Boise City, ID (population: 210,099) has four history schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. The College of Idaho, the highest ranked school in this group with a history 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 history programs in Boise City, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of history professors at The College of Idaho such as Howard Berger, Mee-Ae Kim, Steve Maughan, and Mark Smith.
History students from Boise City schools who go on to become historians, art history teachers, professor of histories, art history professors, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 21,810 people working as history teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $69,280. Also, Museum technicians and conservators make on average $41,330 per year and there are about 10,170 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 history 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 history students, with Treasure Valley Community College as the lowest, reported at only $7,355/yr.