2021 Best Affordable Colleges in Montana for Students from Australia

International students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Value Colleges for Australian Students in Montana ranking - to help you make that decision.

We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Montana to determine which were the best for Australian students in Montana. Our ranking methodology focuses on a number of different objective factors - such as the overall value of the school, number of total international students at the school, and the percentage of international students on campus - to make this determination.

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Top Value Colleges in Montana for Students from Australia

See which schools came out on top of our ranking:

1

Montana State University
Bozeman, MT

$28,264 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

2.1% International Students

Our 2021 rankings named Montana State University the best affordable school for Australian students in Montana working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Bozeman, Montana, the fairly large public school handed out 2,638 bachelor’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of the total number of students at the school, 2.1% are international. Students from as far away as Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and China come to MSU Bozeman to study. Out-of-state tuition and fees for undergraduates at MSU Bozeman is about $28,264 a year, on average. The average tuition and fees for graduate programs is $22,391 per year.

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2

University of Providence
Great Falls, MT

$26,662 Avg Undergrad Tuition & Fees

1.7% International Students

A rank of #2 on our list means University of Providence is a great place for Australian students in Montana working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Great Falls, Montana, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 224 diplomas to qualified bachelor’s degree students in 2020-2021.

International students make up 1.7% of the total student body at the school. Students from as far away as Canada, Australia, and Brazil come to University of Providence to study. Yearly tuition and fees (out-of-state) for undergraduates at University of Providence runs, on average, about $26,662. Graduate students pay around $24,327 a year in average tuition and fees.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Tuition and Fees and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top 2 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.