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University of Idaho

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World University Rankings 2026 · 90% range 682–1136 of 1,240 · score 32.3
Research Index =1026

How it scores

Research
20
Alumni outcomes
86
Admissions & earnings
144/157

Research and Alumni outcomes are percentiles among 1,240 universities; alumni outcomes are counted per student. Admissions & earnings is the position among universities in the same country (United States).

Admissions, outcomes and alumni

Admit rate
75.5% src
Average SAT
1,116 src
Yield (admits who enrol)
19% src
Median earnings 10 years after entry
$54,670 src
40-year return on investment (Georgetown CEW)
$1.79M src
Graduation rate (6 years)
57% src
Rhodes Scholars, 2021–26
0 src
Internationally notable alumni (Wikidata)
10 src
Heads of state or government (Wikidata)
0 src
Students (undergraduate / total)
7,747 / 9,646

Each figure links to its source. Admissions and earnings figures are comparable only within a country.

Research Index

A · Quality
33.9
B · Strength
11.0

Percentiles among 1,305 ranked universities. Rank on quality alone: =877. On strength alone: =1161. The Research Index scores research only; admissions, earnings and alumni outcomes are scored in the overall ranking where data exists.

The numbers behind it (2020–2023)

Papers in the top 10% of their field
7.8% (6.9%–8.9%)
Papers in the top 1% of their field
1.0% (0.6%–1.3%)
Top-10% papers (fractional count)
127
All papers (fractional count)
1,621
International co-authored
34.4%
Open access
64.7%
Papers from 2020–23 since retracted
1 (0.26 per 1,000)

Core publications, fractional counting, field-normalised citation shares. Brackets show Leiden’s stability interval. Collaboration and open-access shares use full counting and aren’t field-normalised. Retraction counts come from the Retraction Watch database and include publishers’ mass retractions as well as honest-error retractions; a retraction is not by itself evidence of misconduct, and the count is never scored.

By field

Biomedical & health sciences=1135range 905–1355 of 1,671
Life & earth sciences768range 633–866 of 1,092
Mathematics & computer science–fewer than 200 papers
Physical sciences & engineering=657range 409–992 of 1,742
Social sciences & humanities1179range 1070–1227 of 1,262

Position over time

bottom2013–2016: 391 of 8702020–2023: 1026 of 1,305

The same method applied to each 4-year publication window. The number of ranked universities grows from period to period, so position is shown as a share of the field.

How other rankings place it

=1026Research Index 2026
–QS 2027 (not in top 100)
–THE 2027 (not in top 100)
–ARWU 2026 (not in top 100)

Other rankings are cited for comparison. The Research Index measures research only; QS and THE also use reputation surveys and figures universities submit, and ARWU counts prize winners and total output.

Prize winners

No Nobel, Fields, Turing or Abel laureates linked to this university in Wikidata.