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Best Value General Education Schools in Montana

2023 Best Value General Education Schools in Montana

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$6,692 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$34,343 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Education School for You

General Education is the #50 most popular major in Montana with 51 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Education Schools in Montana ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Montana to see which ones offered the best value programs for education students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

Best Montana Schools for Affordable Quality in General Education

$5,726 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Montana - Western the best value school in Montana for general education students. Located in the town of Dillon, Montana Western is a public college with a small student population.

Montana Western undergraduate students pay an average of $5,726 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Montana Western did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best General Education Schools in Montana list.

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$7,528 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Montana State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in Montana. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bozeman.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU Bozeman are $7,528 per year.

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$6,022 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Montana State University - Billings helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general education schools in Montana. Located in the midsize city of Billings, Montana State University - Billings is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Montana State University - Billings are $6,022 a year.

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$7,492 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value General Education Schools in Montana list. UM is a large public school located in the city of Missoula.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UM are $7,492 per year.

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Best Value General Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 390
Utah 190
Idaho 64
Wyoming 87

General Education is one of 14 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to KOKUYO.

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