Idaho has 8 private and 5 public 4-year colleges that enroll 10,670 first-year students yearly. The average tuition of public colleges is $21,256 for in-state students and $35,085 for out-of-state and international students.

Private colleges in Idaho charge around $23,574 per year in tuition regardless of residency.

In the 2021-2022 academic year, Idaho provided $3.8 million in financial aid to 1,147 students who enrolled in 4-year colleges for the first time as undergraduates. In addition, the colleges themselves awarded $50.2 million in grants and scholarships to 6,344 students.

Idaho receives less than 1% of the total pell grant the federal government allocates. In the 2021-2022 academic year, 3,095 4-year college first-year undergraduates were awarded a total amount of $16.1 million in pell grant ($5,046 per student on average), and 3,531 students received a total amount of $18.1 million in the form of student loans from the federal government ($5,950 per student on average).