Latter-day Saints value education highly. Most Church members around the world enroll in state or government schools along with their peers outside the faith to receive a secular education.
In addition, the Church Educational System (CES) operates in the United States and in more than one hundred other countries and territories to provide religious instruction for high school and college-age students. These programs are designed to fortify students in their religious faith, help them deal with the moral challenges of life, and still maintain their involvement in secular education.
The Church operates several universities and colleges: Brigham Young University, the largest private university in the United States, with its main campus in Provo, Utah and another campus in Laie, Hawaii; the Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies in Israel; Ricks College in Rexburg, Idaho; and LDS Business College in Salt Lake City, Utah.
The Church also operates elementary or secondary schools in Mexico; Kiribati, New Zealand; Tonga; Western Samoa; and Fiji.
Many thousands of individuals are involved in additional adult continuing education programs sponsored by Brigham Young University and the Church Educational System.
| Enrollment in Church Educational Programs (January 2000) | |
| Countries and Territories | 144 |
| Seminaries (secondary school level) | 377,436 |
| Institutes (college level) | 265,272 |
| Colleges and universities (U.S. and Canada) served by institute program | 1,407 |
| Enrollment at Church-owned Colleges and Universities (January 2000) | |
| Brigham Young University (Utah) | 29,919 |
| Brigham Young University, Hawaii | 2,281 |
| Brigham Young University, Jerusalem Center for Near Eastern Studies | 172 |
| LDS Business College | 799 |
| Ricks College | 8,628 |
| Other Church schools | 8,707 |
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