2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Montana

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 Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Liberal Arts is one of the most popular majors in the nation, ranking 2nd of all the majors we analyze. In 2019-2020, 365,980 degrees were awarded to students with this major.

Across Montana, there were 115 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 100 liberal arts graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,286 and $23,603 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in liberal arts. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $48-$75k) in Montana

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#2 in overall quality

$17,049 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k list. This medium-sized school is located in Missoula, Montana, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UM also took the #2 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Montana is $17,049 for Montana Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

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#2

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$19,616 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Liberal Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Making $48-$75k. Montana State University is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 61 bachelors’s liberal studies degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Liberal Arts Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana” list. The yearly cost to attend Montana State University is $19,616 for Montana Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $48-$75k) in the Rocky Mountains Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts (Income $48-$75k)

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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