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Most Popular Online Trade Schools in Montana

2023 Most Popular Online Trade Schools in Montana

4 Schools Ranked
$40,686 Average Earnings
$25,038 Avg Student Debt

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Trade College Search has created the Most Popular Online Trade Schools in Montana to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Montana to see which ones had the most popular online programs for trade school students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Learn more about these popular schools with online programs:

#1

University of Providence

Great Falls, Montana
391 Total Awards
$49,532 Average Earnings
$24,621 Avg Student Debt

Our 2023 rankings named University of Providence the most popular school in Montana for trade school students working on their degree. Located in Great Falls, Montana, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 391 diplomas to qualifed students in 2021-2022.

Degree recipients from University of Providence accumulate an average of $24,621 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.After graduating from University of Providence, students go on to jobs where they make an average of $49,532 during the early years of their career. Of those students who received their degree, 71% were women.

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795 Total Awards
$41,648 Average Earnings
$23,456 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you attend Montana State University - Billings. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Trade Schools in Montana list. This small public school is located in Billings, Montana, and it awarded 795 degrees in 2021-2022.

On average, students take out $23,456 in loans while pursuing their degree. Once they receive their degree, Montana State University - Billings graduates enter the workforce, making an average salary of $41,648 during the early year of their career. Around 66% of those degree recipients were women.

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285 Total Awards

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Great Falls College Montana State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Trade Schools in Montana list. Great Falls College Montana State University is a public institution located in Great Falls, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 285 degrees in 2021-2022.

Around 64% of those degree recipients were women.

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#4

Dawson Community College

Glendive, Montana
111 Total Awards
$9,586 Avg Student Debt

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Dawson Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Trade Schools in Montana list. Glendive, Montana is the setting for this very small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out degrees to 111 students in 2021-2022.

On average, students take out $9,586 in loans while pursuing their degree. Around 50% of those degree recipients were women.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 4 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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