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College of Western Idaho

Nampa, Idaho Public 4-year Rural area

Overview

College of Western Idaho is a public four-year institution based in Nampa, Idaho. Its campus is in a rural area. Fall 2024 enrollment was 11,015 students.

College of Western Idaho offers certificates, associate degrees, and bachelor's degrees across 78 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Liberal Arts and Sciences, Business/Commerce, and Electrical, Electronic, and Communications Engineering Technology/Technician. It awarded 1,588 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. 18 of its programs can be completed entirely online.

The school has an open admission policy. 66% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 20 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
11,015
Students enrolled
66%
First-year retention
1,588
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
78
Programs and majors
20:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelor

Programs and majors offered 78

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Health Professions 10
Mechanic and Repair Technologies 5
Business, Management and Marketing 8
Liberal Arts and General Studies 1
Computer and Information Sciences 9
Precision Production 2
Engineering Technologies 4
Homeland Security, Law Enforcement and Firefighting 4
Social Sciences 5
Psychology 1
Agriculture and Veterinary Science 4
Education 2
Public Administration and Social Services 1
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 2
Engineering 1
Communication and Journalism 2
Foreign Languages and Linguistics 2
English Language and Literature 1
Visual and Performing Arts 2
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
History 1
Natural Resources and Conservation 1
Parks, Recreation, Fitness and Kinesiology 1
Philosophy and Religious Studies 1
Military Technologies 1
Construction Trades 1
Family and Consumer Sciences 1
Physical Sciences 2
Science Technologies 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
66%
First-year retention, part-time students
46%
Student-to-faculty ratio
20:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Associate degrees
1,103
Certificates under 1 year
223
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
262

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
11,015
Undergraduates, fall 2024
11,015
Full-time, fall 2024
24%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
23,690
Full-time, 2024-25
16%
Size category
10,000 to 19,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
57%
Men
43%
White
67%
Hispanic or Latino
17%
Black or African American
1%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
4%
American Indian or Alaska Native
1%
International (U.S. nonresident)
1%
Race or ethnicity unknown
7%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
18
Online undergraduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
15%
Students taking some online courses
20%

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Associate's Colleges: High Transfer-High Nontraditional
President
Gordon Jones
Services and opportunities
Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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