University of Idaho
Moscow, ID · Public · Town (distant) · Carnegie R1/R2 · UIdaho
Public institution in Moscow, ID · 7,363 undergraduates · 79% acceptance rate · $54,670 median earnings 10 years after entry.
- Top 16%Undergraduates
- Top 23%In-state tuition & fees
Stats
College Scorecard figures, each with where this school sits nationally among institutions that report the same measure. A dash means the school does not report it.
Cost
- Average net price
- $13,782573rd cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,816461st cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Out-of-state tuition & fees
- $29,7841,235th cheapest of 2,024 reporting
- Cost of attendance
- $22,669540th cheapest of 1,969 reporting
- Median graduate debt
- $21,982879th lowest of 1,865 reporting
Outcomes
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $54,670810th highest of 1,954 reporting
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $42,6021,052nd highest of 1,950 reporting
- Graduation rate (4-year)
- 60.9%740th highest of 2,014 reporting
- Full-time retention
- 75.1%958th highest of 1,837 reporting
Admissions
- Acceptance rate
- 79.1%869th most selective of 1,596 reporting
- Average SAT
- 1088736th highest of 1,022 reporting
- Median ACT
- 24420th highest of 952 reporting
Campus
- Undergraduates
- 7,363346th largest of 2,144 reporting
- Student-faculty ratio
- 17.0:11,581st smallest of 2,141 reporting
- Pell Grant share
- 22.8%1,553rd highest of 2,122 reporting
Nearest large-hub airport: 254 mi (SEA)
On 1 of our 111 lists
Every published ranking this school appears on, with its rank there.
Applying
- Common App member
- Yes
- Application fee
- $50
- Personal essay
- Optional / not required
- Writing supplement
- No
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Best-paying fields of study
Median earnings one and two years after graduating, by field. Showing 12 of 94 reported programs.
| Field | Level | 1 yr | 2 yr |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | bachelors | $75,204 | $74,576 |
| Chemical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $71,202 | $68,499 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $68,965 | $67,101 |
| Mechanical EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $61,516 | $59,982 |
| Civil EngineeringEngineering | bachelors | $60,623 | $57,860 |
| Business Administration, Management and OperationsBusiness | bachelors | $57,318 | $50,439 |
| Agricultural Business and ManagementAgriculture | bachelors | $53,358 | $41,007 |
| Finance and Financial Management ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $50,182 | $42,682 |
| Management Information Systems and ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $49,683 | $50,270 |
| Agricultural MechanizationAgriculture | bachelors | $47,729 | — |
| Accounting and Related ServicesBusiness | bachelors | $44,635 | $39,153 |
| Business/Managerial EconomicsBusiness | bachelors | $42,682 | $39,729 |
Campus facts
- Founded in 1889source
- Athletic nickname: "Vandals"source
- Kibbie Dome seats about 16,000source
- Competes in NCAA Division Isource
- School colors: Silversource
- Mascot: Joe Vandalsource
- Motto: ""A Legacy of Leading""source
- Campus size: about 1,585 acressource
- Athletic conference: Big Skysource
- A [[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program institutionsource
- A Space-grant]] institutionsource
- Plays for the "The Potato State Trophy" (since 1916)source
- Plays for the "Little Brown Stein" (since 1903)source
- Football rivalry: Battle of the Palouse (since 1894)source
- Fight song: ""[[Go, Vandals, Go]]""source
- Notable alum: Sarah Palinsource
- Notable alum: Jim Rischsource
- Notable alum: Mark Feltsource
- Notable alum: Bill Fagerbakkesource
- Notable alum: Larry Craigsource
Athletics — 8 sports
NCAA Division I-FCS · NCAA Division I
Athletic scholarships allowed · Athletic aid $5,490,572 (M $3,077,825 · W $2,412,747)
- Basketball
- Football
- Golf
- Soccer
- Swimming and Diving (combined)
- Tennis
- Track and Field and Cross Country (combined)
- Volleyball
Self-reported EADA participants (2024-2025). Athletic aid is institution-level, not per sport.
Similar-size colleges
Nearest undergraduate enrollment to University of Idaho’s 7,363 (College Scorecard UGDS, compiled 2026-10-24). Size only — not a judgment of similarity or quality.
In ID
- Idaho State UniversityPocatello, ID · 7,260 undergrads
- College of Southern IdahoTwin Falls, ID · 3,476 undergrads
- Lewis-Clark State CollegeLewiston, ID · 2,277 undergrads
- Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampa, ID · 1,138 undergrads
- The College of IdahoCaldwell, ID · 1,049 undergrads
- New Saint Andrews CollegeMoscow, ID · 273 undergrads
Elsewhere
- Austin Peay State UniversityClarksville, TN · 7,365 undergrads
- Youngstown State UniversityYoungstown, OH · 7,340 undergrads
- Walden UniversityMinneapolis, MN · 7,337 undergrads
- Saint Louis UniversitySaint Louis, MO · 7,324 undergrads
- Belmont UniversityNashville, TN · 7,306 undergrads
- University of Central ArkansasConway, AR · 7,426 undergrads
Key links
- Official websiteuidaho.edu
- College ScorecardFederal source for every figure above (UNITID 142285)
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- Showdown: University of Idaho vs Idaho State UniversityHigher-or-lower on real Scorecard metrics — round 1 is these two
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