by our College Data Analytics TeamIn its yearly rankings, College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities to determine which ones are the best in a variety of categories, such as overall value, quality, diversity, which schools are the best for each major, and much more.
College of Eastern Idaho was awarded 6 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is vehicle maintenance & repair.
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CEI is ranked #1,899 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when CEI held the #2,076 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
As long as you meet basic requirements, you should not have any trouble getting into College of Eastern Idaho since the school has an open admissions policy. Still, be sure to submit any requested materials and that your application is completed in full.
With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, College of Eastern Idaho is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
When estimating how much access students will have to their teachers, some people like to look at what percentage of faculty members are full time. This is because part-time teachers may not have as much time to spend on campus as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at College of Eastern Idaho is 44%. This is comparable to the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate is a measure of what percentage of first-year, full-time students come back for their sophomore year. The 47% rate at College of Eastern Idaho is a good bit lower than the national rate of 68%. This could be for a number of reasons, such as students transferring after a year because they changed majors.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,803 undergraduates at CEI with 558 being full-time and 1,245 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $6,707 | $7,153 | $9,145 | $9,167 | $8,863 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of CEI, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At CEI, approximately 32% of students took out student loans averaging $5,810 a year. That adds up to $23,240 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at CEI is 9.3%. This is about the same as the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Get more details about the location of College of Eastern Idaho.
Contact details for CEI are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1600 S 25Th E, Idaho Falls, ID 83404-5788 |
| Phone: | 208-535-3000 |
| Website: | www.cei.edu/ |
Online courses area a great option for busy, working students as well as for those who have scheduling conflicts and want to study on their own time. As time goes by, expect to see more and more online learning options become available.
In 2020-2021, 1,617 students took at least one online class at College of Eastern Idaho. This is an increase from the 1,377 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 1,617 | 1,079 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,377 | 701 |
| 2018-2019 | 483 | 96 |
| 2017-2018 | 34 | 34 |
| 2016-2017 | 0 | 0 |
Learn more about online learning at College of Eastern Idaho.
Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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