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2023 Best Master's Degree Schools in Montana

7 Schools Ranked

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Master's Degree Schools in Montana ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Montana to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school us, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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Top Master's Degree Schools in Montana

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$6,041 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Montana Technological University to be the best school for students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Montana.

One thing to take note of is that Montana Tech does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In fact, around 61% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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#2

Rocky Mountain College

Billings, Montana
$33,470 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Rocky Mountain College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list.

Rocky does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 9% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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#3

University of Providence

Great Falls, Montana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Providence. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list.

Since the graduate programs at University of Providence are primarily online school, so it is a great choice for returning adults and students who work full time.

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#4

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
$6,805 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list.

MSU Bozeman does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 77% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#5

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana
$6,892 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 7 schools in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the # 5 spot on the list.

One thing to take note of is that UM does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 19% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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$7,415 Average Tuition & Fees

Montana State University - Billings came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Master’s Degree Schools in Montana ranking.

Montana State University - Billings does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 89% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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$7,201 Average Tuition & Fees

Montana State University - Northern ranked #7 on this year’s Best Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at Montana State University - Northern. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 42% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

References

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

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