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Montana State University

Basic Information

Type Public

Location Bozeman, MT

Population 120,000

Website https://www.montana.edu/

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 14,472

Men / Women 54% / 46%

White 79%

Hispanic 7%

Mixed 5%

Native American 2%

Asian 1%

Black 1%

International 1%

Academics

Undergraduate Degrees

Humanities & Social Sciences 18%

Life & Natural Sciences 18%

Business & Economics 16%

Engineering 14%

Health Sciences 14%

Arts 8%

Computer Science & Math 5%

Education 5%

Professional 3%

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $8,460

Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $33,287

Est. In-State Cost $10,944

Est. Out-of-State Cost $43,060

10-Year ROI $142,000

ROI Percentile 48th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 79%

4-Year Graduation Rate 37%

6-Year Graduation Rate 57%

Transfer-Out Rate 24%

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50th pctl)

Sunshine Hours 2,698 (64th pctl)

Days Without Precipitation 265 (79th pctl)

Muggyness Very Dry

Admissions

Acceptance Rate 99%

Yield (Unbound) 19%

Regular Decision Jan 1

Research

Research Level R1

Graduate Degrees

Engineering, Computing & Math	22	#162
Life & Natural Sciences	87	#214
Humanities & Social Sciences	16	#411

Honors College

Standardized Tests

Test Scores

Test Policy test_optional

Submitted Test Scores 59%

SAT Range 1100 – 1250

SAT Math Range 525 – 640

SAT RW Range 540 – 645

ACT Range 21 – 27

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average; +1 is one standard deviation above. The emphasized lines at +2 and −2 mark two standard deviations. One chart per macro-category; all charts share a common y-axis.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	5yr Earn
Montana State University	2,667	49% / 51%	1%	$72,327
Biomedical Engineering	26 +2	46% / 54%	4%	—
Chemical Engineering	58 —	76% / 24%	3%	$91,607
Civil Engineering	58 —	72% / 28%	10%	$84,876
Computer Engineering	16 +1	75% / 25%	0%	—
Electrical Engineering	31 +1	84% / 16%	0%	$102,963
Environmental Engineering	29 —	48% / 52%	0%	—
Industrial Engineering	18 +1	83% / 17%	11%	—
Mechanical Engineering	143 —	84% / 16%	1%	$102,369
Computer Science	99 +4	80% / 20%	3%	$140,091
Mathematics	21 —	62% / 38%	0%	$78,373
Statistics	6 —	67% / 33%	0%	—
Animal Sciences	51 —	10% / 90%	2%	$47,127
Astronomy	2 —	0% / 100%	0%	—
Biology	109 +1	54% / 46%	0%	$49,120
Biotechnology	8 +2	38% / 62%	12%	—
Cell Biology and Histology	59 +1	37% / 63%	0%	$77,357
Chemistry	39 —	28% / 72%	0%	—
Environmental Science	36 —	53% / 47%	0%	$67,399
Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies	10 —	10% / 90%	0%	—
Geosciences	49 —	76% / 24%	0%	$56,622
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology	65 +2	29% / 71%	0%	$70,389
Physics	5 —	60% / 40%	0%	—
Plant Science	34 —	68% / 32%	0%	$51,229
Exercise Science and Kinesiology	7 —	57% / 43%	0%	—
Nursing	374 —	19% / 81%	0%	$80,821
Agricultural Business and Management	13 +1	62% / 38%	0%	$59,279
Economics	16 +2	62% / 38%	0%	$65,220
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	$59,279
Finance and Financial Management Services	15 —	87% / 13%	0%	—
General Business	364 +2	66% / 34%	1%	$75,844
Hospitality Management	10 —	20% / 80%	0%	—
Anthropology	10 +1	50% / 50%	0%	$51,247
East Asian Languages	1 —	100% / 0%	0%	—
English	35 —	31% / 69%	0%	$47,890
Family and Consumer Sciences	129 —	26% / 74%	1%	$51,271
French	5 +2	20% / 80%	0%	—
German	3 +2	67% / 33%	0%	—
History	25 +2	64% / 36%	0%	$50,961
Interdisciplinary Studies	3 —	33% / 67%	0%	—
Latin American Languages	4 +1	25% / 75%	0%	—
Philosophy	5 +4	40% / 60%	0%	—
Political Science	37 +3	43% / 57%	0%	$63,626
Psychology	147 +6	26% / 74%	1%	$51,603
Sociology	61 +4	31% / 69%	0%	$51,772
Sustainability Studies	10 —	20% / 80%	0%	—
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	10 —	60% / 40%	0%	—
Agricultural Teacher Education	17 —	12% / 88%	0%	$69,358
Early Childhood Education	8 —	0% / 100%	0%	$49,040
Elementary Education	41 —	5% / 95%	0%	$49,040
General Education	51 —	37% / 63%	2%	$49,006
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	4 —	50% / 50%	0%	$69,358
Social Science Teacher Education	8 —	88% / 12%	0%	$69,358
Technical Teacher Education
Architectural and Building Sciences/Technology	56 —	57% / 43%	2%	—
Art/Art Studies	62 —	40% / 60%	0%	$50,898
Film Production	59 +3	73% / 27%	0%	$45,821
Music	17 —	82% / 18%	0%	$51,634
Music Education	8 —	38% / 62%	0%	$69,358
Construction Engineering Technology/Technician	42 —	90% / 10%	0%	$99,764
Mechanical/Mechanical Engineering Technology/Technician	37 —	89% / 11%	0%	$91,016