Boise City, ID (population: 210,099) has four nursing schools within a 100-mile radius of its city center. Boise State University, the highest ranked school in this group with a nursing program, has a total student population of 18,933. It is the 448th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Idaho (#1 is University of Idaho). To learn more about nursing programs in Boise City, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of nursing professors at Boise State University such as Barb Allerton, Mikal Black, Faye Carlson, Joan Carnosso, Kelley Connor, and Shoni Davis.
Nursing students from Boise City schools who go on to become nurses, registered nurses, practical nurses, pediatric nurses, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 2,583,770 people working as registered nurses alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $66,530. Also, Licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses make on average $40,900 per year and there are about 728,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Boise City-Nampa area alone, there are 1,140 employed licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses earning an average salary of $41,460. Registered nurses in this area earn $65,250/yr and there are 5,120 employed.
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. Thus, about 19 out of every 1000 jobs in Boise City are held by registered nurses, and 4/1000 are held by licensed practical and licensed vocational nurses.
Of the 4 nursing 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, ITT Technical Institute-Boise comes out as the most expensive ($22,237/yr) for nursing students, with Treasure Valley Community College as the lowest, reported at only $7,355/yr.