[ { "year": 2009, "num_pathwayconnect_students": 50, "num_pathwayconnect_locations": 3, "events": [ { "title": "Pilot Program", "description": "Pathway launches as a pilot program to 18-30-year-old members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in three locations in the United States.", "image_url": "/2009-1-original-pathway-announcement-2-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "First Gathering", "description": "Students meet for the first-ever PathwayConnect gatherings on September 10, 2009.", "image_url": "/2009-2-nampa-pathway-photo-jpg.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2010, "num_online_degree_students": 4529, "num_pathwayconnect_students": 179, "num_pathwayconnect_locations": 13, "events": [ { "title": "Pathway Expands", "description": "Pilot program expands to 10 additional locations within the United States.", "image_url": "/2010-1-120531-pathway-1062-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "Certificates are Introduced", "description": "Certificates are introduced as a new offering for students enrolled in BYU-Idaho online degrees.", "image_url": "/2010-2-181219-pathwaygraduates-07-1-jpg.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2011, "num_online_degree_students": 5578, "num_pathwayconnect_students": 647, "num_pathwayconnect_locations": 27, "events": [ { "title": "Partnered with BYU-I", "description": "PathwayConnect becomes an official program of BYU-Idaho.", "image_url": "/2011-1-120921-byui-center-08-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "30 and Over Can Now Attend", "description": "PathwayConnect expands its availability to Church members over the age of 30.", "image_url": "/2011-2-170427-pathway-oremut-290-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "First International Sites Open", "description": "The first international gathering sites open in Ghana and Mexico.", "image_url": "/2011-3-international-2010-ghana-gathering-jpg.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2012, "num_online_degree_students": 8094, "num_pathwayconnect_students": 3356, "num_pathwayconnect_locations": 65, "events": [ { "title": "Expanding to South America", "description": "The first location in South America opens in Lima, Peru.", "image_url": "/students-taking-notes-in-peru-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "PathwayConnect Grows", "description": "PathwayConnect operated in four countries and 16 U.S. states.", "image_url": "/2012-2-international-puebla-gathering-jpg.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2013, "num_online_degree_students": 9551, "num_pathwayconnect_students": 7557, "num_pathwayconnect_locations": 130, "events": [ { "title": "Expanding Overseas", "description": "PathwayConnect opens in three new international areas — Europe, Europe East, and Central America.", "image_url": "/2013-europe-east-students-and-missionaries-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "PathwayConnect Continues to Grow", "description": "PathwayConnect operates in 14 countries and 25 U.S. states.", "image_url": "/2013-2-110216-116-jpg.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2014, "num_online_degree_students": 11776, "num_pathwayconnect_students": 12804, "num_pathwayconnect_locations": 227, "events": [ { "title": "Expanding to the Pacific", "description": "PathwayConnect launches its first locations in the Pacific and Caribbean.", "image_url": "/2014-pacific-students-and-missionaries-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "PathwayConnect Fulfills Prophecy", "description": "PathwayConnect opens in Rome, Italy, fulfilling a statement given by David A. Bednar in 1998.", "image_url": "/2014-3-sg-europe-romeimages-2015mar5-students-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "PathwayConnect’s Continual Growth", "description": "PathwayConnect operates in a total of 18 countries and 29 U.S. States.", "image_url": "/2014-2-screen-shot-2015-10-15-at-12-21-jpg.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2015, "num_online_degree_students": 15491, "num_pathwayconnect_students": 16474, "num_pathwayconnect_locations": 387, "events": [ { "title": "BYU-Idaho Gets a New President", "description": "Clark G. Gilbert becomes the president of BYU-Idaho.", "image_url": "/150915-inauguration-246-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "Online Administration Expands", "description": "Online administration expands, creating positions for an Online Vice President and Dean of Online Learning.", "image_url": "/2015-2-120529-pathway-137-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "PathwayConnect Opens 160 Locations", "description": "PathwayConnect continues to grow, opening in 160 new locations around the world.", "image_url": "/2015-3-sg-sanorthwest-peru-2015oct15-gathering-1-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "Growing Even Bigger", "description": "PathwayConnect operates in a total of 32 countries and 42 U.S. States.", "image_url": "/2015-4-sg-california-riverside-2012jun18-over30-jpg.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2016, "num_online_degree_students": 21212, "num_pathwayconnect_students": 15346, "num_pathwayconnect_locations": 423, "events": [ { "title": "Expanding into Asia", "description": "PathwayConnect opens its first location in Asia — the Philippines.", "image_url": "/2016-philippines-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "Certificates and Degrees Surpass 1,000", "description": "The total number of BYU-Idaho online certificates and degrees awarded to Pathway completers since the start of the program reaches 1,246.", "image_url": "/2010-2-181219-pathwaygraduates-07-1-jpg.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2017, "num_byupathway_worldwide_students": 38297, "num_pathwayconnect_locations": 517, "events": [ { "title": "Creation of BYU-Pathway Worldwide", "description": "Dieter F. Uchtdorf announces the creation of a new CES higher education online organization —BYU-Pathway Worldwide, charged with responsibility for PathwayConnect and coordinating all other CES online higher education certificate and degree offerings.", "image_url": "/elder-oaks-president-uchtdorf-president-gilbert-elder-clark-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "President Gilbert is Inaugurated", "description": "Clark G. Gilbert is inaugurated as the first president of BYU-Pathway Worldwide.", "image_url": "/byu-pathway-inaguration-president-nelson-president-gilbert-sister-gilbert-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "PathwayConnect is Still Growing", "description": "PathwayConnect opens in two new countries — India and Japan.", "image_url": "/2017-2-india-bengaluru-group-jpg.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2018, "num_byupathway_worldwide_students": 41426, "num_pathwayconnect_locations": 529, "events": [ { "title": "Pathway Headquarters Relocated", "description": "All BYU-Pathway employees relocated from Rexburg, Idaho to Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.", "image_url": "/byu-pw-office-front-desk-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "New Degree Structure Introduced", "description": "New degree structure is introduced with focus on stacking certificates to build a bachelor’s degree.", "image_url": "/degree-structure-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "Elder Holland Speaks About Pathway", "description": "Elder Holland refers to BYU-Pathway Worldwide as a “monumental moment” in Church-sponsored higher education.", "image_url": "/byu-pw-elder-holland-elder-cook-elder-bednar-jpg.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2019, "num_byupathway_worldwide_students": 44482, "events": [ { "title": "Partnering with Welfare and Self-Reliance", "description": "BYU-Pathway began working with Welfare and Self-Reliance to increase awareness of educational opportunities worldwide.", "image_url": "/2019-wsrs-tour-of-byu-pw-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "Returned Missionaries Pre-approved", "description": "BYU-Pathway began pre-approving all young returning missionaries, including early-release and service missionaries, for admission to PathwayConnect. ", "image_url": "/2019-sister-missionaries-atlanta-georgia-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "Elder Uchtdorf Invites All to \"Come and See\"", "description": "Elder Dieter F. Uchtdorf encouraged students to invite their friends and family to enroll and \"come and see\" what BYU-Pathway has to offer.", "image_url": "/2019-elder-utchdorf-jpg.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2020, "num_byupathway_worldwide_students": 51583, "events": [ { "title": "Reaching More Than 50000", "description": "In 2020, 51,583 students enrolled in programs available through BYU-Pathway Worldwide — a new milestone for the institution.", "image_url": "/50k-africa-family-947-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "Expanding Scholarship Programs", "description": "As thousands of full-time missionaries completed their service or returned home early due to COVID-19, BYU-Pathway responded by offering returned missionaries a 25% tuition discount. It also piloted two needs-based scholarships.", "image_url": "/sch-190412-pathway-26-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "Returned Missionary Enrollment Increases", "description": "BYU-Pathway saw a 49 percent increase in returned missionary enrollment as thousands more missionaries joined gathering groups and enrolled in online courses.", "image_url": "/rm-c4922d227038f408d70e1e2caa7a6adcea8baa4a-jpg.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2021, "num_byupathway_worldwide_students": 57459, "events": [ { "title": "New Beginnings", "description": "On August 1, Brian K. Ashton became the second president of BYU-Pathway Worldwide, replacing Elder Clark G. Gilbert, who was called as a General Authority Seventy and as Commissioner of the Church Educational System.", "image_url": "/brian-and-melinda-ashton-cropped-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "Extending our Global Reach", "description": "The number of international students enrolled in online degree programs from BYU-Idaho or Ensign College, supported by BYU-Pathway, grew 532% in five years (from 1,547 in 2016 to 9,782 in 2021).", "image_url": "/africa-students-cropped-jpg.jpg" }, { "title": "First-ever Guaranteed Scholarship", "description": "Students are eligible to receive a guaranteed 10, 25, or 50% tuition discount. The Heber J. Grant Tuition Discount launched worldwide to PathwayConnect students on November 1.", "image_url": "/scholarship-bianka-cropped-jpg.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2022, "num_byupathway_worldwide_students": 61338, "events": [ { "title": "New President Inaugurated", "description": "Brian K. Ashton was inaugurated as the second president of BYU-Pathway Worldwide on March 10, 2022. President Dallin H. Oaks and Elders Jeffrey R. Holland, D. Todd Christofferson, and Clark G. Gilbert participated.", "image_url": "/20220310-203256-lnilsson-les4212.jpg" }, { "title": "Needs-based Tuition Discount Expansion", "description": "The Heber J. Grant Tuition Discount is now available to more than 60,000 students serviced by BYU-Pathway. Enrolled students who apply for the discount will receive 10, 25, or 50% off tuition (amount based on need).", "image_url": "/2a205d78-9415-47e3-be96-deb23d82c84a.jpg" }, { "title": "Facilitating Career Development", "description": "BYU-Pathway began partnering with third-party staffing companies to connect students with job opportunities. It also began using more than 500 students as peer mentors to provide personal support to help other students remain enrolled.", "image_url": "/andres-romeu-soloshot.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2023, "num_byupathway_worldwide_students": 65255, "events": [ { "title": "New Three-year Bachelor's Degrees", "description": "Through BYU-Pathway Worldwide, BYU-Idaho and Ensign College began offering 90–96 credit degrees, allowing students to finish in three years.", "image_url": "https://byu-pathway.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/b68aabf/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1250x688+0+7/resize/2208x1216!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbyu-pathway-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fde%2Fe2%2F2dc0e0f248d6956b19d9c85fde74%2F00249-2023-july-19-byu-idaho-graduation-portraits-web-mobile.jpg" }, { "title": "Historic Broadcast in Mexico", "description": "For the first time ever, Church leaders, students, and others gathered for a special international BYU-Pathway devotional in Mexico City.", "image_url": "https://byu-pathway.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/bb5bcc0/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2836x2765+0+0/resize/600x585!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbyu-pathway-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fea%2F6f%2Fa177f1804ba3af400010a7e626b3%2Fimg-1966-10.jpg" }, { "title": "Connecting Students to Remote Jobs", "description": "By partnering with social impact staffing companies, BYU-Pathway helped connect more than 3,000 students to remote and local jobs that offer a sustainable living wage so they can support a family and serve in the Church.", "image_url": "https://byu-pathway.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dc05aff/2147483647/resize/x500%3E/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbyu-pathway-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F0e%2F55%2Fde6943b0454fb9f241b55fb32458%2Funnamed.jpg" } ] }, { "year": 2024, "num_byupathway_worldwide_students": 74839, "events": [ { "title": "15 Years of BYU-Pathway Worldwide", "description": "What began as an inspired prophetic vision to provide higher education for those who couldn’t access it otherwise has grown into a thriving student body over the last 15 years.

View 15-year Stats and Timeline", "image_url": "https://byu-pathway.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/dc40838/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5259x2759+0+0/resize/600x315!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbyu-pathway-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fc1%2F00%2Fe47bf96e4331ba8e04cc6a019ce7%2Farblogassets-15year-header.jpg" }, { "title": "The Strength of Students in Africa", "description": "When BYU-Pathway Worldwide started in 2009, its 50 students were all in the United States. But in 2011, a small group of students gathered for the first time in Ghana, officially making BYU-Pathway worldwide.

Read the Full Article", "image_url": "https://byu-pathway.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/72e3091/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1266x662+0+0/resize/600x314!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbyu-pathway-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F05%2Fb3%2F7070ce5047c88e1bb7a1ed876a04%2Fblog-header.jpg" }, { "title": "Making a Lasting Impact", "description": "Companies are increasing remote job opportunities, and BYU-Pathway students are rising to the occasion. From 2023 to 2024, the number of students with a remote job tripled from 3,000 to more than 9,000.

Read the Full Article", "image_url": "https://byu-pathway.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/fc4d01e/2147483647/strip/true/crop/5289x2796+0+0/resize/600x317!/format/webp/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fbyu-pathway-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2F9b%2F9b%2Feb2512e6461ea31920f17e157a8a%2Fremote-jobs-blog-header.png" } ] } ]