It's not easy to decide which college to attend when there are so many options available for student athletes. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our Best Colleges for Division I Men's Football in Montana ranking - to help you make that decision.
We analyzed 2 colleges and universities across Montana to determine which were the best for D1 Men's Football athletes in Montana. Our ranking methodology focuses a number of different objective factors - such as the overall quality of the school, the school's athletic competitiveness, and the amount of athletic aid per student - to make this determination. Having a great sports team is not enough - the school must also focus on academic excellence.
Since one ranking on its own is not enough to give you a complete understanding of your educational options, you can refine this list by location. We've also developed a number of other tools and rankings based on other factors. These other rankings highlight colleges that excel in other factors such as value or diversity as well as schools that excel in serving different groups of students such as online students or returnings adults.
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Top Colleges in Montana for D1 Men's Football athletes in Montana
Montana State University tops this year’s ranking as the best school for D1 Men’s Football athletes in Montana. MSU Bozeman is located in Bozeman, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In , this school awarded 2,612 bachelor’s degrees to qualified undergraduates.
The team at MSU Bozeman took home $11,572,750 in revenue and paid out $8,431,325 in expenses in recent times. Thus, the team actually made $3,141,425, which isn’t bad at all. The team has a respectable academic progress rate of 950.
MSU Bozeman not only placed well in this ranking, but it is also #2 on our overall quality list.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Colleges for D1 Men’s Football athletes in Montana list. The University of Montana is a medium-sized public school located in Missoula, Montana that handed out 1,232 bachelor’s degrees in .
The FCS Men’s Football team at UM made $11,315,986 in revenue, while incurring $6,586,515 in expenses. So, the team made money for the school, bringing in $4,729,471 in profit. The academic progress rate of the team is 961.
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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.
The academic progress rate (APR) of each team was made available by the NCAA.
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%.
