Boise City, ID (population: 210,099) has four biology schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. The College of Idaho, the highest ranked school in this group with a biology program, has a total student population of 1,013. It is the 384th highest ranked school in the USA and the 2nd highest in the state of Idaho (#1 is University of Idaho). To learn more about biology programs in Boise City, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of biology professors at The College of Idaho such as Sara Heggland, and Ann Koga.
Biology students from Boise City schools who go on to become biologists, marine biologists, wildlife biologists, molecular biologists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 29,630 people working as biological scientists alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $69,430. Also, Zoologists and wildlife biologists make on average $60,670 per year and there are about 17,460 of them employed in the US today.
Boise City lies in Ada county, which is one of the 33 counties in Idaho. Overall, the Boise City-Nampa area has 264,010 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $19/hr average worker wage, and a $39,600 average annual salary.
Of the 4 biology schools with a 100-mile radius of Boise City, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Northwest Nazarene University comes out as the most expensive ($18,806/yr) for biology students, with Treasure Valley Community College as the lowest, reported at only $7,355/yr.