College of Western Idaho Business Programs

Located in Nampa, Idaho, College of Western Idaho is a public institution. The rural area surrounding the school is great for students who prefer living in a country setting.

Where Is College of Western Idaho?

Contact details for CWI are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	5500 East Opportunity Drive, Nampa, ID 83687
Phone:	208-562-3000
Website:	cwi.edu

How Do I Get Into CWI?

You can apply to CWI online at: https://cwi.edu/future-students/applying-cwi

As long as you submit the requested materials to College of Western Idaho when applying, you shouldn't have to worry about getting in since the school has an open admissions policy.

Can I Afford College of Western Idaho?

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At CWI, approximately 72% of students took out student loans averaging $3,509 a year. That adds up to $14,036 over four years for those students.

College of Western Idaho Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 10,403 undergraduate students at CWI, with 2,590 being full-time and 7,813 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 2,590 full-time undergraduates at CWI, 49% are male and 51% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of College of Western Idaho students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	83
Black or African American	58
Hispanic or Latino	460
White	1,813
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	147

Online Learning at College of Western Idaho

In 2022-2023, 4,568 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at CWI has changed over the last few years.

This school is the most popular in Idaho for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of CWI majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	31%

College of Western Idaho Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Associate’s	Undergraduate Certificate	TOTAL
General Business/Commerce	9	78	0	87
Marketing/Marketing Management, General	5	10	8	23
General Administrative Assistant and Secretarial Science	0	13	0	13
Accounting Technology/Technician and Bookkeeping	0	9	0	9
Business & Office Technology	5	0	0	5
Agricultural Business & Management	0	4	0	4
Accounting	1	0	0	1
Business Statistics	1	0	0	1
TOTAL	21	114	8	143

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.