University of Idaho is a public institution that was founded in
1889.
It
has a total undergraduate enrollment of 9,456,
its setting is rural,
and the campus size is 1,450 acres.
It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar.
University of Idaho's ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges
is National Universities,
166.
Its in-state tuition and fees are $6,784 (2014-15); out-of-state
tuition and fees are $20,314 (2014-15).
University of Idaho is located in the northwestern part of the state,
in the city of Moscow. Undergraduates at Idaho can choose from many
majors within eight colleges, and graduate students can earn degrees in
more than 80 master's programs, including business, law, engineering and education.
Outside the classroom, students can join more than 200 organizations,
play club-level or intramural sports or explore the city. Moscow is home
to movie theaters, cafés, restaurants and the four-day Lionel Hampton
Jazz Festival.
Student athletes can try out for Idaho's silver-and-gold sports teams,
which are called the Vandals, thanks to an old newspaper account of the
1917 basketball team vandalizing its opponents on the court. The Vandals
mainly compete in the NCAA Division I Big Sky Conference. Notable Idaho
alumni include Mark Felt, better known as Deep Throat, who was the
source to reporters during the Watergate political scandal in the 1970s.
The University of Idaho is a high-research, land-grant
institution committed to undergraduate and graduate research education
with extension services responsive to Idaho and the region's business
and community needs. Many students take advantage of an emphasis on
undergraduate research opportunities in computer security,
transportation innovations, environmental science, agricultural science,
evolutionary biology, biomedical research and power applications to
name a few. A U Idaho education is nationally ranked as a best buy for
the quality and value and is one of the country's "most wired"
universities. The University of Idaho offers a complete living and
learning experience. The residential campus is located in the small,
friendly community of Moscow, Idaho, and is surrounded by the rural
beauty and outdoor recreational activities of North Idaho. There are
many unexpected gems, like the four-day Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival
each February. More than 12,000 students from around the nation and
world attend the University of Idaho.
