Inside Academics at Idaho State University

All About Academics

Academics are the heart of the college experience. This overview pulls together the essentials of academic life at Idaho State University: its faculty, its majors and fields of study, and its online learning options.

90 Majors With Completions

13:1 Student-Faculty Ratio

94% Full-Time Faculty

Use the sections below to explore each part of academic life in more detail, or follow a link to the full report on that topic:

Faculty Resources
Most Popular Majors
Additional Questions to Ask
Continue Your Research

Faculty and Teaching

With 13 students per faculty member, Idaho State University is about average, as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. With 94% of instructors full time, Idaho State University is above the national average of 47%.

For a deeper look at tenure, adjuncts and faculty composition, visit the faculty composition report.

Majors & Degrees

Idaho State University offers 90 majors with reported completions across 28 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at Idaho State University are shown below:

Degree Level	Offered
Associate	✓
Bachelor’s	✓
Master’s	✓
Doctorate	✓

Ranked by number of graduates, these are the most popular majors at Idaho State University.

Most Popular Majors	Graduates
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities	308
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing	194
Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions	137
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics	106
Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technology/Technician, General	103

See the full majors breakdown on the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at Idaho State University, a few more questions are worth asking:

Looking for flexibility? Idaho State University may offer online or summer classes that can help you finish your degree — 5,849 undergraduates take at least some classes online. Explore online learning.
Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (72% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
Worried about job prospects? Ask about employment outcomes for recent graduates of Idaho State University.

Dig Deeper into Academics at Idaho State University

Each page below covers one part of academic life at Idaho State University in more detail:

Academic Majors at Idaho State University — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
Faculty & Class Sizes at Idaho State University — how the teaching staff is structured
Graduation and Retention at Idaho State University — graduation outcomes and retention detail
Online Learning at Idaho State University — online and distance enrollment options
Accreditation at Idaho State University — regional and program accreditation status