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Best Value Education Master's Degree Schools in Montana

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.

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

Our analysis found Montana State University to be the best value school for education students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Montana. Located in the town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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

MSU Bozeman did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list. Located in the small city of Missoula, UM is a public school with a large student population.

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

UM also took the #5 spot in our Best Education Master’s Degree Schools in Montana rankings.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University - Billings. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list. Montana State University - Billings is a small public school located in the medium-sized city of Billings.

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

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montana State University - Northern. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Education Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list. Located in the town of Havre, Montana State University - Northern is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montana State University - Northern are $7,201 per year.

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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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