2025 Best General Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Montana

General Economics is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #21 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Montana to determine which ones were the best for general economics students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 33 bachelor's degrees in general economics during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Bachelor’s Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general economics students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general economics students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general economics related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general economics students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The general economics school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Economics Bachelor's Degree Schools in Montana.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Economics in Montana

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general economics.

Top Montana Schools for a Bachelor's in General Economics

1

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT

22 Annual Graduates

Montana State University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in general economics. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Bozeman.More information about a bachelor’s in general economics from Montana State University

2

The University of Montana
Missoula, MT

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat The University of Montana if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general economics. UM is a large public university located in the small city of Missoula.More information about a bachelor’s in general economics from The University of Montana

Best General Economics Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

Explore all the Best General Economics Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	415	626
Colorado	316	749
Idaho	312	53

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Rankings in Majors Related to General Economics

One of 5 majors within the Economics area of study, General Economics has other similar majors worth exploring.

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to pixabay. More about our data sources and methodologies.