Boise State Computer Science is the largest Computer Science department in the State of Idaho with 25 full-time faculty.
Here you can explore statistics such as enrollments and graduations for various programs in the department over the years.
[Updated: 9/23/2024]
Department Stats
Student to Faculty Ratios
27:1 undergraduate students to faculty member
5:1 graduate students to faculty member involved in graduate programs
Jobs
On average, over 80% of Bachelor’s in Computer Science graduates report that they found employment or went on to graduate school upon graduation. Of those reporting employment upon graduation 88% found employment in Idaho.
Graduates are employed at companies such as Micron, Kount, HPi, HPe, Clearwater Analytics, Cradlepoint, Paylocity, Tracer, Google, Amazon, Boeing, Microsoft, Dropbox, EA Sports, Blizzard, Intel, Nvidia, Facebook, and many others. [Check out Boise’s software ecosystem map of local companies.]
On average, 70% of undergraduates had experiential learning experiences during their undergraduate study. These include summer and part-time school year internships at companies and organizations, undergraduate research with faculty, service learning in the community, and others.
Undergraduate Students
Number of students in undergraduate programs by year, from 2012 to present
Fall Term
CS BS (Emphasis*)
CS Minor
Cybersecurity Minor
Data Science for STEM Certificate
2024
735 (158/0/15/104)
47
27
10
2023
683 (132/0/16/77)
55
30
8
2022
668 (110/2/17/49)
59
18
9
2021
730 (88/2/9/20)
65
27
8
2020
699 (62/3/6/6)
73
31
2
2019
694 (69/5/3/-)
89
30
–
2018
713 (69/4/-/-)
116
35
–
2017
711 (59/7/-/-)
101
37
–
2016
687 (12/5/-/-)
81
47
–
2015
600 (5/-/-/-)
71
40
–
2014
563
72
–
–
2013
482
66
–
–
2012
380
68
–
–
* Computer Science BS may select no emphasis or an emphasis in cybersecurity, secondary education, entrepreneurship, or machine learning as part of their degree plan. The enrollment for these emphasis programs is noted in parentheses: (Cybersecurity / Secondary Education / Entrepreneurship / Machine Learning )
Undergraduate Degrees Conferred
Number of undergraduate degrees conferred by year, from 2013-14 to present
Academic Year
CS BS (Emphasis*)
CS Minor
Cybersecurity Minor
Data Science for STEM Certificate
2023-24
109 (21/0/0/13)
11
5
2
2022-23
105 (23/0/0/3)
11
3
1
2021-22
126 (24/0/0/1)
23
4
2
2020-21
98 (7/1/0/-)
14
5
2
2019-20
111 (13/-/1/-)
23
2
–
2018-19
98 (6/-/1/-)
16
1
–
2017-18
98 (8/-/-/-)
19
4
–
2016-17
69 (1/-/-/-)
11
4
–
2015-16
63
20
4
–
2014-15
47
10
–
–
2013-14
27
6
–
–
* Students may select an emphasis in Cybersecurity, Entrepreneurship, Secondary Education, or Machine Learning. The parenthetical numbers are the breakdown into respective emphases.
Graduate Students
Number of students in Graduate programs by year, from 2012 to present
Fall Term
Computing PhD (Emphasis*)
CS MS
Cybersecurity MS CS Emphasis
CS Teacher Endorsement
2024
69 (27/6/11/25)
41
7
5
2023
65 (19/7/14/24)
32
5
1
2022
61 (21/7/14/17)
40
4
3
2021
66 (22/10/12/20)
46
2
1
2020
53 (21/7/11/13)
37
–
6
2019
42 (20/5/5/5)
43
–
6
2018
30 (14/9/7/-)
55
–
15
2017
15 (8/3/4/-)
42
–
11
2016
3
51
–
19
2015
–
54
–
11
2014
–
39
–
–
2013
–
25
–
–
2012
–
27
–
–
* Computing PhD students select an emphasis in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computational Math Science & Engineering (CMSE), or Data Science. The parenthetical numbers are the breakdown into these respective emphases (Ex: CS/Cyber/CMSE/Data Science).
Graduate Degrees Conferred
Number of Graduate degrees conferred by year, from 2013-14 to present
Academic Year
Computing PhD
CS MS
Cybersecurity MS
2023-24
12 (4/2/5/1)
11
6
2022-23
7 (2/0/3/2)
18
2
2021-22
5 (2/3/0/0))
13
–
2020-21
3 (1/0/2/0)
8
–
2019-20
3 (2/1/0/0)
21
–
2018-19
–
17
–
2017-18
–
10
–
2016-17
–
16
–
2015-16
–
7
–
2014-15
–
8
–
2013-14
–
4
–
* Computing PhD students select an emphasis in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Computational Math Science & Engineering (CMSE), or Data Science. The parenthetical numbers are the breakdown into these respective emphases (Ex: CS/Cyber/CMSE/Data Science).
