ranked in the nation 's top ten — No. 1 in 2004 and No. 4 in 2007 . BYU is also ranked No. 19 in the U.S. News and World Report 's " Great Schools , Great Prices " lineup , and No. 12 in lowest student @-@ incurred debt . Due in part to the school 's emphasis on undergraduate research , in rankings for 2008 @-@ 2009 , BYU was ranked No. 10 nationally for the number of students who go on to earn PhDs , No. 1 nationally for students who go on to dental school , No. 6 nationally for students who go on to law school , and No. 10 nationally for students who go on to medical school . BYU is designated as a research university with high research activity by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching . ] ] Forbes Magazine ranked it as the No. 1 " Top University to Work For in 2014 " and as the best college in Utah . 
