by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Montana State University was awarded 80 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is liberal arts general studies.
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MSU Bozeman landed the #485 spot in College Factual's 2024 ranking of best overall colleges in the United States. The higher ed experts analyzed 2,217 colleges and universities across the nation to determine this ranking. This is an improvement over the previous year, when MSU Bozeman held the #703 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
MSU Bozeman is also ranked #1 out of 11 schools in Montana.
When it comes to admittance, Montana State University is somewhat selective. Its acceptance rate is 73%, which means you'll face some strong competition during the admissions process. Do what you can to make your application stand out.
About 26% of students accepted to MSU Bozeman submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 650. Math scores were between 530 and 650.
The student to faculty ratio is often used to estimate how much interaction there is between professors and their students at a college or university. At Montana State University, this ratio is 18 to 1, which is on par with the national average of 15 to 1. That's not bad at all.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Montana State University is 60%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 76% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Montana State University enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full time students who obtain their bachelor's degree in four years or less. This rate is 27% for first-time, full-time students at MSU Bozeman, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 14,230 undergraduates at MSU Bozeman with 12,026 being full-time and 2,204 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $15,986 | $16,779 | $19,942 | $21,940 | $22,073 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of MSU Bozeman, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At MSU Bozeman, approximately 36% of students took out student loans averaging $7,381 a year. That adds up to $29,524 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at MSU Bozeman is 3.5%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.
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Contact details for MSU Bozeman are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | Montana State University, Bozeman, MT 59717 |
| Phone: | 406-994-0211 |
| Website: | https://www.montana.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/montanastate |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/montanastate |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 243 | $62,767 |
| General Family & Consumer Sciences | 164 | $28,081 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 158 | $56,740 |
| General Psychology | 116 | $28,468 |
| General Biology | 113 | $22,546 |
| Teacher Education Grade Specific | 96 | $31,434 |
| Civil Engineering | 89 | $56,660 |
| Chemical Engineering | 86 | $53,200 |
| Computer Science | 79 | $69,934 |
| Cell Biology & Anatomical Sciences | 74 | $21,505 |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2020-2021, 3,554 students took at least one online class at Montana State University. This is a decrease from the 7,905 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 3,554 | 1,044 |
| 2019-2020 | 7,905 | 1,090 |
| 2018-2019 | 2,127 | 493 |
| 2017-2018 | 1,765 | 530 |
| 2016-2017 | 1,789 | 664 |
Learn more about online learning at Montana State University.
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Footnotes
*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.
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