University of Idaho (Moscow, ID)
The University of Idaho, that state’s premier research university, was founded in 1889, making it also the oldest public university in the state. The nearly 1600-acre campus is located 2600 feet above sea level in the rural community of Moscow, just north of Lewiston in the Idaho panhandle, on the Washington state border. It is the largest institution of higher learning in the state, and contains a regulation-size, 18-hole golf course, an arboretum, a botanical garden, and 860 acres of farmland.
The current student body comprises approximately 12,000 students, while the student-to-faculty ratio is 18-to-one. Freshmen are required to live on campus. Students have access to 200+ student organizations, 16 NCAA Division I sports teams, 20 minority student groups, and several intramural sports clubs.
The university is divided into ten Colleges: Agriculture and Life Science, Arts and Architecture, Business and Economics, Education, Engineering, Graduate Studies, Law, Letters, Arts, and Social Sciences, Natural Resources, and Science. Among those schools there are currently 130 bachelor’s degree programs, 88 master’s programs, and 32 doctoral programs available to students. According to U.S. News & World Report, the school is the 85th best public university in the country.
The University of Idaho is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
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