Montana Technological University Overview

Located in Butte, Montana, Montana Technological University is a public institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Butte draws many to the area.

What Is Montana Technological University Known For?

• The doctor's degree is the highest award offered at Montana Tech.
• In 2017-2018, 77% of the faculty were full-time.
• Students who graduate from Montana Tech with a bachelor's degree make about $41,700 a year. That's 2% more than those who graduate from other schools.

Montana Technological University Rankings

These rankings may look different from those published by other outlets, because we use an outcomes-based approach rather than a subjective one. We get our data from a number of places, including the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) and the College Scorecard. For more information, check out our rankings and methodology page.

Program Level Awards

These are highlights of some of the most noteworthy awards granted to specific programs at Montana Tech.

Rank	Ranking Name	Share
#1	Best Value Mining Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#1	Best Value Metallurgical Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Value Other Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#4	Best Value Petroleum Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Value Environmental Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#11	Best Value Materials Engineering Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#15	Most Popular General Engineering Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#30	Best Public Health Bachelor’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#36	Best Value Public Health Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It
#133	Best Health Professions Master’s Degree Schools	Tweet It - Post It

Awards From Around the Web

The following table lists some notable awards Montana Tech has earned from around the web.

Rank	Ranking Name	Source
#1	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Metallurgical Engineering	College Factual
#1	Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Metallurgical Engineering	College Factual
#2	Best Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene Master’s Degree Schools	College Factual
#2	Best Value Colleges for Mining Engineering	College Factual
#61	Best Value Colleges for Public Health	College Factual
#85	Best Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools	Healthcare Degree Search

Where Is Montana Technological University?

Contact details for Montana Tech are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	1300 W Park St, Butte, MT 59701-8997
Phone:	406-496-4256
Facebook:	http://www.facebook.com/orediggers
Twitter:	http://twitter.com/#!/mtechpr

How Do I Get Into Montana Tech?

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

Admission Requirements for Montana Tech

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	required
High School Rank	required
High School Transcript	required
College Prep Program	required
Recommendations	neither required nor recommended
SAT or ACT Scores	considered but not required
TOEFL	required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Montana Tech?

With an acceptance rate of 97%, Montana Tech is fairly easy to get into, but you must be sure to submit the required materials.

Approximately 63% of accepted students are men and 37% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 97%, and the acceptance rate for women is 98%.

Average Test Scores

About 13% of students accepted to Montana Tech submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 530 and 640. Math scores were between 580 and 655.

Montana Tech received ACT scores from 86% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 25. Math scores were between 22 and 27. Composite scores were between 21 and 27.

Can I Afford Montana Technological University?

The overall average net price of Montana Tech is $29,363. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

While almost two-thirds of students nationwide take out loans to pay for college, the percentage may be quite different for the school you plan on attending. At Montana Tech, approximately 50% of students took out student loans averaging $5,482 a year. That adds up to $21,928 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Montana Tech is 11.5%. This is higher than the national default rate of 10.1% so you should proceed with caution when taking out student loans.

Montana Technological University Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 1,431 undergraduate students at Montana Tech, with 1,323 being full-time and 108 being part-time.

There are also 219 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 1,323 full-time undergraduates at Montana Tech, 64% are male and 36% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Montana Technological University students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	14
Black or African American	10
Hispanic or Latino	31
White	1,079
International Students	55
Other Races/Ethnicities	134

Geographic Diversity

Montana students aren't the only ones who study at Montana Technological University. At this time, 17 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 22 countries are represented at Montana Tech. The most popular countries sending students to the school are Saudi Arabia, Canada, and Kuwait.

Online Learning at Montana Technological University

In 2019-2020, 1,205 students took at least one online class at the school.

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

This school is the 12th most popular in Montana for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2019-2020.

Online Affordability Rankings of Montana Tech

The following table shows how Montana Tech is ranked for affordability for both in-state and out-of-state students among colleges and universities that are not mostly online.

Major	Tuition for In-State Students	Tuition for Out-of-State Students
Writing Studies	#4	#31
English Language & Literature	#22	#94

Online Growth Rankings of Montana Tech

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at Montana Technological University was 13.3%. This is the #1,258 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at Montana Tech regardless of major.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of Montana Tech majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Health Professions	4%
Medical Illustration & Informatics	25%

The table below shows how the average growth rate over 4 years at Montana Tech ranks compared to all other partially online schools that offer a specific major. Note that the majors may or may not be offered online at Montana Tech.

Major	Growth Rate Rank
Medical Illustration & Informatics	#45

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%.

Montana Technological University Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Basic Certificate	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Public Health	0	32	0	42	0	74
General Engineering	0	57	0	2	0	59
Nursing	0	45	0	0	0	45
Mechanical Engineering	0	34	0	0	0	34
Petroleum Engineering	0	28	0	3	0	31
Civil Engineering	0	24	0	0	0	24
Environmental Engineering	0	16	0	5	0	21
Mining Engineering	0	18	0	2	0	20
Metallurgical Engineering	0	11	0	6	0	17
General Business/Commerce	0	15	0	0	0	15
Management Information Systems	0	14	0	0	0	14
Electrical Engineering	0	12	0	2	0	14
Geoscience Engineering	0	11	0	0	0	11
Geological & Earth Sciences	0	0	0	10	0	10
Writing Studies	0	4	1	4	0	9
General Biology	0	8	0	0	0	8
Materials Engineering	0	0	0	6	0	6
Computer Systems Networking	0	5	0	0	0	5
Chemistry	0	5	0	0	0	5
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology	4	0	0	0	0	4
Computer Science	0	4	0	0	0	4
Other Engineering	0	0	0	4	0	4
Health Sciences & Services	0	4	0	0	0	4
Medical Illustration & Informatics	0	3	1	0	0	4
Liberal Arts General Studies	0	3	0	0	0	3
Mathematics	0	3	0	0	0	3
Computer Engineering	0	2	0	0	0	2
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies	0	0	0	2	0	2
Business Administration & Management	1	0	0	0	0	1
Other Statistics	0	1	0	0	0	1
Materials Sciences	0	0	0	0	1	1
Statistics	0	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	5	359	2	88	1	455

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.