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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 2023 rankings named Montana State University - Northern the best value school in Montana for trade school students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in Havre, Montana, the small public school handed out 135 bachelor’s degree awards in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Montana State University - Northern are $18,665 a year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $20,284 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Montana State University - Northern. In 2020-2021 about 61% of the undergraduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.
Montana State University - Northern not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Montana list.
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 located in Billings, Montana and has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 435 bachelor’s degrees to qualified students.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate students at Montana State University - Billings are $19,924 a year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $22,018 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at Montana State University - Billings. 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 did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Montana list.
The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Montana Technological University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value trade school schools in Montana. Located in Butte, Montana, the small public school handed out 282 bachelor’s degree awards in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Montana Tech are $23,142 per year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $25,523 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
You may have the opportunity to take online classes at Montana Tech. In fact, around 35% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
Montana Tech did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Montana list.
A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Montana State University is a great place for trade school students working on their bachelor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Located in Bozeman, Montana, the fairly large public school awarded 2,612 diplomas to qualifed bachelor’s degree students in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU Bozeman are $29,604 per year. On average, bachelor’s degree students take out $23,283 in loans while pursuing their degree.
Depending on your major, you may be able to take online classes at MSU Bozeman. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 19% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
MSU Bozeman not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Montana list.
A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of Montana is a great place for trade school students working on their bachelor’s degree who want the most bang for their educational buck. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelor’s degrees to 1,232 students in 2021-2022.
UM undergraduate students pay an average of $29,634 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 $22,741 in student loans.
UM does offer online classes for certain degree levels. 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 ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Trade School Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana list. Carroll Montana is a private not-for-profit institution located in Helena, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 255 bachelor’s degrees in 2021-2022.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Carroll Montana are $39,028 per year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $22,163 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Online courses are available at Carroll Montana, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 23% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
Carroll Montana also made our Best Bachelor’s Degree Trade Schools in Montana list, coming in at #2.
Rocky Mountain 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 #7 on the list. Located in Billings, Montana, the small private not-for-profit school awarded 169 diplomas to qualifed bachelor’s degree students in 2021-2022.
Rocky undergraduate students pay an average of $32,252 in tuition and fees each year. Bachelor’s Degree recipients from this school accumulate an average of $20,446 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.
Rocky does offer online classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 25% of the undergraduate population registered for at least one online class in 2020-2021.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*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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