Boise State University

Boise State University
Former names
St. Margarets School (1892-1932)
Boise Junior College (1932–1965)
Boise College (1965–1969)
Boise State College (1969–1974)
MottoSplendor sine Occasu (Latin)
Motto in English
"Splendour Without Diminishment"
TypePublic research university
EstablishedSeptember 6, 1932 (1932)
Parent institution
Idaho State Board of Education[1]
AccreditationNWCCU
Academic affiliations
Endowment$156 million (2022)[2]
Budget$516 million (2018)[3]
PresidentMarlene Tromp
ProvostJohn Buckwalter
Academic staff
757 (Fall 2018)
Students26,155 (Fall 2022)[4]
Undergraduates22,922 (Fall 2022)
Postgraduates3,233 (Fall 2022)
Location, ,
United States

43°36′14″N 116°12′14″W / 43.604°N 116.204°W / 43.604; -116.204
CampusMidsize city, 285 acres (1.15 km2)
NewspaperThe Arbiter
ColorsBlue and orange[5]
   
NicknameBroncos
Sporting affiliations
MascotBuster Bronco
Websiteboisestate.edu
Administration Building seen from Friendship Bridge
Stueckle Sky Center

Boise State University (BSU) is a public research university in Boise, Idaho. Founded in 1932 by the Episcopal Church, it became an independent junior college in 1934 and has been awarding baccalaureate and master's degrees since 1965.[6] It became a public institution in 1969.

Boise State offers more than 300 graduate programs, including the MBA and MAcc programs in the College of Business and Economics; master's and PhD programs in the Colleges of Engineering, Arts & Sciences, and Education; MPA program in the School of Public Service; and the MPH program in the College of Health Sciences. In the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education, it is among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".[7] According to the National Science Foundation, the university received approximately $48 million in research and development funding in 2022, ranking it 217th in the nation for research revenue and expenditures.[8]

The university's intercollegiate athletic teams, the Broncos, compete in the Mountain West Conference (MWC) in NCAA Division I.

  1. ^ "Idaho State Board of Education-Public Higher Education".
  2. ^ As of June 30, 2020. U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2020 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY19 to FY20 (Report). National Association of College and University Business Officers and TIAA. February 19, 2021. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
  3. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on September 6, 2015. Retrieved September 22, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Boise State University". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved August 4, 2023.
  5. ^ "Colors – Office of Communications and Marketing". Archived from the original on August 26, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  6. ^ "Boise State Enrollment Breaks Record". Retrieved December 23, 2017.
  7. ^ Cite error: The named reference Carnegie was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  8. ^ "National Science Foundation, Research Revenue and Expenditures of Research Universities".

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