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2022 Best Value Colleges for Liberal Arts in Idaho (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
898 Degrees Awarded
$12,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Liberal Studies Schools in Idaho For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 365,980 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Idaho, there were 898 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools in Idaho For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great liberal arts programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools in Idaho For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools in Idaho For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Liberal Arts in Idaho (With Aid)

#1

College of Southern Idaho

Twin Falls, Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Southern Idaho. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools in Idaho For Those Getting Aid. Located in Twin Falls, Idaho, this medium-sized public school awarded 307 degrees to qualified ’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our idaho liberal studies students with aid list, College of Southern Idaho has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Liberal Arts Schools in Idaho” ranking. It costs about $5,766 for idaho liberal studies students with aid per year to attend College of Southern Idaho.

Full College of Southern Idaho Liberal Arts Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend College of Western Idaho. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools in Idaho For Those Getting Aid. Nampa, Idaho is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s liberal studies degrees to 173 students in 2019-2020.

CWI also made our “Best Liberal Arts Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for CWI is $6,711 for idaho liberal studies students with aid.

Full College of Western Idaho Liberal Arts Report

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools in Idaho For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Lewis - Clark State College landed the #3 spot on the list. Lewis - Clark State College is a public institution located in Lewiston, Idaho. The school has a small population, and it awarded 217 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Lewis - Clark State College also made our “Best Liberal Arts Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Lewis - Clark State College is $11,046 for idaho liberal studies students with aid.

Full Lewis - Clark State College Liberal Arts Report

#4

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Idaho State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools in Idaho For Those Getting Aid. ISU is a fairly large school located in Pocatello, Idaho that handed out 7 ’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

ISU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Liberal Arts Schools in Idaho” list. The estimated yearly cost for Idaho State University is $16,810 for Idaho Liberal Studies students with aid.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at ISU

#5

Boise State University

Boise, Idaho

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools in Idaho For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Boise State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Boise, Idaho, this large public school handed out 108 degrees to qualified ’s liberal studies students in 2019-2020.

Boise State also made our “Best Liberal Arts Schools in Idaho” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $15,787 for idaho liberal studies students with aid per year to attend Boise State University.

Read full report on Liberal Arts at Boise State

Northwest Nazarene University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools in Idaho For Those Getting Aid ranking. NNU is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Nampa, Idaho. It awarded 9 ’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

NNU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Schools in Idaho” ranking. The yearly cost to attend NNU is $20,708 for Idaho Liberal Studies students with aid.

Read more about Liberal Arts at Northwest Nazarene University

Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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