by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Montana Technological University was awarded 68 badges in the 2024 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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Montana Tech is ranked #1,047 out of 2,217 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2024 Best Colleges list.
Montana Tech is also ranked #5 out of 11 schools in Montana.
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With an acceptance rate of 90%, Montana Tech has a fairly liberal admissions policy. However, don't just assume you'll get in! Put together a good application and make sure you include all requested documents and materials.
About 8% of students accepted to Montana Tech submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 660. Math scores were between 550 and 630.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Montana Technological University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Montana Technological University is 75%. 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 Technological 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 24% for first-time, full-time students at Montana Tech, which is lower than the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,431 undergraduates at Montana Tech with 1,323 being full-time and 108 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $11,954 | $11,712 | $16,499 | $18,851 | $18,214 |
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 Montana Tech, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Montana Tech, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $5,718 a year. That adds up to $22,872 over four years for those students.
The student loan default rate at Montana Tech is 7.6%. Although this is lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, you'll still want to keep this in mind when taking out student loans.
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Contact details for Montana Tech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1300 W Park St, Butte, MT 59701-8997 |
| Phone: | 406-496-4256 |
| Website: | https://www.mtech.edu/ |
| Facebook: | http://www.facebook.com/orediggers |
| Twitter: | http://twitter.com/#!/mtechpr |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 38 | $61,229 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 33 | NA |
| Petroleum Engineering | 31 | $94,544 |
| Civil Engineering | 29 | NA |
| Management Information Systems | 19 | $37,457 |
| Mining Engineering | 17 | NA |
| Public Health | 16 | $47,640 |
| Electrical Engineering | 15 | NA |
| General Biology | 13 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 10 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2020-2021, 632 students took at least one online class at Montana Technological University. This is a decrease from the 1,205 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2020-2021 | 632 | 124 |
| 2019-2020 | 1,205 | 159 |
| 2018-2019 | 537 | 143 |
| 2017-2018 | 554 | 162 |
| 2016-2017 | 471 | 180 |
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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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