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 state's inaugural university, founded in 1889. 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.

School Location(s) Control Type Enrollment(Fall 2024) FoundedBoise Bible CollegeBoise Private not-for-profit Special-focus institution941945Boise State UniversityBoise Public Doctoral/research university27,1981932Brigham Young University–IdahoRexburg Private not-for-profit Baccalaureate college45,5851888College of IdahoCaldwell Private not-for-profit Baccalaureate college1,0901891Idaho College of Osteopathic MedicineMeridian Private6322016College of Southern IdahoTwin Falls Public Associate's college10,1761965College of Western IdahoNampa Public Associate's college11,0152007College of Eastern IdahoIdaho Falls Public Associate's college3,0131969Idaho State UniversityPocatello Public Doctoral/research university13,0611901Lewis–Clark State CollegeLewiston Public Baccalaureate college3,8011893New Saint Andrews CollegeMoscow PrivateBaccalaureate college4131994North Idaho CollegeCoeur d'Alene PublicAssociate's college4,5851933Northwest Nazarene UniversityNampa Private not-for-profit Master's university1,6351913University of IdahoMoscow Public Doctoral/research university12,2861889

Defunct institutions Four now-defunct institutions were located in Idaho: + Defunct institutions School Location Control Founded Closed RefAlbion State Normal SchoolAlbion Public 1893 1951 Farragut College and Technical Institute Bayview Private 1946 1949 Gooding College Gooding Private(Methodist Church) 1917 1938 Magic Valley Christian College Albion Private(Churches of Christ) 1958 1969 Stevens–Henager College Idaho Falls and Boise Private 1891 2021

List of colleges and universities in Idaho

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