Highlands College of Montana Tech Overview

Highlands College of Montana Tech is a public institution situated in Butte, Montana. The surrounding location of Butte is ideal for students who enjoy the charms of a college town.

What Is Highlands College of Montana Tech Known For?

• The 3% student loan default rate at Highlands College of Montana Tech is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the associate's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Highlands College of Montana Tech.
• In <nil>, 69% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Highlands College of Montana Tech with a bachelor's degree make about $51,910 a year. That's 27% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Where Is Highlands College of Montana Tech?

Contact details for Highlands College of Montana Tech are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	25 Basin Creek Rd, Butte, MT 59701
Phone:	406-496-3711
Website:	www.mtech.edu

How Do I Get Into Highlands College of Montana Tech?

You can apply to Highlands College of Montana Tech online at: https://www.mtech.edu/admissions/first-year/index.html

Highlands College of Montana Tech has an open admissions policy, so you don't have to worry about getting into the school if you have a high school diploma or its equivalent.

Can I Afford Highlands College of Montana Tech?

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Highlands College of Montana Tech, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $4,822 a year. That adds up to $19,288 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Highlands College of Montana Tech is 2.8%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Highlands College of Montana Tech Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 656 undergraduate students at Highlands College of Montana Tech, with 266 being full-time and 390 being part-time.

Gender Diversity

Of the 266 full-time undergraduates at Highlands College of Montana Tech, 66% are male and 34% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Highlands College of Montana Tech students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	15
White	222
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Online Learning at Highlands College of Montana Tech

In 2020-2021, 190 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at Highlands College of Montana Tech has changed over the last few years.

Online Growth Rankings of Highlands College of Montana Tech

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Highlands College of Montana Tech was 60.4%. This is the #589 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Highlands College of Montana Tech regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.