Paying for Classes & Advanced Opportunities
Concurrent Enrollment is an excellent opportunity for students to save money on college courses while getting a head start on college and experiencing the rigor of a college-level courses. Currently, an undergraduate course at Boise State costs $411.56 per credit, while concurrent enrollment courses cost $75 per credit. This means that an on-campus or online three-credit course taken directly through Boise State would cost $1,234.68, but it only costs $225 through the Concurrent Enrollment Program.
Program Options Savings
15 to Start
15 to Start requires students to complete 15 college credits while in high school.
- Boise State undergraduate cost: $6,173.40.
- Concurrent Enrollment program cost: $1,125.
- 15 to Start total savings: $4,866.45.
Sophomore Start
The Sophomore Start option requires students to complete 30 college credits while in high school.
- Boise State undergraduate cost: $11,982.90
- Concurrent Enrollment Program cost: $2,250.
- Sophomore Start total savings: $9,732.90
Associate Degree
The Associate Degree option requires students to complete 60 college credits while in high school.
- Boise State undergraduate cost: $23,965.80,
- Concurrent Enrollment Program cost: $4,500.
- Associate Degree total savings: $19,465.80
Many students are eligible for further savings through the Idaho Advanced Opportunities Program.
Advanced Opportunities
The Idaho Advanced Opportunities Program provides $4,625 in state funding to Idaho public school students and $2,500 to Idaho private school students attending an accredited private high school to pay for dual credit courses, overload and workforce training courses, and AP exams. Students must complete course registration with Boise State AND apply for funding through the Idaho Advanced Opportunities website.
Boise State Concurrent Enrollments works with high school counselors and district coordinators to ensure all eligible students have Advanced Opportunities (AO) funding requests submitted to cover their course fees each semester.
Boise State AO Process and Timeline
- Students register for courses during our registration period.
- After the registration deadline passes, concurrent enrollment teachers reconcile their Boise State class rosters to ensure accuracy.
- Once class rosters are verified, Boise State begins reviewing course registrations against AO funding requests. This review is on-going throughout the AO verification window and up until the AO submission deadline. Boise State notifies counselors of any discrepancies, such as if a student is registered for a course but does not have a funding request submitted to cover the course fees.
- Boise State begins verifying student enrollment in the AO portal after the listed course drop deadline for the respective term.
Take Note
- Students see a balance for their course fees on their myBoiseState account throughout the semester. This balance is cleared once Boise State receives AO funds from the state and applies them to student accounts. This occurs after the term is over.
- It is important for students to ensure they have a funding request in place to cover their course fees and to monitor their myBoiseState account to ensure funds are properly applied after the semester is over.
- If a student fails or withdraws from a course after the concurrent enrollment drop deadline, future use of Advanced Opportunities funding is impacted.
How to Pay Course Fees Directly
If students do not qualify for Advanced Opportunities funding, they are required to pay their course fees directly by our listed fee payment deadline for the respective term.
