BYU-Pathway Worldwide improves lives through access to spiritually based, online affordable higher education. Its mission is to develop disciples of Jesus Christ who are leaders in their homes, the Church, and their communities.

The organization does this by:

Nearly 30 years later in 1998, David A. Bednar made similar comments in his inaugural address as president of Ricks College.

"It will be necessary for us ... to serve ever better the thousands of students we have on campus while simultaneously reaching out to bless the lives of tens of thousands of young Latter-day Saints throughout the world."

A New Opportunity

Fulfilling prophecy

In 2009, the fulfillment of Henry B. Eyring and David A. Bednar's words came to be when BYU-Idaho launched Pathway (also called PathwayConnect) — a one-year, reduced-cost, online program offered to students wherever they lived, with no need to ever come to a university campus.

Pathway grew rapidly, from serving 50 students in the United States in 2009 to serving more than 14,000 in over 60 countries in 2016.

Then in 2017, Pathway was forever changed when the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints announced the creation of a new church-wide higher education organization to be called BYU-Pathway Worldwide:

Expanding Access

Continued growth