by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Boise State University was awarded 31 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is nursing.
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College Factual ranked Boise State as #512 out of 2,152 colleges and universities in the country on its 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Boise State held the #526 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Boise State also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in Idaho ranking.
When it comes to admittance, Boise State University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 84%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
At Boise State University, the student to faculty ratio is 20 to 1. Compared to the national average of 15 to 1, this is somewhat high. This could mean that class sizes may be larger than they are at other colleges or universities or that professors may be required to teach more classes.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Boise State University is 59%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
Boise State University has a freshmen retention rate of 79%. That's a good sign that full-time students like the school and their professors enough to want to stick around for another year. It's also a sign that the admissions team did a good job in choosing applicants who were a good fit for the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Boise State this rate is 29%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 20,763 undergraduates at Boise State with 12,973 being full-time and 7,790 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $14,611 | $12,803 | $17,695 | $19,887 | $20,834 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Boise State, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Boise State, approximately 37% of students took out student loans averaging $7,335 a year. That adds up to $29,340 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Boise State are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1910 University Dr, Boise, ID 83725 |
| Phone: | 208-426-1000 |
| Website: | https://www.boisestate.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 531 | $79,301 |
| Business Administration & Management | 524 | $48,776 |
| Allied Health Professions | 332 | $76,843 |
| Social Work | 307 | $40,126 |
| General Business/Commerce | 255 | $45,318 |
| Communication & Media Studies | 198 | $37,954 |
| General Psychology | 193 | $30,865 |
| Other Health Professions | 180 | $34,244 |
| Interdisciplinary Studies | 158 | $38,831 |
| General Biology | 156 | $36,288 |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 14,649 students took at least one online class at Boise State University. This is a decrease from the 16,271 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 14,649 | 5,058 |
| 2021-2022 | 16,271 | 5,403 |
| 2020-2021 | 19,661 | 7,922 |
| 2018-2019 | 9,530 | 3,575 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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