by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
In College Factual's 2024 ranking of the Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S., Montana State University landed the #518 spot out of the 1149 schools analyzed for this list.
For the Best Master's Degree Schools in Montana, MSU Bozeman came in at #2.
There were 676 college and universities analyzed in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking, and MSU Bozeman took the #383 spot on the list.
MSU Bozeman also ranked #2 for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in Montana.
Women make up 57.7% of the total graduate student body at MSU Bozeman while men make you 42.3%. These percentages may be different for specific degree programs.
About 11.3% of the graduate students who attend MSU Bozeman are from a racial-ethnic minority group*. The school attracts students from outside the U.S., too. Around 7.9% of graduate students hail from another country. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average graduate full-time tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $5,089 | $20,447 |
| Fees | $1,716 | $1,944 |
After obtaining their master's degree from MSU Bozeman, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $50,785. That's about 13% lower than the countrywide average of $58,425 for all master's degree holders.
Doctorate degree recipients from MSU Bozeman earn an average salary of $100,147 during the early years of their career. Chalk that up in the win column since that salary is 33% higher than the national average of $75,260.
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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 |
Around 35.0% of MSU Bozeman graduate students took at least one course online during the 2020-2021 academic year. For that same period, 19.9% of grad students took all of their classes online.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
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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