Academics at The College of Idaho

All About Academics

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

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 Resources

With 10 students for every instructional faculty member, The College of Idaho ranks among the best colleges for instructional attention when compared with the national average of 15 to 1. The College of Idaho employs 63% of its instructors full time, above the national average of 47%.

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

Majors & Degrees

The College of Idaho offers 24 majors with reported completions across 15 broad fields of study.

The degree levels available at The College of Idaho are shown below:

The most popular majors at The College of Idaho, measured by graduates, are listed below.

For the complete list of majors, concentrations and graduation numbers, see the academic majors page.

Questions Worth Asking

As you weigh academic life at The College of Idaho, a few more questions are worth asking:

• Need flexibility? Check whether The College of Idaho offers the online or summer classes that fit your schedule. Explore online learning.
• Thinking about graduate school? Consider how many students continue their studies and how well the school retains and graduates its students (82% of full-time freshmen return for a second year). Explore graduation rates.
• Will a degree land you a job? Ask how many graduates were employed full time a year after finishing.

Continue Your Research on The College of Idaho

Each page below covers one part of academic life at The College of Idaho in more detail:

• Academic Majors at The College of Idaho — majors, concentrations and completions in detail
• Faculty Composition at The College of Idaho — student-faculty ratio, full-time vs adjunct, and tenure detail
• Graduation and Retention at The College of Idaho — how well the school retains and graduates students
• Online Learning at The College of Idaho — what online and distance learning is available
• Accreditation Detail at The College of Idaho — regional and program accreditation status