University of Idaho
Public Research University in Moscow, ID. Six-year graduation rate 57%. Median 10-year earnings $54,670.
The median ten-year earnings figure of $54,670 sits near the national middle rather than at either extreme. The six-year graduation rate is 57%, meaning about two in five students who start do not finish. Median debt at graduation is $21,982, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
76% of applicants get in, so the odds favor most reasonably prepared students. 13,443 students applied, a pool deep enough to make the acceptance rate meaningful. Only 20% of admitted students enroll — the great majority of admits go elsewhere or nowhere. The score bands below cover the middle 50% of the enrolled students who submitted a score — not the whole class, and not a cutoff.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 500–630 | 1,066 (53%) |
| SAT Math | 490–600 | |
| ACT Composite | 20–26 | 84 (4%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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Completion is middling: 57% finish inside six years. First-year retention is 76% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. A 21% transfer-out rate accounts for part of that gap: those students left for another institution rather than dropping out, and the graduation rate above counts them as non-completers here. Part-time students fare worse, returning at 18% — relevant if you plan to work while enrolled.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 7,363 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Students pay an average of $15,111 annually once grants are applied. The gap between the $0–30k and $110k+ bands is narrow ($11,270 versus $18,791), meaning aid is not strongly need-weighted. 89% of students get grant aid averaging $12,295, so the published price is a poor guide to what most pay. Federal borrowing reaches 48% of students.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 1,825 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $11,270 |
| $30–48k | $11,193 |
| $48–75k | $13,374 |
| $75–110k | $17,130 |
| $110k+ | $18,791 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 3,539 of these 7,363 students, totalling $22,217,528 — an average of $6,278 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Latah County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)