University of Idaho

Summary

University of Idaho is a public institution that was founded in 1889. It has a total undergraduate enrollment of 9,573, its setting is rural, and the campus size is 1,450 acres. It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar. University of Idaho's ranking in the 2012 edition of Best Colleges is National Universities, 160. Its in-state tuition and fees are $5,856 (2011-12); out-of-state tuition and fees are $18,376 (2011-12).

University of Idaho is located in the northwestern part of the state, in the city of Moscow. Undergraduates at Idaho can choose from many majors within eight colleges, and graduate students can earn degrees in more than 60 master’s programs, including business, law, engineering, and education. Outside the classroom, students can get involved by joining more than 200 organizations, playing a club-level or intramural sport, or by exploring the city. Moscow is home to movie theaters, cafés, restaurants, and the four-day Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival. Student athletes can try out for Idaho’s silver-and-gold sports teams called the Vandals, which are named as such thanks to an old newspaper account of the 1917 basketball team vandalizing their opponents on the court. The 16 Idaho Vandals teams compete in the NCAA Division I Western Conference, and get especially riled up for Beat BSU Week, when their one goal is to defeat their Boise State rivals. Notable Idaho alumni include Mark Felt, better known as Deep Throat, who was the source to reporters during the Watergate political scandal in the 1970s.