List of colleges and universities in Idaho


This is a list of colleges and universities in Idaho. This list also includes other educational institutions providing higher education, meaning tertiary, quaternary, and, in some cases, post-secondary education.

Open institutions

The Idaho State Board of Education oversees three comprehensive universities. The University of Idaho in Moscow was the first university in the state. It opened its doors in 1892 and is the land-grant institution and primary research university of the state. Idaho State University in Pocatello opened in 1901 as the Academy of Idaho, attained four-year status in 1947 and university status in 1963. Boise State University is the most recent school to attain university status in Idaho. The school opened in 1932 as Boise Junior College and became Boise State University in 1974. Lewis–Clark State College in Lewiston is the only public, non-university 4-year college in Idaho. It opened as a normal school in 1893.
Idaho has four regional community colleges: North Idaho College in Coeur d'Alene; College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls; College of Western Idaho in Nampa, which opened in 2009, College of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls, which transitioned from a technical college in 2017.
Private institutions in Idaho are Boise Bible College, affiliated with congregations of the Christian churches and churches of Christ; Brigham Young University–Idaho in Rexburg, which is affiliated with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and a sister college to Brigham Young University; The College of Idaho in Caldwell, which still maintains a loose affiliation with the Presbyterian Church; Northwest Nazarene University in Nampa; and New Saint Andrews College in Moscow, of reformed Christian theological background. McCall College is a non-affiliated 2-year private college in McCall, which was founded in 2011 and later opened in 2013.
SchoolLocationControlTypeEnrollment
Founded
Boise Bible CollegeBoisePrivate not-for-profitSpecial-focus institution1751945
Boise State UniversityBoisePublicDoctoral/research university22,2271932
Brigham Young University–IdahoRexburgPrivate not-for-profitBaccalaureate college19,3991888
College of IdahoCaldwellPrivate not-for-profitBaccalaureate college1,1441891
Idaho College of Osteopathic MedicineMeridianPrivateDoctoral university2016
College of Southern IdahoTwin FallsPublicAssociate's college8,4731965
College of Western IdahoNampaPublicAssociate's college10,2172007
College of Eastern IdahoIdaho FallsPublicAssociate's college6861969
Idaho State UniversityPocatelloPublicDoctoral/research university13,4291901
Lewis–Clark State CollegeLewistonPublicBaccalaureate college4,3041893
McCall CollegeMcCall and BoisePrivate for-profit2011
New Saint Andrews CollegeMoscowPrivate1994
North Idaho CollegeCoeur d'AlenePublicAssociate's college5,7681933
Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampaPrivate not-for-profitMaster's university2,2491913
Stevens–Henager CollegeIdaho Falls and BoisePrivate not-for-profitSpecial-focus institution
Baccalaureate/associate's college 		120
350 		1891
University of IdahoMoscowPublicDoctoral/research university11,7021889

Defunct institutions

Three now-defunct institutions were located in Idaho:
SchoolLocationControlFoundedClosedRef
Albion State Normal SchoolAlbionPublic18931951
Magic Valley Christian CollegeAlbionPrivate
19581969
Gooding College
Gooding
Private

1917
1938