unitid 142115 · Boise, ID · public 4-year · city (midsize)
Boise State University
- enrollment 2023
- 32,626
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
87%
60th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
17,674
85th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
18%
undergrads on Pell grants
12th pctl among public 4-years
completion
60%
finish within 150% time
78th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$28,224
81st pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$21,610
after aid, aided students
94th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$51,658
after entry, Title IV students
54th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$20,500
59th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $18,165 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k24%
- 30-48k16%
- 48-75k18%
- 75-110k17%
- 110k+25%
- Median family income
- $42,915
- First-generation students
- 33%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $9,048
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.5× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing. | 467 | $82,246 | $27,220 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 272 | $76,056 | $25,675 |
| Social Work. | 255 | $59,517 | — |
| Business/Commerce, General. | 244 | $59,854 | $22,302 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 197 | $54,946 | $23,095 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 196 | $67,814 | $22,215 |
| Psychology, General. | 194 | $45,664 | $22,559 |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 190 | $112,120 | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 180 | $41,838 | $15,894 |
| Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other. | 160 | $59,941 | $25,000 |
| Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences. | 141 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 134 | $54,715 | $22,988 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.