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Former names | St. Margarets School (1892-1932) Boise Junior College (1932–1965) Boise College (1965–1969) Boise State College (1969–1974) |
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| Motto | Splendor sine Occasu (Latin) |
Motto in English | "Splendour Without Diminishment" |
| Type | Public research university |
| Established | September 6, 1932 |
Parent institution | Idaho State Board of Education[1] |
| Accreditation | NWCCU |
Academic affiliations | |
| Endowment | $143 million (2023)[2] |
| Budget | $516 million (2018)[3] |
| President | Marlene Tromp |
| Provost | John Buckwalter |
Academic staff | 757 (Fall 2018) |
| Students | 26,727 (Fall 2023)[4] |
| Undergraduates | 23,543 (Fall 2023) |
| Postgraduates | 3,184 (Fall 2023) |
| Location | , , United States 43°36′14″N 116°12′14″W / 43.604°N 116.204°W |
| Campus | Midsize city, 285 acres (1.15 km2) |
| Newspaper | The Arbiter |
| Colors | Blue and orange[5] |
| Nickname | Broncos |
Sporting affiliations | |
| Mascot | Buster Bronco |
| Website | boisestate |
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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 100 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.
- ^ "Idaho State Board of Education-Public Higher Education".
- ^ As of June 30, 2023. "U.S. and Canadian 2023 NCSE Participating Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year 2023 Endowment Market Value, Change in Market Value from FY22 to FY23, and FY23 Endowment Market Values Per Full-time Equivalent Student" (XLS). National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). February 15, 2024. Retrieved September 25, 2024.
- ^ "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) - ^ "Common Data Set 2023-24". Boise State University.
- ^ "Colors – Office of Communications and Marketing". Archived from the original on August 26, 2019. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
- ^ "Boise State Enrollment Breaks Record". Retrieved December 23, 2017.
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