by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Idaho State University landed the #616 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
In addition, ISU took the #3 spot for Best Master's Degree Schools in Idaho.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and ISU took the #449 spot on the list.
In addition, ISU took the #3 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Idaho.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 60.0% of the total graduate students at ISU are women and 40.0% are men.
Of all the graduate students at ISU, around 15.3% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 4.2% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $8,380 | $25,834 |
| Fees | $1,944 | $1,944 |
After obtaining their master's degree from ISU, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $64,037. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 10% higher than the national average of $58,425.
Graduate students earning a doctorate degree from ISU enter careers with an average starting salary of $82,555. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 10% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Idaho State University.
Contact details for ISU are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 921 S 8Th Ave, Pocatello, ID 83209 |
| Phone: | 208-282-2700 |
| Website: | www.isu.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/idahostateu |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/idahostateu |
About 78.9% of the graduate students at Idaho State University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 38.6% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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