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2023 Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Montana
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for trade school students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Trade College Search has developed this Most Popular Online Associate Degree Trade Schools in Montana ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Montana to see which ones had the most popular online associate degree programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.
Most Popular Online Trade School Associate Degree Schools in Montana
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Our 2023 rankings named Great Falls College Montana State University the most popular school in Montana for trade school students working on their associate degree. This small public school is located in Great Falls, Montana, and it awarded 205 associate degrees in 2021-2022.
The average in-state tuition and fees for students at Great Falls College Montana State University is $3,532. Out-of-state students pay an average of $11,338. Around 70% of those degree recipients were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 65% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Dawson Community College is a great place for trade school students working on their associate degree. Located in Glendive, Montana, the very small public school awarded 105 diplomas to qualifed associate degree students in 2021-2022.
Students from Montana who attend DCC full time pay an average of $6,075 in tuition and fees. Out-of-state students pay an average of $8,775. By the time they get their associate degree, students from this school have racked up an average of $9,586 in student loans. Of those students who received their degree, 50% were women.
To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 59% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2020-2021.
The excellent associate degree programs at University of Providence helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular trade school schools in Montana. Located in Great Falls, Montana, the very small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 associate degree awards in 2021-2022.
The average tuition and fees at University of Providence is $27,606. In-state students do not receive a discount, however you may be able to reduce your price if you receive financial aid. Of those students who received their degree, 100% were women.
University of Providence is one of the schools on our list that is primarily online. Each undergraduate student at the school took at least one class online.
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Notes and References
Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 3 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.