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2023 Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Montana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$7,078 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,367 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Education Master's Degree School for You

Education is one of the most popular subjects to study in Montana. With 960 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, it ranked 3rd out of all the majors we track in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Montana ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Montana to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Montana

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for education majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Montana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Education

Our 2023 rankings named Montana State University the best value school in Montana for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a large student population.

MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $6,805 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, MSU Bozeman is ranked #4 for overall quality for education in Montana.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UM are $6,892 per year.

UM also made our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Education at The University of Montana

Out of the 4 schools in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Billings landed the # 3 spot on the list. Montana State University - Billings is a small public school located in the midsize city of Billings.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montana State University - Billings are $7,415 per year.

Full Education at Montana State University - Billings Report

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Montana State University - Northern is a great value for education students working on their master’s degree. Located in the town of Havre, Montana State University - Northern is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Montana State University - Northern are $7,201 a year.

Full Education at Montana State University - Northern Report

Best Value Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Value Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 3,271
Utah 14,970
Idaho 1,626
Wyoming 529

Education Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Teacher Education Grade Specific 110,226
Educational Administration 46,469
Teacher Education Subject Specific 43,297
Special Education 36,792
General Education 29,810
Curriculum & Instruction 19,832
Student Counseling 13,858
Instructional Media Design 8,695
Teaching English or French 5,791
Other Education 4,858
Teaching Assistants 2,751
Educational Assessment 2,552
Multilingual Education 1,910
Education Philosophy 737
International Education 293

Related Major Annual Graduates
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 55,820
History 32,731

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 Horadrim.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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