2025 Best Liberal Arts Schools in Montana

If you pursue a degree in liberal arts, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #2 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Liberal Arts Schools in Montana ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 113 degrees in liberal arts annually.

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• Best Overall Liberal Arts Schools List

Liberal Arts Rankings by Degree Level

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 Liberal Arts Schools in Montana list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Liberal Arts in Montana

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the liberal studies degree levels they offer.

Top Montana Schools in Liberal Studies

1

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

64 Liberal Studies Degrees Awarded

Montana State University is a wonderful option for students interested in a degree in liberal arts. Located in the small city of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a degree in liberal arts from Montana State University

2

Montana State University - Billings
Billings, MT

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

38 Liberal Studies Degrees Awarded

Every student pursuing a degree in liberal arts has to look into Montana State University - Billings. Montana State University - Billings is a small public university located in the midsize city of Billings.More information about a degree in liberal arts from Montana State University - Billings

Best Liberal Arts Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best Liberal Arts Schools in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	597	1,279
Colorado	590	3,737
Idaho	446	689
Wyoming	278	41

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Liberal Arts Related Rankings by Major

One of 3 majors within the Liberal Arts General Studies area of study, Liberal Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Studies	573
Individualized Studies	142

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.