2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Idaho

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Idaho” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 55,749 people earned their degree in general business/commerce, making the major the 13th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general business/commerce graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $40,821 and had an average of $25,596 in loans still to pay off.

Across Idaho, there were 385 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,600 and $19,521 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 110 general business/commerce graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,160 and $16,517 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Idaho” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general business/commerce. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general business/commerce programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general business/commerce program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The general business school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Idaho”.

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Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Idaho

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Idaho.

Top 3 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Business/Commerce in Idaho

#1

College of Western Idaho

Nampa, Idaho

#1 in overall quality

$6,711 Average Net Price

$29,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Western Idaho. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Idaho list. This fairly large school is located in Nampa, Idaho, and it awarded 81 associates’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

CWI also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Idaho” ranking. The yearly cost to attend CWI is $6,711 for Idaho Associate Degree General Business students.

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#2

Idaho State University

Pocatello, Idaho

#2 in overall quality

$16,810 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Idaho that were part of this year’s ranking, Idaho State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Idaho State University is a fairly large public school situated in Pocatello, Idaho. It awarded 21 associates’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

ISU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Idaho” list. It costs about $16,810 for Idaho Associate Degree General Business students per year to attend Idaho State University.

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#3

North Idaho College

Coeur d'Alene, Idaho

#3 in overall quality

$6,703 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Idaho College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value General Business Schools for an Associate in Idaho. North Idaho College is a small school located in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho that handed out 8 associates’s general business degrees in 2019-2020.

NIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Business/Commerce Associate Degree Schools in Idaho” list. The estimated yearly cost for NIC is $6,703 for Idaho Associate Degree General Business students.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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