Idaho: Almanac 2013

August 19, 2013

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	Idaho	Nation

Demographics

Population
	Idaho	Nation
Total (State rank: 39)	1,584,985	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	Idaho	Nation
Up to 4	7.5%	6.4%
5 to 14	15.2%	13.2%
15 to 19	7.3%	7.0%
20 to 24	7.0%	7.1%
25 to 44	25.3%	26.4%
45 to 64	24.7%	26.5%
65 and older	12.9%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	Idaho	Nation
American Indian	1.3%	0.8%
Asian	1.3%	4.8%
Black	0.5%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	92.5%	74.1%
More than one race	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	11.5%	16.7%
Other	1.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	Idaho	Nation
8th grade or less	4.5%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	6.9%	8.1%
High-school diploma	27.5%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	26.9%	21.2%
Associate degree	8.9%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	17.5%	17.9%
Master’s degree	5.5%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.0%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.3%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	Idaho	Nation
	10.4%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	Idaho	Nation
(State rank: 50)	$33,749	$42,693

Poverty rate
	Idaho	Nation
	16.5%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	Idaho	Nation
Total for 2013-14	17,907	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	21.9%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	Idaho	Nation
	3,191	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	Idaho	Nation
	4.4%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Idaho	Nation
Professor	$83,769	$118,822
Associate professor	$63,774	$81,373
Assistant professor	$57,492	$70,325
All	$62,979	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	Idaho	Nation
Professor	$78,867	$89,076
Associate professor	$64,973	$71,297
Assistant professor	$56,505	$60,506
All	$62,486	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Idaho	Nation
Professor	n/a	$152,042
Associate professor	n/a	$95,762
Assistant professor	n/a	$82,983
All	n/a	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	Idaho	Nation
Professor	$59,696	$91,161
Associate professor	$50,861	$71,963
Assistant professor	$41,794	$58,901
All	$50,855	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	Idaho	Nation
Public	$48,221	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$52,830	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	Idaho	Nation
Public	$50,021	$62,568
Private nonprofit	n/a	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	Idaho	Nation
Undergraduate	82,297	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	7,845	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	49,087	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	16,666	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	21,618	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	2,214	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	557	396,832
Total	90,142	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	Idaho	Nation
Public	73%	72%
4-year	81%	64%
2-year	19%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	Idaho	Nation
Associate	3,919	942,217
Bachelor’s	9,171	1,712,538
Master’s	1,790	730,635
Doctorate	321	163,715

Residence of new students

State

State residents made up 63% of all freshmen enrolled in Idaho in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 68% of all Idaho residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	Idaho	Nation
All	43.4%	59.0%
Men	38.1%	56.4%
Women	46.7%	61.2%
American Indian	22.0%	40.6%
Asian	44.5%	69.7%
Black	20.0%	40.2%
Hispanic	33.6%	51.4%
White	44.7%	62.3%
2 or more races	63.6%	64.0%
Race unknown	34.4%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	Idaho	Nation
American Indian	1,112	174,629
Asian	1,441	1,133,719
Black	952	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	740	61,179
Hispanic	6,282	2,695,637
White	71,809	11,519,372
2 or more races	1,199	405,812
Race unknown	4,345	1,409,094
Foreign	2,262	738,624
Total	90,142	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	Idaho	Nation
Women	55.4%	57.0%
American Indian	1.2%	0.8%
Asian	1.6%	5.4%
Black	1.1%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.3%
Hispanic	7.0%	12.8%
White	79.7%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.3%	1.9%
Race unknown	4.8%	6.7%
Foreign	2.5%	3.5%
Minority	13.0%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	9.3%	27.2%
Full-time	68.3%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Students averaged 21.6 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 67% of Idaho’s high-school seniors. Students averaged 1088 on the SAT, which was taken by an estimated 20% of Idaho’s high-school seniors.

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	Idaho	Nation
Public 4-year	$5,329	$7,087
Public 2-year	$2,554	$2,419
Private 4-year	$5,720	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	Idaho	Nation
State funds	$360,070,800	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	7.9%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	Idaho	Nation
Need-based grants	$1,780,740	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$4,506,203	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$1,340,156	$1,737,198,826
Total	$7,627,099	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	Idaho	Nation
Total	$142,364,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	12.6%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	Idaho	Nation
Federal government	63.6%	62.6%
State and local governments	16.6%	5.9%
Industry	2.2%	4.9%
Nonprofit	1.5%	5.9%
Institution itself	15.9%	19.1%
Other	0.2%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	Idaho	Nation
Engineering	20.0%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	9.4%	4.9%
Life sciences	49.8%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	2.8%	3.6%
Physical sciences	9.1%	7.3%
Psychology	0.2%	1.7%
Social sciences	3.3%	3.1%
Other sciences	3.3%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	2.1%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	Idaho
University of Idaho Foundation	$188,511,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	Idaho
Boise State University	$30,994,164

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	Idaho	Nation
Public 4-year	4	679
Public 2-year	3	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	4	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	0	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	6	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	1	669
Total	18	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	Idaho
Brigham Young University-Idaho	13,815
Boise State University	13,492
University of Idaho	10,149

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Idaho State University (governance), North Idaho College

Institutions on NCAA probation

Boise State University

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Almanac 2013 »

Idaho

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	Idaho	Nation

Demographics

Population
	Idaho	Nation
Total (State rank: 39)	1,584,985	311,591,919

Age distribution
Age range	Idaho	Nation
Up to 4	7.5%	6.4%
5 to 14	15.2%	13.2%
15 to 19	7.3%	7.0%
20 to 24	7.0%	7.1%
25 to 44	25.3%	26.4%
45 to 64	24.7%	26.5%
65 and older	12.9%	13.2%

Racial and ethnic distribution
Race or ethnicity	Idaho	Nation
American Indian	1.3%	0.8%
Asian	1.3%	4.8%
Black	0.5%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	92.5%	74.1%
More than one race	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic (may be any race)	11.5%	16.7%
Other	1.8%	4.7%

Educational attainment of adults (highest level)
Level	Idaho	Nation
8th grade or less	4.5%	6.0%
Some high school, no diploma	6.9%	8.1%
High-school diploma	27.5%	28.4%
Some college, no degree	26.9%	21.2%
Associate degree	8.9%	7.8%
Bachelor’s degree	17.5%	17.9%
Master’s degree	5.5%	7.5%
Doctoral degree	1.0%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.3%	1.9%

Proportion who speak a language other than English at home
	Idaho	Nation
	10.4%	20.8%

Per capita personal income
	Idaho	Nation
(State rank: 50)	$33,749	$42,693

Poverty rate
	Idaho	Nation
	16.5%	15.9%

New high-school graduates
Estimate	Idaho	Nation
Total for 2013-14	17,907	3,219,207
Projected change from 2013-14 to 2023-24	21.9%	7.9%

New GED diploma recipients
	Idaho	Nation
	3,191	401,388

High-school dropout rate
	Idaho	Nation
	4.4%	4.9%

Faculty pay

Average pay of full-time professors

Public doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Idaho	Nation
Professor	$83,769	$118,822
Associate professor	$63,774	$81,373
Assistant professor	$57,492	$70,325
All	$62,979	$85,690

Public master’s institutions
Academic rank	Idaho	Nation
Professor	$78,867	$89,076
Associate professor	$64,973	$71,297
Assistant professor	$56,505	$60,506
All	$62,486	$69,025

Private nonprofit doctoral institutions
Academic rank	Idaho	Nation
Professor	n/a	$152,042
Associate professor	n/a	$95,762
Assistant professor	n/a	$82,983
All	n/a	$108,803

Private nonprofit master’s institutions
Academic rank	Idaho	Nation
Professor	$59,696	$91,161
Associate professor	$50,861	$71,963
Assistant professor	$41,794	$58,901
All	$50,855	$69,941

Other 4-year institutions
Control	Idaho	Nation
Public	$48,221	$61,265
Private nonprofit	$52,830	$68,804

2-year colleges
Control	Idaho	Nation
Public	$50,021	$62,568
Private nonprofit	n/a	$48,969

Students

Enrollment
Group	Idaho	Nation
Undergraduate	82,297	18,047,249
Graduate and professional	7,845	2,931,076
At public 4-year institutions	49,087	8,033,071
At public 2-year institutions	16,666	7,062,467
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	21,618	3,887,322
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	n/a	39,553
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	2,214	1,559,080
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	557	396,832
Total	90,142	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Institution type	Idaho	Nation
Public	73%	72%
4-year	81%	64%
2-year	19%	36%

Degrees awarded
Level	Idaho	Nation
Associate	3,919	942,217
Bachelor’s	9,171	1,712,538
Master’s	1,790	730,635
Doctorate	321	163,715

Residence of new students

State

Nation

82% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.

Graduation rates at 4-year institutions
Gender, race or ethnicity	Idaho	Nation
All	43.4%	59.0%
Men	38.1%	56.4%
Women	46.7%	61.2%
American Indian	22.0%	40.6%
Asian	44.5%	69.7%
Black	20.0%	40.2%
Hispanic	33.6%	51.4%
White	44.7%	62.3%
2 or more races	63.6%	64.0%
Race unknown	34.4%	56.0%

Diversity

Enrollment by race, ethnicity, and citizenship status
Race, ethnicity, or citizenship status	Idaho	Nation
American Indian	1,112	174,629
Asian	1,441	1,133,719
Black	952	2,840,259
Pacific Islander	740	61,179
Hispanic	6,282	2,695,637
White	71,809	11,519,372
2 or more races	1,199	405,812
Race unknown	4,345	1,409,094
Foreign	2,262	738,624
Total	90,142	20,978,325

Share of enrollment
Group	Idaho	Nation
Women	55.4%	57.0%
American Indian	1.2%	0.8%
Asian	1.6%	5.4%
Black	1.1%	13.5%
Pacific Islander	0.8%	0.3%
Hispanic	7.0%	12.8%
White	79.7%	54.9%
2 or more races	1.3%	1.9%
Race unknown	4.8%	6.7%
Foreign	2.5%	3.5%
Minority	13.0%	34.9%
Underrepresented minority	9.3%	27.2%
Full-time	68.3%	61.9%

Test scores

State

Nation

Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1010 on the SAT.

Finance

Average tuition and fees
Institution type	Idaho	Nation
Public 4-year	$5,329	$7,087
Public 2-year	$2,554	$2,419
Private 4-year	$5,720	$26,165

State funds for higher-education operating expenses
	Idaho	Nation
State funds	$360,070,800	$71,966,406,875
One-year change	7.9%	-0.4%

State spending on student aid
Aid type	Idaho	Nation
Need-based grants	$1,780,740	$6,954,307,090
Non-need-based grants	$4,506,203	$2,444,876,754
Nongrant aid	$1,340,156	$1,737,198,826
Total	$7,627,099	$11,136,382,670

Spending on research and development by colleges and universities
	Idaho	Nation
Total	$142,364,000	$65,073,411,000
One-year change	12.6%	6.3%

Sources of financing
Source	Idaho	Nation
Federal government	63.6%	62.6%
State and local governments	16.6%	5.9%
Industry	2.2%	4.9%
Nonprofit	1.5%	5.9%
Institution itself	15.9%	19.1%
Other	0.2%	1.6%

Share for specific research fields
Field	Idaho	Nation
Engineering	20.0%	15.4%
Environmental sciences	9.4%	4.9%
Life sciences	49.8%	57.2%
Math and computer sciences	2.8%	3.6%
Physical sciences	9.1%	7.3%
Psychology	0.2%	1.7%
Social sciences	3.3%	3.1%
Other sciences	3.3%	1.7%
Fields other than science and engineering	2.1%	4.9%

Largest endowment
Institution	Idaho
University of Idaho Foundation	$188,511,000

Top fund raisers (among survey participants)
Institution	Idaho
Boise State University	$30,994,164

Colleges and universities

Number of institutions
Institution type	Idaho	Nation
Public 4-year	4	679
Public 2-year	3	972
Private 4-year, nonprofit	4	1,557
Private 2-year, nonprofit	0	100
Private 4-year, for-profit	6	735
Private 2-year, for-profit	1	669
Total	18	4,712

3 largest institutions by enrollment
Institution	Idaho
Brigham Young University-Idaho	13,815
Boise State University	13,492
University of Idaho	10,149

Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP

Idaho State University (governance), North Idaho College

Institutions on NCAA probation

Boise State University

Note: See Sources & Notes for details about the data.

Correction (9/24/2014): All tables in the 2013 Almanac’s States section have been updated to make them more comparable to ones published in other years. The data are now limited to degree-granting institutions that are eligible to receive Title IV federal financial aid, not all higher-education institutions. Administrative offices that were inadvertently counted as institutions in the original version of the tables have been omitted from the total number of institutions in each state. Figures for tuition and fees, which had incorrectly excluded fees, now reflect both tuition and fees. The three largest institutions by enrollment give figures for full-time students in fall 2011, not an unduplicated head count of all undergraduate and graduate students enrolled over a 12-month period for 2010-11.