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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Finance (Income $0-$30k) in Montana

2 Ranked Colleges
46 Degrees Awarded
$15,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor's in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

With 52,394 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, finance is the 10th most popular major in the United States.

Across Montana, there were 46 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 46 finance graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,286 and $23,603 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in finance. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent finance programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the finance program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k” list to help you make the college decision.

We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Finance (Income $0-$30k) in Montana

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k list. UM is a medium-sized school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 31 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

UM also made our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend The University of Montana is $13,064 for Montana Bachelor’s Degree Finance students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Finance at UM

#2

Carroll College

Helena, Montana
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carroll College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Finance Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $0-$30k. This small school is located in Helena, Montana, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s finance degrees in 2019-2020.

Carroll Montana also made our “Best Finance Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $17,061 for Montana Bachelor’s Degree Finance students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Carroll College.

The low student loan default rate of 1.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Finance at Carroll College

Notes and References

References

  • 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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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