Native American Studies at The University of Montana

If you plan to study native american studies, take a look at what The University of Montana has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UM is located in Missoula, Montana and approximately 9,808 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Native American Studies section at the bottom of this page.

UM Native American Studies Degrees Available

• Undergrad Certificate in American Indian Studies (1 - 4 Years)
• Bachelor’s Degree in American Indian Studies

UM Native American Studies Rankings

The american indian studies major at UM is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Native American Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

American Indian Studies Student Demographics at UM

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the american indian studies majors at The University of Montana.

UM Native American Studies Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of american indian studies bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical american indian studies bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% men. So male students are more repesented at UM since its program graduates 31% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% more racial-ethnic minorities in its american indian studies bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Montana with a bachelor's in american indian studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

Related Majors

• African American Studies
• Women’s Studies

Careers That American Indian Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in american indian studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MT, the home state for The University of Montana.

Occupation	Jobs in MT	Average Salary in MT

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Djembayz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.