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The College of Idaho

The College of Idaho is a private campus in suburban Caldwell, ID. International students are a visible presence at The College of Idaho — 11.4% of its 1,041 undergraduates come from outside the U.S.

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What could it cost?

Start with net price after grants, then read the published costs. Each chart names its academic year and the students it covers.

Net price by family income

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Average annual cost after grants for each family-income band. These group averages are not personal price quotes.

IPEDS Income brackets, 2022–23

family-income band

$15,367

family income
under $30k

$18,437

$30–48k

$17,013

$48–75k

$21,946

$75–110k

$25,125

over $110k

These figures don't always rise with income — aid formulas can make a higher bracket cheaper.

Average net price

$19,4812023–24Skip to data table

Average annual attendance cost after grants for the reported student group. Your own aid offer and costs may differ.

Average net price at The College of Idaho rose from $14,870 (2008) to $19,481 (2023).

Average net price — data
Year	Net price
2008	$14,870
2009	$15,396
2010	$17,133
2011	$17,376
2012	$16,681
2013	$17,936
2014	$18,541
2015	$19,686
2016	$22,444
2017	$22,697
2018	$21,005
2019	$21,412
2020	$21,488
2021	$21,956
2022	$20,566
2023	$19,481

IPEDS 16 federal reports, 2008–2023

Total cost of attendance

$50,5422024–25Skip to data table

Estimated annual attendance budget before grants, including tuition, fees, housing, food and books. Not every expense is billed by the school.

Total cost at The College of Idaho rose from $27,876 (2009) to $50,542 (2024).

Total cost of attendance — data
Year	Cost
2009	$27,876
2010	$30,448
2011	$31,728
2012	$33,847
2013	$34,555
2014	$35,456
2015	$36,579
2016	$38,600
2017	$40,518
2018	$42,730
2019	$43,349
2020	$45,607
2021	$45,560
2022	$47,926
2023	$48,451
2024	$50,542

IPEDS Academic-year cost 2009–2024

Tuition & fees

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Published tuition and fees before grants. Housing, food, books and other attendance costs are separate.

Tuition & fees — data
Year	Tuition & fees
2000	$16,600
2001	$19,280
2002	$19,930
2003	$14,540
2004	$15,050
2005	$15,200
2006	$16,670
2007	$17,680
2008	$19,025
2013	$24,055
2014	$24,955
2015	$26,155
2016	$27,425
2017	$28,755
2018	$30,155
2019	$31,755
2020	$32,855
2021	$33,755
2022	$34,630
2023	$36,030

IPEDS Published price 2000–01 to 2023–24 (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost, size & completion summary

Cost, size & completion

The College of Idaho reports published tuition of $37,845 in this record. The College of Idaho's $37,845 tuition excludes other attendance costs; aid can reduce the bill. Scorecard snapshot: 2026-06-10; historical charts show their own years.

The College of Idaho reports 1,041 undergraduates. This count does not measure class size or advising access.

62.5% of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants completed at The College of Idaho within six years (2026-06-10 release). This measure excludes other student groups.

Do students finish — and what comes after?

Graduation, debt and earnings cover different groups. Read each chart's entering class or fiscal period; they are not one group's journey.

Six-year graduation rate

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62.5%entered Fall 2018Skip to data table

The share of first-time, full-time bachelor's entrants who completed at this institution within six years. Other students are not included.

The six-year graduation rate at The College of Idaho rose from 41.4% (entered 1993) to 62.5% (entered 2018).

A six-year rate can only describe a class that entered six or more years ago — by definition the last point on the line is that old.

Six-year graduation rate — data
Year	Graduated within 6 yrs
1993 cohort	41.4%
1994 cohort	47.1%
1995 cohort	50.7%
1996 cohort	44.9%
1997 cohort	52.1%
1998 cohort	56.1%
1999 cohort	56.4%
2000 cohort	64.6%
2001 cohort	59.2%
2002 cohort	67.2%
2003 cohort	61.3%
2004 cohort	58.4%
2005 cohort	63.3%
2006 cohort	64.3%
2007 cohort	66.5%
2008 cohort	59.9%
2009 cohort	67.6%
2010 cohort	56.7%
2011 cohort	66.7%
2012 cohort	69.5%
2013 cohort	66%
2014 cohort	66.1%
2015 cohort	56.1%
2016 cohort	59.9%
2017 cohort	64.1%
2018 cohort	62.5%

IPEDS Entering cohorts 1993–2018

Median debt at exit (completers vs non-completers)

Historical student groups

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Median federal student loan debt when students left school, shown separately for those who completed and those who did not.

CompletedLeft without degree

Each point combines two years. Neighboring points share one year, so changes should be read with that overlap in mind.

These two-year windows closed before today's students borrowed — they describe past cohorts, not the current price of a degree.

Median debt at exit — data
Year	Completed	Left without degree
Left school in fiscal years 1997 and 1998 (FY1997/98)	$16,996	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1998 and 1999 (FY1998/99)	$16,000	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 1999 and 2000 (FY1999/00)	$14,673	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2000 and 2001 (FY2000/01)	$15,125	$2,625
Left school in fiscal years 2001 and 2002 (FY2001/02)	$15,125	$3,313
Left school in fiscal years 2002 and 2003 (FY2002/03)	$16,488	$3,075
Left school in fiscal years 2003 and 2004 (FY2003/04)	$16,125	$2,750
Left school in fiscal years 2004 and 2005 (FY2004/05)	$16,500	$3,500
Left school in fiscal years 2005 and 2006 (FY2005/06)	$17,125	$4,000
Left school in fiscal years 2006 and 2007 (FY2006/07)	$17,125	$3,938
Left school in fiscal years 2007 and 2008 (FY2007/08)	$17,125	$4,398
Left school in fiscal years 2008 and 2009 (FY2008/09)	$17,125	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2009 and 2010 (FY2009/10)	$17,125	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2010 and 2011 (FY2010/11)	$20,125	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2011 and 2012 (FY2011/12)	$22,000	$7,125
Left school in fiscal years 2012 and 2013 (FY2012/13)	$23,575	$7,500
Left school in fiscal years 2013 and 2014 (FY2013/14)	$25,269	$8,159
Left school in fiscal years 2014 and 2015 (FY2014/15)	$26,000	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2015 and 2016 (FY2015/16)	$25,990	$9,500
Left school in fiscal years 2016 and 2017 (FY2016/17)	$25,673	$8,750
Left school in fiscal years 2017 and 2018 (FY2017/18)	$25,000	$5,500
Left school in fiscal years 2018 and 2019 (FY2018/19)	$23,250	$6,250
Left school in fiscal years 2019 and 2020 (FY2019/20)	$24,125	$6,500
Left school in fiscal years 2020 and 2021 (FY2020/21)	$24,500	$6,500

NSLDS GRAD_DEBT_MDN / WDRAW_DEBT_MDN, merged FY periods · via College Scorecard

Earnings after entry

Historical student groups

Median annual earnings after entering college, for federally aided students who were working and not enrolled when measured.

Entered: academic years 2013–14 or 2014–15

$42,097

6 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2011–12 or 2012–13

$48,582

8 years after entry

Entered: academic years 2009–10 or 2010–11

$48,473

10 years after entry

Each figure covers a different group of students who entered college in the stated years. Earnings were measured in the same two years; these are not one group followed over time.

Measured in 2020–21, adjusted for inflation to 2022 dollars. Each figure pools two entering academic years.

Treasury Pooled entering cohorts · Scorecard 2020–21 historical file

What does the admissions record show?

Rates and score ranges describe a past admissions cycle. Submitted scores are not cutoffs or a prediction of admission.

Admissions snapshot & test policies

The College of Idaho admitted 1,792 of 3,650 applicants in Fall 2024. The 49.1% rate describes that application pool.

49.1%

acceptance rate · Fall 2024 admissions cycle

rate trend $36,030 tuition · 2023–24 1,041 undergraduates · Fall 2024

Test-optional (considered) · Fall 2024

400SAT range (section 25th/75th sums): 1070–12801600

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Admissions

The College of Idaho reported scores as considered but not required for the Fall 2024 admissions cycle. For The College of Idaho’s enrolled SAT submitters, Reading and Writing was 540–650 and Math was 530–630 (25th–75th percentiles). The section-percentile sums 1070–1280 are not composite-score percentiles. These are not admission cutoffs.

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Score	25th	50th	75th
SAT Reading & Writing	540	590	650
SAT Math	530	580	630
ACT Composite	23	26	31

25th / 75th: a quarter of enrolled submitters scored below the first number, a quarter above the second. These are not cutoffs.

Only students who submitted scores are counted — at test-optional schools, many enrolled students aren't in this table.

Percentiles are among enrolled students who submitted scores (Fall 2024 admissions cycle).

In the Fall 2024 cycle, The College of Idaho received 3,650 applications and admitted 1,792 (49.1%), with 263 enrolling.

Acceptance rate

49.1%Fall 2024Skip to data table

The share of applicants offered a spot — lower means more selective; read it alongside the score ranges below.

The share admitted at The College of Idaho declined from 97.6% to 49.1%; this does not establish why. This describes Fall 2001 to Fall 2024.

Acceptance rate — data
Year	Acceptance rate
Fall 2001	97.6%
Fall 2002	76.5%
Fall 2003	76.1%
Fall 2004	81.8%
Fall 2005	82.2%
Fall 2006	74.2%
Fall 2007	81%
Fall 2008	56.9%
Fall 2009	60.6%
Fall 2010	63%
Fall 2011	65.5%
Fall 2012	64.9%
Fall 2013	90.5%
Fall 2014	92.9%
Fall 2015	90.4%
Fall 2016	84.8%
Fall 2017	75.9%
Fall 2018	49.2%
Fall 2019	48.6%
Fall 2020	48.4%
Fall 2021	56.3%
Fall 2022	45.5%
Fall 2023	47.2%
Fall 2024	49.1%

IPEDS Fall cycles 2001–2024

SAT range (section sums, 25th–75th)

1070–1280Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

Sums of the reading/writing and math percentiles among enrolled submitters — not percentiles of total SAT scores or admission cutoffs.

SAT range (section sums) — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2002	1020	1240
Fall 2003	1020	1260
Fall 2004	1020	1260
Fall 2005	1020	1270
Fall 2006	980	1270
Fall 2007	986	1273
Fall 2008	960	1253
Fall 2009	900	1170
Fall 2010	983	1248
Fall 2011	923	1248
Fall 2012	956	1248
Fall 2013	925	1160
Fall 2014	920	1190
Fall 2020	1050	1240
Fall 2021	1080	1246
Fall 2022	1070	1240
Fall 2023	1080	1270
Fall 2024	1070	1280

IPEDS Fall 2002–2024, submitters only

ACT middle 50%

23–31Fall 2024 · submittersSkip to data table

The middle half of enrolled ACT submitters, using published composite-score percentiles — not admission cutoffs.

ACT middle 50% — data
Year	25th	75th
Fall 2001	22	27
Fall 2002	21	26
Fall 2003	22	27
Fall 2004	21	26
Fall 2005	21	25
Fall 2006	22	28
Fall 2007	21	27
Fall 2008	22	27
Fall 2009	22	27
Fall 2010	22	28
Fall 2011	22	27
Fall 2012	22	27
Fall 2013	21	27
Fall 2014	21	27
Fall 2020	21	26
Fall 2021	21	30
Fall 2022	23	29
Fall 2023	20	28
Fall 2024	23	31

IPEDS Fall 2001–2024, submitters only

What is the campus like?

Enrollment counts a campus population; retention follows first-years returning. Their dates and populations are shown separately.

Undergraduate enrollment

1,041Fall 2024Skip to data table

Reported undergraduate enrollment. This count does not measure class size or teaching access.

Undergraduate enrollment at The College of Idaho rose from 577 (Fall 2002) to 1,041 (Fall 2024).

Undergraduate enrollment — data
Year	Undergraduates
Fall 2002	577
Fall 2003	796
Fall 2004	777
Fall 2005	788
Fall 2006	778
Fall 2007	813
Fall 2008	921
Fall 2009	990
Fall 2010	1,025
Fall 2011	1,007
Fall 2012	1,030
Fall 2013	1,086
Fall 2014	1,113
Fall 2015	1,034
Fall 2016	953
Fall 2017	936
Fall 2018	939
Fall 2019	1,072
Fall 2020	1,100
Fall 2021	1,118
Fall 2022	1,052
Fall 2023	1,049
Fall 2024	1,041

IPEDS Fall headcounts 2002–2024

First-year retention (full-time)

82%Fall 2023 cohortSkip to data table

The share of the reported first-time student group who returned the following year. This rate does not explain why others left.

First-year retention at The College of Idaho has wandered from Fall 2002 to Fall 2023 — up to 89% at the peak — but ends near where it began, at 82%.

First-year retention — data
Year	Retention
Fall 2002 cohort	78%
Fall 2003 cohort	76%
Fall 2004 cohort	76%
Fall 2005 cohort	86%
Fall 2006 cohort	82%
Fall 2007 cohort	81%
Fall 2008 cohort	74%
Fall 2009 cohort	89%
Fall 2010 cohort	80%
Fall 2011 cohort	83%
Fall 2012 cohort	88%
Fall 2013 cohort	86%
Fall 2014 cohort	82%
Fall 2015 cohort	68%
Fall 2016 cohort	78%
Fall 2017 cohort	79%
Fall 2018 cohort	78%
Fall 2019 cohort	84%
Fall 2020 cohort	79%
Fall 2021 cohort	76%
Fall 2022 cohort	76%
Fall 2023 cohort	82%

IPEDS Full-time cohorts 2002–2023

More about The College of Idaho

Faculty pay at The College of Idaho averages $93,576 a year, annualized from reported monthly pay. Carnegie classes The College of Idaho as a primarily residential campus of 1,041 undergraduates — and 81.8% of the reported first-time, full-time student group returned for a second year.

The College of Idaho's SAT section-percentile sums are 1070–1280 — their midpoint is above the ID four-year benchmark. These are not total-score percentiles. Put your own practice estimate on The College of Idaho's range with the SAT calculator, or bring a saved GPA from the grade tools.

Why some charts are marked “key chart”

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Start with three useful questions: what costs were reported for families in your income band, how many first-time full-time students finished, and what federal debt borrowers held when leaving.

How The College of Idaho compares

State and national medians cover active bachelor-primary institutions, mixing public and private schools. Tuition uses in-state rates at public schools. These are broad reference points, not a ranking of similar schools or your likely bill.

Scorecard dates identify the release snapshot, not a shared measurement year. Earnings describe federally aided students who were working and not enrolled ten years after entry; cohorts and populations differ from the admissions and tuition figures.

Acceptance rate

Fall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS

The College of Idaho49.1%

Idaho median83.9%

National median76.8%

Tuition

Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid

The College of Idaho$37,845

Idaho median$14,301

National median$19,591

Median earnings (10 yr)

Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot

The College of Idaho's snapshot: calendar years and dollar basis unverified.

The College of Idaho$48,473

Idaho median$46,001

National median$53,781

View comparison data & dates

The College of Idaho, Idaho and national reference values
Metric & basis	The College of Idaho	Idaho median	National median
Acceptance rateFall 2024 admissions cycle · IPEDS	49.1%	83.9%	76.8%
TuitionScorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot · published tuition before aid	$37,845	$14,301	$19,591
Median earnings (10 yr)Ten years after entry · Scorecard 2026-06-10 snapshot	$48,473	$46,001	$53,781

Published earnings by bachelor's field of study

For The College of Idaho, these are federal subject groups (CIP), not departments. Median is the middle annual income.

The College of Idaho federal-aid recipients · graduated 2017–18 or 2018–19 · income measured 2022 or 2023 · inflation-adjusted to 2024 dollars. Definitions and limits.

View 4 fields & earnings

Bachelor's field of study (CIP category)	Median earnings, 4 yrs after completion
Business Administration, Management and Operations	$60,094
Psychology, General	$54,179
Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences, General	$52,709
Biology, General	$47,149

These 4 fields listed for The College of Idaho measure earnings after completion. The $48,473 institution-level snapshot above measures earnings after entry; it is not the same cohort or a total for these fields. 30 additional The College of Idaho fields have earnings withheld under federal privacy rules.

Frequently asked questions

What test-score data does The College of Idaho report?

The College of Idaho's enrolled submitters had SAT section-percentile sums of 1070–1280 in Fall 2024. These are not total-score percentiles or a GPA requirement.

What is The College of Idaho's acceptance rate?

49.1% in the Fall 2024 cycle — 1,792 admitted from 3,650 applicants.

How much does The College of Idaho cost?

At The College of Idaho, tuition is $37,845. Tuition is not the total cost of attendance; aid can reduce your bill.

What earnings data does The College of Idaho report?

Median earnings ten years after entry: $48,473. Major figures measure four years after completion. Source and date limits.

Similar colleges in Idaho

University of Idaho — 75.5% admitted
Idaho State University
Lewis-Clark State College — 87.7% admitted
Northwest Nazarene University — 64.7% admitted

Run your own numbers

Data: IPEDS ADM2024 (Fall 2024 admissions, provisional) · IPEDS HD2024/IC2024 directory · College Scorecard 2026-06-10 release (institution and field-of-study files; earnings from Treasury records). Retrieved 2026-09-01. Chart dates follow this institution's available observations; the release date is not an academic year or an earnings year. Some records end earlier than others. Field-of-study cohort dates are shown with the table. Read the date and population definitions.