Marriott School of Management, Brigham Young University

In 1891, Brigham Young Academy, the predecessor to BYU, formed the Commercial College, which offered coursework in business education. A decade later (1901), the college began offering its first four-year degree program.  After Brigham Young Academy was separated into Brigham Young High School and Brigham Young University in 1903, the college was renamed the College of Commerce and Business Administration as part of the university. The next decade was tough for the college, as “BYU struggled through the World War I, a flu epidemic [that] closed the school during the fall term of 1918, and school indebtedness that resulted in the 1918 LDS purchase of both BYU's assets and debts.” Starting in 1921, the college was housed in the Maeser Building, where it would remain for 13 years.

The Wall Street Crash of 1929 significantly depleted LDS Church funds, which caused the church to consider closing BYU. However, “the transference of a number of church junior colleges allowed BYU to remain in operation.” By 1935 the church regained its financial footing and provided more aid to BYU, the school growing slowly over the next ten years. The business college subsequently began offering master's degrees in 1939; however, the programs were hit hard beginning in 1941 when its enrollment (particularly that of men) dropped due to U.S. involvement in World War II. But later that decade, U.S. military veterans returned to school, and in 1945 enrollment doubled. William F. Edwards oversaw the college's growth over the next several years until 1957, when the school was re-branded as the College of Business and Weldon J. Taylor was appointed as its first dean. A year later (1958) the business school held its first management conference, and in 1960 the school was moved to the newly completed Jesse Knight Building.

By 2007, the school's endowment reached $130 million, and in 2008, the Tanner Building Addition was dedicated. For 2013, the endowment reached $182.1 million. Also during this year, the Finance Department was formed in an effort to strengthen curriculum and placement the Center for Entrepreneurship and Technology was created in honor of former Dell CEO Kevin Rollins and his wife Debra; and administrators announced the addition of a Recreation Management and Youth Leadership (RMYL) Department to the school. The latter department was formerly under BYU's College of Health and Human Performance and comprises the academic disciplines of leisure services management, therapeutic recreation, Scouting administration, non-profit management, and youth leadership.

In August 2017, BYU announced the name would be changed from the Marriott School of Management to the Marriott School of Business.

The Marriott School offers nine Bachelor of Science degree programs: Accounting, Finance, Information Systems, Marketing, Human Resources, Strategy, Entrepreneurship, Experience Design and Recreation Therapy. Three minors are also offered to all students of BYU: Management, Non-profit Management, and Strategy.

The school offers six graduate degrees: the MAcc, MBA, EMBA, EMPA, MISM, and MPA. MBA students choose a major (Finance, Marketing, Supply Chain Management, OBHR, or Product Development) and a minor (Entrepreneurship, International Business, Strategy) if desired. MAcc students choose either audit, tax, or PhD Prep.

All Marriott School students may also earn the Global Management Certificate. To earn the certificate, students are required to take a business language course, pertinent international business classes, and participate in an international field study or study abroad program. Undergraduate students may also qualify for graduation honours. University Honours is the highest distinction BYU awards its graduates.

Best in the USA, MBA, Bloomberg - Rank 23

Best in the USA, MBA, US News & World Report - Rank 27

Best in the USA, Executive Education, Financial Times - Rank 9

Global MBA, Financial Times, 2022 - 65

According to BYU, more than 90 percent of BYU MBA students seeking employment last year were placed within three months of graduation.