Strict discipline and an emphasis on sports are the reasons why BYU has been selected as America's Healthiest University; naturally, sport has become the school's most important inducement for attracting foreign students.
這樣的鐵律生活，加上該校蓬勃的運動風氣，讓楊百翰大學獲選為「全美最健康的大學」。而這所大學被用來吸引海外學生，體育自然就成了其招牌利器。