Editing Boise State University

{{Short description|Public university in Boise, Idaho, US}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2017}}
{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Boise State University
 | image_name             = Boise State University seal.svg
 | image_size             = 150
 | motto                  = ''Splendor sine Occasu'' ([[Latin language|Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = "Splendour Without Diminishment"
 | established            = September 6, {{start date and age|1932}}
 | parent                 = Idaho State Board of Education<ref>{{cite web|url=https://boardofed.idaho.gov/board-facts/board-governance-structure/state-public-education-institutions/|title=Idaho State Board of Education-Public Higher Education}}</ref>
 | type                   = [[Public university|Public]] [[research university]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[Coalition of Urban Serving Universities|USU]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]}}
 | endowment              = $143 million (2023)<ref name=NACUBO>As of June 30, 2023. {{cite web |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/EndowmentFiles/2023-NCSE-Endowment-Market-Values-FINAL.ashx |title=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 |date=February 15, 2024 |publisher=National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO) |access-date=September 25, 2024 |format=XLS }}</ref>
 | budget                 = $781 million (2024)<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/vpfa-budget-and-planning/wp-content/uploads/sites/351/2023/11/FINAL-FY24-All-Funds-Reformatted-for-website.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=February 10, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906111002/http://vpfa.boisestate.edu/budget/files/2015/07/FY16-Appropriated-Budget-Book.pdf |archive-date=September 6, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
 | president              = [[Marlene Tromp]]
 | provost                = John Buckwalter
 | faculty                = 757 (Fall 2018)
 | students               = 26,727 (Fall 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boisestate.edu/ie/common-data-set-2023-24/#cds-b |title=Common Data Set 2023-24 |publisher=Boise State University}}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 27,250 (Fall 2024)
 | postgrad               = 3,184 (Fall 2023)
 | city                   = [[Boise, Idaho|Boise]]
 | state                  = [[Idaho]]
 | country                = United States
 | coor                   = {{coord|43.604|N|116.204|W|source:placeopedia|display=inline, title}}
 | campus                 = [[Urban area|Midsize city]]
 | campus_size            = {{convert|285|acre|km2}}
 | former_names           = St. Margarets School (1892-1932)<br>Boise Junior College (1932–1965)<br>Boise College (1965–1969)<br>Boise State College (1969–1974)
 | accreditation          = [[Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities|NWCCU]]
 | colors                 = Blue and orange<ref>{{cite web|title=Colors – Office of Communications and Marketing|url=https://www.boisestate.edu/communicationsandmarketing/brand-standards/colors/|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-date=August 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190826135833/https://www.boisestate.edu/communicationsandmarketing/brand-standards/colors/|url-status=dead}}</ref><br>{{color box|#0033A0}}&nbsp;{{color box|#D64309}}
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division I]] [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]] – [[Mountain West Conference|Mountain West]]|[[Southland Conference|Southland]]}}
 | sports_nickname        = [[Boise State Broncos|Broncos]]
 | mascot                 = [[Buster Bronco (Boise State)|Buster Bronco]]
 | website                = {{url|https://boisestate.edu}}
 | logo                   = Boise State University logo.svg
 | logo_size              = 200
 | free_label2            = Newspaper
 | free2                  = ''The Arbiter''
}}
[[File:Administration Building seen from Friendship Bridge.jpg|thumb|Administration Building seen from Friendship Bridge]]
[[File:Stueckle Sky Center.jpg|thumb|Stueckle Sky Center]]
'''Boise State University''' ('''BSU''') is a [[Public university|public]] [[research university]] in [[Boise, Idaho]], United States. Founded in 1932 by the [[Episcopal Church (United States)|Episcopal Church]], it became an independent junior college in 1934 and has been awarding [[Bachelor's degree|baccalaureate]] and master's degrees {{nowrap|since 1965.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/09/13/1338680/boise-state-enrollment-breaks.html|title=Boise State Enrollment Breaks Record |access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref>}} It became a public institution in 1969.

Boise State offers more than 100 graduate programs, including the [[MBA]] and [[Master of Accountancy|MAcc]] programs in the College of Business and Economics; [[master's degree|master's]] and [[PhD]] programs in the Colleges of Engineering, Arts & Sciences, and Education; [[Master of Public Affairs|MPA]] program in the School of Public Service; and the [[Professional degrees of public health|MPH]] program in the College of Health Sciences. It is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity".<ref name="Carnegie"/> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=National Science Foundation, Research Revenue and Expenditures of Research Universities |url=https://ncsesdata.nsf.gov/profiles/site?method=rankingBySource&ds=herd}}</ref>

The university's intercollegiate athletic teams, the [[Boise State Broncos|Broncos]], compete in [[NCAA Division I]] as a member of the [[Mountain West Conference]].

==History==
{{Main|History of Boise State University}}

The school became Idaho's third state university {{Time ago|1974}} in 1974, after the [[University of Idaho]] (1889) and [[Idaho State University]] (1963). Boise State <!--now-->awards [[Associate degree|associate]], [[Bachelor's degree|bachelor's]], [[Master's degree|master's]], and [[Doctorate|doctoral]] degrees, and is accredited by the [[Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities]]. {{as of|2010}}, it has over 75,000 living [[List of Boise State University people|alumni]].

== Campus ==
The {{convert|285|acre|km2|adj=on}} campus is located near [[Downtown Boise|downtown]] Boise, on the south bank of the [[Boise River]], opposite [[Julia Davis Park]]. With more than 170 buildings, the campus is at an [[elevation]] of {{convert|2700|ft|round=5}} above [[sea level]], bounded by Capitol Boulevard on the west and Broadway Avenue to the east. Through the 1930s, the site was the [[Boise Airport#History|city's airport]].
[[File:BSUwestEntrance2.jpg|alt=Boise State West Entrance|thumb|Boise State West Entrance]]
[[File:MainCampusBSU2018.jpg|alt=Main Campus in 2018|thumb|Main Campus, 2018]][[File:InteractiveLearningCenter.jpg|alt=Interactive Learning Center|thumb|Interactive Learning Center]]

=== Albertsons Library ===
[[File:LibraryBSU2018.jpg|alt=Albertsons Library on Campus in 2018|thumb|Albertsons Library]]
The university [https://www.boisestate.edu/library/ library] is named for grocery pioneer [[Joe Albertson]]. It houses more than 650,000 books, over 130,000 periodicals, 107 public terminals for student use, and access to over 300 online databases.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fast facts about Albertsons Library |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/library/about-the-library/fast-facts/ |access-date=March 21, 2024}}</ref>

=== Morrison Center ===

The "Velma V. [[Morrison–Knudsen|Morrison]] Center for the Performing Arts" has 2,000 seats in its primary performance hall, and hosts a wide variety of fine arts performances, including the Broadway in Boise series, concerts and other events.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://theatrearts.boisestate.edu/performance-facilities/|title=Performance & Technical Facilities - Theatre Arts|work=Theatre Arts|access-date=August 29, 2017|language=en-US}}</ref> The venue opened its doors {{Time ago|1984}} in April 1984.

=== Computer Science Department ===

The computer science department moved away from the main campus to a new building in downtown Boise. The CS department occupies 53,549 gross square feet, the full second and third floors of the building. The university's CS program is now located in the same building as Clearwater Analytics and within short walking distance of about 20 more of Boise's top technology companies.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://news.boisestate.edu/update/2014/06/24/computer-science-program-moving-downtown-boise/|title=Computer Science Program Moving into Downtown Boise {{!}} Update|website=news.boisestate.edu|language=en-US|access-date=2018-09-19}}</ref>

===Micron Center for Materials Research===

The Micron Center for Materials Research was established with a $25 million gift from [[Micron Technology]], which is headquartered in Boise.<ref>{{Cite web |last= |title=Micron's Long History, Support, Key to Growth of College of Engineering |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/giving/impact/micron/ |access-date=2025-01-09 |website=Boise State University |language=en}}</ref> Completed in 2020, the building was designed by [[Hummel Architects]] and Anderson Mason Dale Architects, with [[Hoffman Construction]] as lead contractor. The building is designed with one research wing, home to sensitive equipment, and state of the art research laboratories, and a second wing, to hold classrooms, and office space. This latest donation by Micron marks a total of $40 million invested in materials science and engineering programs and associated research at BSU,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investors.micron.com/news-releases/news-release-details/boise-state-receive-largest-charitable-gift-its-history-13|title=Boise State to Receive Largest Charitable Gift in Its History - $13 Million From Micron to Advance Materials Science|website=Micron Technology}}</ref> resulting in a full complement of degrees in [[materials science and engineering]] including bachelor's, master's and doctoral programs.

=== Other campuses ===
Extended Studies at Boise State offers regional programming at the [[College of Western Idaho]] in [[Nampa, Idaho|Nampa]], [[Mountain Home Air Force Base]], [[Boise Airport#Gowen Field Air National Guard Base|Gowen Field]], [[Twin Falls, Idaho|Twin Falls]], [[Lewiston, Idaho|Lewiston]], and [[Coeur d'Alene, Idaho|Coeur d'Alene]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://extendedstudies.boisestate.edu/regionalsites/|title=Boise State University Locations Throughout Idaho - Flex |access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref> BSU also offers 29 degrees and certificates fully online.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://news.boisestate.edu/update/2017/03/30/growing-number-online-programs-help-students-succeed/|title=Growing Number of Online Programs Help Students Succeed - Update|website=news.boisestate.edu|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref> Beginning in 2016, Boise State began partnering with the [[Harvard Business School]] to offer the Harvard Business School Online business fundamentals program to Idaho students and the business community. This collaboration is the only such Harvard collaboration with a public U.S. university.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2017/02/06/boise-state-offers-credit-bearing-digital-course-harvard |title=Boise State offers credit-bearing digital course from Harvard Business School - Inside Higher Ed|access-date=December 23, 2017}}</ref>

==Academics and organization==

Boise State's more than 190 fields of study are organized into these colleges:
* Arts and Sciences
* Business and Economics
* Education
* Engineering
* Graduate Studies
* Health Sciences
* [[File:Center for the Visual Arts Boise State University wiki.jpg|thumb|Center for the Visual Arts Boise State University, 2022]]School of Public Service
* Innovation and Design

Boise State's fall enrollment in 2016 was 23,886 students, and approximately 76 percent of these students were Idaho residents<!--, with the remaining 24 percent coming from out of state or out of country-->.<ref name="enrollmentservices.boisestate.edu">{{cite web |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/saem/|title=Home|first=Student Affairs and Enrollment|last=Management|website=Student Affairs and Enrollment Management}}</ref> More than 90 percent of Boise State's first-year students come directly from high school.<ref name="enrollmentservices.boisestate.edu"/>

In the 2015–16 school year, Boise State awarded diplomas to 3,916 distinct graduates, including 18 doctorates, 10 education specialists, 670 master's and 2,998 bachelor's degrees.<ref name="News">{{cite web |last= |first= |title=News |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/news/ |website=Boise State News}}</ref>{{Better source needed|reason=The current source is insufficiently reliable, doesn't like to a direct article/page which substantiates the claim ([[WP:NOTRS]]).|date=January 2025}} The university is [[Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education|classified]] among "Doctoral Universities:
High Research Activity".<ref name="Carnegie">{{cite web |title=Carnegie Classifications Institution Lookup |url=https://carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/institution/boise-state-university/ |publisher=[[American Council on Education]] |website=acenet.edu |date=2022 | accessdate=May 26, 2023}}</ref>

=== Publishing ===
Since 1971 the university has published the ''Western Writers Series'', monographs focusing on authors of the [[American Frontier]] and [[History of the Western United States|American West]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://westernwriters.boisestate.edu/about-us/ |title=About Us - Western Writers|work=boisestate.edu|access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref> The university also maintains an on-line library of publications and documents related to Idaho history through the Albertsons Library.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://digital.boisestate.edu/cdm/|title=Albertsons Library Digital Collections|work=boisestate.edu|access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref>

The Center for Idaho History and Politics offers a nine-credit place-based field school called "Investigate Boise" which focuses on heritage, government, and urban affairs. Each series of classes results in a student written and faculty edited publication.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sps.boisestate.edu/publications/|title=Publications Office - Boise State University |work=boisestate.edu |access-date=September 16, 2016}}</ref>

== Athletics ==
{{main|Boise State Broncos}}

Boise State's athletic nickname is the [[Boise State Broncos|Broncos]], and the official mascot is [[Buster Bronco (Boise State)|Buster Bronco]]. Men's teams include [[Boise State Broncos football|football]], [[Boise State Broncos men's basketball|basketball]], [[cross country running|cross country]], [[track and field]], [[golf]], and [[Boise State Broncos tennis|tennis]]. Its women's teams include [[volleyball]], [[Boise State Broncos women's basketball|basketball]], cross country, swimming and diving, [[soccer]], track and field, [[gymnastics]], golf, softball and tennis. Most of these teams compete in the [[Mountain West Conference]] (MWC).

Boise State College joined the [[NCAA]] in [[1970 Boise State Broncos football team|1970]] in the university division ([[NCAA Division I|Division&nbsp;I]]), except for [[Boise State Broncos football|football]], which was in the [[1970 NCAA College Division football season|college division]] (later [[1977 NCAA Division II football season|Division II]]) for the first [[1977 Boise State Broncos football team|eight seasons]].  [[Big Sky Conference]] football moved up to the new [[1978 NCAA Division I-AA football season|Division I-AA]] (now [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]]) in [[1978 Boise State Broncos football team|1978]], and the Broncos won the [[1980 NCAA Division I-AA Football Championship Game|national championship]] [[1980 Boise State Broncos football team|two years later]]. BSU moved up to [[1996 NCAA Division I-A football season|Division I-A]] (now [[NCAA Division I Football Bowl Subdivision|FBS]]) in [[1996 Boise State Broncos football team|1996]] in the [[Big West Conference]], joined the [[Western Athletic Conference]] (WAC) in [[2001 Boise State Broncos football team|2001]], and the Mountain West in&nbsp;[[2011 Boise State Broncos football team|2011]]. And are joining the [[PAC-12 Conference]] in [[2026  Boise State Broncos football team|2026]]. The last two of three moves came after the conferences dropped sponsorship of football.

=== Albertsons Stadium ===
{{Main|Albertsons Stadium}}
[[Albertsons Stadium]] is home to the [[Boise State football]] program. It hosted the [[NCAA Division I Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championships|NCAA Division I Track and Field Championships]] in [[1994 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1994]] and [[1999 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track and Field Championships|1999]], and has been the home to the [[Famous Idaho Potato Bowl]] since [[1997 Humanitarian Bowl|1997]].
[[File:BSUwide.jpg|alt=|center|thumb|600x600px|Boise State vs Fresno State on The Blue Turf, November 9th 2018]]

Boise State Football has a long history of success starting with the junior college days and the national championship team of 1958, coached by the father of Bronco football, [[Lyle Smith]]. Now named Lyle Smith Field in Albertsons Stadium, the synthetic turf field was standard green before [[1986 Boise State Broncos football team|1986]]. "The Blue" was the idea of [[Boise State Broncos#Athletic staff|athletic director]] [[Gene Bleymaier]] and was the first non-green football field in the country. This field is also nicknamed "The Smurf Turf" due to its color. Through [[2019 Boise State Broncos football team|2019]], Boise State's home record was {{winpct|189|39|record=y}} in 34 seasons on The Blue, with fifteen conference championships.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://varsityb.boisestate.edu/see-blue/|title=Visit "The Blue", Boise State Football's Home|work=Varsity B Club|access-date=2018-11-11}}</ref>

Ground was broken<!-- for the stadium--> after the [[1969 Boise State Broncos football team|1969]] season, and it opened in September [[1970 Boise State Broncos football team|1970]] with a capacity of 14,500. Subsequent expansions were completed in [[1975 Boise State Broncos football team|1975]] and [[1997 Boise State Broncos football team|1997]], and current capacity sits at around 37,000.

==== ExtraMile Arena ====
{{Main|ExtraMile Arena}}

Known as the "Boise State University Pavilion" until June 2004, and "Taco Bell Arena" between 2004 and 2019,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.heraldextra.com/news/local/boise-state-will-rename-pavilion-taco-bell-arena/article_bf18fc4e-1efd-5d00-a021-f95d4edb5e9a.html|title=Boise State will rename Pavilion 'Taco Bell Arena'|date=June 18, 2004|website=Daily Herald|access-date=July 16, 2018}}</ref> ExtraMile Arena is home to BSU basketball, wrestling, women's gymnastics, community events, and several concerts each year. Opened {{Time ago|1982}} in May 1982, the arena [[Seating capacity|seats]] 12,380 on three levels. It&nbsp;has hosted rounds one and two of the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA basketball tournament]] on nine occasions from [[1983 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1983]] to [[2018 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|2018]], and the third and fourth rounds of the [[NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|NCAA women's tournament]] in [[2002 NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament|2002]].

The construction of the pavilion began in February 1980 on the site of the tennis courts and a portion of the BSU [[baseball field]]. The Bronco baseball team played their home games in 1980 at Borah Field (now Bill Wigle Field) at [[Borah High School]],  and the program was discontinued<!-- as a varsity sport--> that May. The tennis courts were rebuilt immediately west of the arena, on the former baseball field (infield & right field).

==Student life==
{| class="wikitable floatright sortable collapsible"; text-align:right; font-size:80%;"
|+ style="font-size:90%" |Undergraduate demographics as of Fall 2024
|-
! Race and ethnicity<ref>{{cite web |title=College Scorecard: Boise State University|url=https://www.boisestate.edu/about/facts/|publisher=[[Boise State University Facts and Figures]] |access-date=November 7, 2024}}</ref>
! colspan="2" data-sort-type=number |Total
|-
| [[Non-Hispanic whites|White]]
|align=right| {{bartable|71|%|2||background:gray}}
|-
| [[Hispanic and Latino Americans|Hispanic]]
|align=right| {{bartable|14|%|2||background:green}}
|-
| Other{{efn|Other consists of [[Multiracial Americans]] & those who prefer to not say.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|8|%|2||background:brown}}
|-
| [[Asian Americans|Asian]]
|align=right| {{bartable|3|%|2||background:purple}}
|-
| [[African Americans|Black]]
|align=right| {{bartable|2|%|2||background:mediumblue}}
|-
| [[Foreign national]]
|align=right| {{bartable|1|%|2||background:orange}}
|-
! colspan="4" data-sort-type=number |[[Economic diversity]]
|-
| [[American lower class|Low-income]]{{efn|The percentage of students who received an income-based federal [[Pell grant]] intended for low-income students.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|24|%|2||background:red}}
|-
| [[Affluence in the United States|Affluent]]{{efn|The percentage of students who are a part of the [[American middle class]] at the bare minimum.}}
|align=right| {{bartable|76|%|2||background:black}}
|}
Boise State's enrollment for the 2023-24 year was 26,727 students, with approximately 69 percent Idaho residents<!-- with the remaining 31 percent coming from out of state or out of country-->.<ref name="enrollmentservices.boisestate.edu"/> Boise State University has the largest graduate enrollment in Idaho.<ref name="boardofed.idaho.gov">{{cite web |url=https://www.boisestate.edu/about/facts/|title=Boise State University Facts and Figures |author=Boise State University|publisher=Boise State University|access-date=2024-11-07}}</ref> More than 90 percent of Boise State's first-year students come directly from high school.<ref name="enrollmentservices.boisestate.edu"/>

=== Housing ===
At Boise State "18% of the students live in college-owned, -operated or -affiliated housing and 82% of students live off campus."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/boise-state-university-1616/student-life|title=U.S. News & World Report- 2024 College Rankings.}}</ref>

===Social fraternities and sororities===
Boise State has seen an increase in its [[Fraternities and sororities|Greek community]]; as of fall of 2023, there are 8 Panhellenic sororities and 11 fraternities active on campus. In 2023, the fraternity Alpha Kappa Lambda was suspended for a period of four years due to hazing rituals and incidents of alcohol abuse.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Black |first=Brydon |date=February 5, 2023 |title=Boise State fraternity suspended for hazing |work=Arbiter Online |url=https://arbiteronline.com/2023/02/05/timely-boise-state-fraternity-suspended-for-hazing/ |access-date=August 17, 2023}}</ref>

==Rankings==
{{Infobox US university ranking
<!-- U.S. rankings -->| USNWR_NU = 296
<!-- Global rankings -->| USNWR_W = 1510
}}

== Notable alumni ==
{{Main list|List of Boise State University people}}

==See also==
*{{portal-inline|Idaho}}

==References==
'''Informational notes'''
{{Notelist}}

'''Citations'''
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Boise State University}}
* {{Official website}}
* [http://www.broncosports.com/ Boise State Athletics website]

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