2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Montana (With Aid)

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 9,411 people earned their degree in general engineering, making the major the 83rd most popular in the United States.

Across Montana, there were 63 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 3 general engineering graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,863 and $41,012 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general engineering. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general engineering programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general engineering program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for montana master’s degree engineering students with aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in Montana (With Aid)

#1

Montana Technological University

Butte, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$19,429 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana Technological University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid. Montana Tech is a public institution located in Butte, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Montana Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana Tech are $19,429, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Montana Technological University General Engineering Report

#2

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

$21,446 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Engineering Schools for a Master’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid list. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school situated in Bozeman, Montana. It awarded 1 masters’s engineering degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also took the #0 spot in our “Best General Engineering Master’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446.

Read full report on General Engineering at MSU Bozeman

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Engineering (With Aid)

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.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Rémi Kaupp.

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