Academics
Majors and faculty
The most popular major is Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse (10% of graduates). 20 students for every faculty member, more than at 90% of colleges. 57% of faculty are full-time. Spends $8,864 a year on instruction per student.
Most popular majors
4,062 bachelor's degrees, 2024–25 graduates
The top 5 programs account for 32% of graduates; 82 programs in 22 fields awarded at least one.
- Registered Nursing/Registered Nurse 51.38019.6% 388Graduates in this field earn $91,491 4 years out
- Business/Commerce, General 52.01017.6% 310Graduates in this field earn $64,202 4 years out
- Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other 51.99995.6% 227Graduates in this field earn $60,164 4 years out
- Psychology, General 42.01015.2% 210Graduates in this field earn $51,184 4 years out
- Respiratory Care Therapy/Therapist 51.09084.4% 179Graduates in this field earn $89,863 4 years out
Fastest-growing field: Business, 18% → 22% of graduates since 2014–15 (904 graduates in 2024–25).
Source:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2014–15 to 2024–25About the data(built 2026-10-12; CPI retrieved 2026-10-12)
Bachelor's degrees awarded July through June, by federal program name (), which can differ from what the college calls a major. A double major counts once, under the ; its other field is a . Earnings are College Scorecard's median for graduates of the program's broader field (), 4 years after completion; see Top-earning majors below.
Top-earning majors here
By earnings 4 years after completion
Computer Science$112,120 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $85,596
4 years after completion$112,120National median: $107,009Above typical4 years out, Pell: $98,531 · Non-Pell: $114,331(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $26,000 · 232 graduates, two most recent years combined
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$100,680 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $72,832
4 years after completion$100,680National median: $100,647About typical4 years out, Pell: $100,055 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $32,250 · 61 graduates, two most recent years combined
Construction Management$95,250 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $77,109
4 years after completion$95,250National median: $95,124About typical4 years out, Pell: $100,295 · Non-Pell: Too few graduates to report(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $23,250 · 116 graduates, two most recent years combined
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing$91,491 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $79,301
4 years after completion$91,491National median: $88,910About typical4 years out, Pell: $71,679 · Non-Pell: $77,614(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $17,033 · 976 graduates, two most recent years combined
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions$89,863 4 yrs out
1 year after completion: $76,843
4 years after completion$89,863National median: $70,786Above typical4 years out, Pell: $67,228 · Non-Pell: $64,291(an older graduating class than the figure above — see the (i) for why)
Median federal debt: $16,551 · 563 graduates, two most recent years combined
Bachelor's programs only, among graduates who received federal financial aid and were working (not enrolled in school) in the measurement year.
The college also reports 20 to 1 in its Common Data Set.
Not the average class size: faculty also teach graduate students and do research, and large lectures can sit alongside small seminars.
Class sizes
38%
of classes have fewer than 20 students; 10% have 50 or more
| Students | sections | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2–9 | 227 | 13% |
| 10–19 | 410 | 24% |
| 20–29 | 526 | 31% |
| 30–39 | 246 | 15% |
| 40–49 | 110 | 6% |
| 50–99 | 124 | 7% |
| 100+ | 51 | 3% |
This counts class sections, not students: a lecture of 300 is one section, so a student is more likely to sit in a large class than the share of sections suggests. Labs and discussion sections are counted separately and left out here.
Programs & curriculum
- Distance learning
- Double major
- Dual enrollment
- Honors program
- Independent study
- Internships
- Student-designed major
- Teacher certification
- Weekend college
- Study abroad
- Undergraduate research
Requires coursework in arts, English composition, history, humanities, math, a natural science, and social science.
$88,759
9-month equated, all ranks combined. Pay tracks local cost of living as much as a college's generosity.
Spending and endowment
Fiscal 2023–24. Compared only against other public colleges: public and private colleges report finances on different accounting forms that aren't comparable. Many public universities' endowments sit mostly in a separate foundation this survey doesn't count, so this likely understates what's actually available.
Sources:IPEDS Completions survey (degrees awarded by field), 2024–25 graduates;College Scorecard Field of Study data, most recent release;IPEDS Fall Enrollment survey (part D), Fall 2024;IPEDS Salaries survey (SAL, instructional staff, all ranks), Fall 2024;College Scorecard, Fall 2024;IPEDS Finance survey, derived per-student figures, 2023–24;Boise State University Common Data Set 2021–22, Fall 2021;Boise State University Common Data Set 2021–22, 2021–22;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey (athletics, programs, services, religious affiliation), 2025–26About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)
