Boise State Description:
Admissions Data (2012):
- Percent of Applicants Admitted: 85%
- What Are Your Chances? (from Cappex.com)
- Test Scores -- 25th / 75th Percentile
- SAT Critical Reading: 470 / 580
- SAT Math: 480 / 600
- SAT Writing: 450 / 560
- ACT Composite: 20 / 25
- ACT English: 19 / 26
- ACT Math: 19 / 25
- ACT Writing: 6 / 8
Enrollment (2011):
- Total Enrollment: 19,664 (17,369 undergraduates)
- Gender Breakdown: 47% Male / 53% Female
- 73% Full-time
Costs (2012 - 13):
- Tuition and Fees: $5,884 (in-state); $17,324 (out-of-state)
- Books: $1,242 (why so much?)
- Room and Board: $7,483
- Other Expenses: $5,654
- Total Cost: $20,218 (in-state); $31,658 (out-of-state)
Boise State Financial Aid (2010 - 11):
- Percentage of New Students Receiving Aid: 88%
- Boise State Scholarships (Cappex.com)
- Percentage of New Students Receiving Types of Aid
- Grants: 78%
- Loans: 57%
- Average Amount of Aid
- Grants: $5,075
- Loans: $6,540
Most Popular Majors:
Transfer, Retention and Graduation Rates:
- First Year Student Retention (full-time students): 69%
- Transfer Out Rate: 22%
- 4-Year Graduation Rate: 8%
- 6-Year Graduation Rate: 29%
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Boise State Mission Statement:
"Boise State University is the largest institution of higher learning in Idaho. It is located in the middle of one of the most vibrant and liveable cities in America and the governmental and commercial center of the Gem State. Boise State has been long been heralded as an institution devoted to excellence in classroom teaching, but a new dimension to its mission is emerging - that of a metropolitan research university of distinction.
As the Boise economy has changed into a dynamic marketplace of ideas and products - especially with its highly sophisticated technology sector - and as the city became the heart of a major metropolitan region, it is a natural transition for the city's university to expand from a traditional comprehensive higher education institution with a strong teaching mission to become a metropolitan research institution.
Although there are other institutions of higher education in the region, Boise State University is the only "full-service," comprehensive state university in the region. As defined by the Idaho State Board of Education, it is Boise State's role and mission to be a "comprehensive, urban university serving a diverse population through undergraduate and graduate programs, research, and state and regional public service."
Today, the breadth of programs and services Boise State offers and its unique location makes it one of the nation's best places to live and learn. Boise State has academic programs in seven colleges - Arts and Sciences, Business and Economics, Education, Engineering, Health Sciences, Social Sciences and Public Affairs, and Graduate Studies - with a full-time faculty of more than 600."
