University of Idaho - Recognition

Recognition

• The University of Idaho is ranked 65th in the country among national universities in the 2012 edition of Washington Monthly's College Rankings.

• U.S. News & World Report ranks UI 85th among the nation's best public universities and 160th among the best national universities.

• The University of Idaho is included in the 2011 edition of Princeton Review's "Best 373 Colleges" and the 2008 list of Kiplinger’s 100 Best Values in Public Colleges. The Princeton Review also ranks U-Idaho as one of the nation’s top 286 environmentally responsible colleges.

• Forbes ranks UI at 154th among national research universities.

• The University of Idaho is ranked in the top 30 in the nation as "a great university to hit the books and backcountry" by Outside magazine.

• Idaho Gem, the world's first cloned equine (a mule), was created by researchers at the University of Idaho and Utah State University.

• Offers the first-in-the-nation doctorate degree in athletic training.

• Named by the Corporation for National and Community Service to the 2010 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll for exemplary service efforts—more than 3,800 students volunteered more than 150,000 hours to community and service-learning. This is the fifth consecutive year Idaho has earned this highest federal recognition for its commitment to service-learning and civic engagement.

• University of Idaho Master of Architecture program is internationally Accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, and Also National Architectural Accrediting Board.