2023 Best Value Trade School Bachelor's Degree Schools in Montana
Identifying High-Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
With all the trade school programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country.
The Best Value Trade School Bachelor's Degree Schools in Montana ranking is one of many tools that Trade College Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in Montana to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for trade school students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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Top Value Trade Bachelor's Degree Schools in Montana
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Our analysis found Montana State University - Northern to be the best value school for trade school students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in Montana. Havre, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 135 students in 2021-2022.
Montana State University - Northern undergraduate students pay an average of $18,665 in tuition and fees each year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $20,284 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Montana State University - Northern does have options available for those who want to take online classes. You will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your specific major. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 61% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Montana State University - Northern also made our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Montana list, coming in at #1.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Montana State University - Billings helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Montana. Montana State University - Billings is a small public school situated in Billings, Montana. It awarded 435 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Montana State University - Billings undergraduate students pay an average of $19,924 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $22,018 in student loans.
Montana State University - Billings does offer online classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 61% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
Montana State University - Billings also made our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Montana list, coming in at #5.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana Technological University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Trade School Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana list. Montana Tech is located in Butte, Montana and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 282 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.
Montana Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $23,142 in tuition and fees each year. By the time they get their bachelor’s degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $25,523 in student loans.
Online courses are available at Montana Tech, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 35% took at least some of their classes online.
Montana Tech also took the #3 spot in our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Montana rankings.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Montana State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Montana. Located in Bozeman, Montana, the fairly large public school handed out 2,612 bachelor’s degree awards in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at MSU Bozeman are $29,604 a year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $23,283 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Online courses are available at MSU Bozeman, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 19% took at least some of their classes online.
MSU Bozeman did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Montana list.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at The University of Montana helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Montana. Located in Missoula, Montana, the medium-sized public school handed out 1,232 bachelor’s degree awards in 2021-2022.
UM undergraduate students pay an average of $29,634 in tuition and fees each year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $22,741 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
If you are interested in distance education, be sure to check with the school since UM does offer online classes for certain majors. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2020-2021 academic year, around 41% took at least some of their classes online.
Carroll College did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value places for trade school students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Helena, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 255 students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Carroll Montana are $39,028 a year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $22,163 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Some students may be able to take online classes at Carroll Montana. During the 2020-2021 year, about 23% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.
Carroll Montana also made our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Montana list, coming in at #2.
Rocky Mountain College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana list. Located in Billings, Montana, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 169 diplomas to qualifed bachelor’s degree students in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Rocky are $32,252 a year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $20,446 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
One thing to take note of is that Rocky does offer online classes in some areas. In fact, around 25% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
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*These averages are for the top 7 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.
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