College of Southern Idaho

What is the cost of studying for a year at College of Southern Idaho?

For 2025-26, reported full-time undergraduate tuition was $4,560 for Idaho residents and $8,760 for nonresidents, with no separate required-fee amount in those figures. Tuition is only one part of the annual cost of attending CSI.

• Reported 2025-26 Idaho-resident full-time tuition: $4,560.
• Reported 2025-26 nonresident full-time tuition: $8,760.
• Reported room and board figure: $6,120 for an academic year, comprising a $2,600 room charge and a $3,520 board charge.

Books, supplies, transportation, and personal expenses can add substantially to a student's budget, particularly for programs requiring equipment or travel to training sites. Part-time costs depend on credit load. Published figures also change: applicants should use the tuition schedule and individualized cost-of-attendance estimate for their actual enrollment year rather than combine prices from different years into one total.

Financial aid can reduce what a student pays. In the 2024-25 figures, 83% of students received some form of financial aid, while 7% had student loans. Reported average net prices after aid varied by family income; the figure for families earning $48,000 or less was $5,108. Averages are not individual awards. Eligible students can explore federal grants and loans, state assistance, CSI scholarships, and applicable veteran education benefits, beginning with the financial aid applications and deadlines relevant to their circumstances.

What are the work-study opportunities at College of Southern Idaho?

Students can consider campus jobs alongside other part-time employment, but a job and a financial aid award are not the same thing. Federal Work-Study, when offered to an eligible student, is need-based aid earned through approved work rather than money automatically deducted from a tuition bill.

Students interested in Work-Study should complete the applicable financial aid process, check their award information, and ask how CSI posts and fills eligible positions. Ordinary student jobs may have different eligibility rules. CSI's career services also offer counseling, résumé assistance, a job bank, job fairs, and employer recruitment opportunities; using those services does not depend on receiving a Work-Study award.