by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Carroll College was awarded 2 badges in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health sciences & services.
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Carroll Montana is ranked #894 out of 2,198 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list. This is an improvement over the previous year, when Carroll Montana held the #1,371 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Out of the 11 colleges in Montana, Carroll Montana is ranked at #3.
Carroll College has an acceptance rate of 78%, which makes it somewhat selective. Make sure it's not the only school you apply to, even if it's your school of choice. Whether you get in or not will largely depend on how you compare to other applicants.
About 2% of students accepted to Carroll Montana submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 610 and 620. Math scores were between 470 and 580.
The student to faculty ratio at Carroll Montana is an impressive 12 to 1. That's quite good when you compare it to the national average of 15 to 1. This is a good sign that students at the school will have more opportunities for one-on-one interactions with their professors.
Another measure that is often used to estimate how much access students will have to their professors is how many faculty members are full-time. The idea here is that part-time faculty tend to spend less time on campus, so they may not be as available to students as full-timers.
The full-time faculty percentage at Carroll College is 59%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate of 78% tells us that most first-year, full-time students like Carroll College enough to come back for another year. This is a fair bit higher than the national average of 68%. That's certainly something to check off in the good column about the school.
Students are considered to have graduated on time if they finish their studies within four years. At Carroll Montana the on-time graduation rate of first-time, full-time students is 49%. That is great when compared to the national average of 33.3%
Find out more about the retention and graduation rates at Carroll College.
During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,100 undergraduates at Carroll Montana with 1,065 being full-time and 35 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $16,952 | $12,960 | $16,167 | $23,273 | $26,182 |
The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.Note that the net price is typically less than the published for a school. For more information on the sticker price of Carroll Montana, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Carroll Montana, approximately 46% of students took out student loans averaging $7,146 a year. That adds up to $28,584 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Carroll Montana are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1601 N Benton Ave, Helena, MT 59625-0002 |
| Phone: | 406-447-4300 |
| Website: | www.carroll.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing | 39 | NA |
| General Biology | 22 | NA |
| Health Sciences & Services | 21 | NA |
| Rehabilitation & Therapeutic Professions | 19 | NA |
| Business Administration & Management | 19 | NA |
| General Psychology | 11 | NA |
| Public Health | 9 | NA |
| Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology | 9 | NA |
| Teacher Education Subject Specific | 8 | NA |
| Chemistry | 8 | NA |
Online learning is becoming popular at even the oldest colleges and universities in the United States. Not only are online classes great for returning adults with busy schedules, they are also frequented by a growing number of traditional students.
In 2022-2023, 95 students took at least one online class at Carroll College. This is a decrease from the 276 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 95 | 5 |
| 2021-2022 | 276 | 23 |
| 2020-2021 | 617 | 16 |
| 2018-2019 | 80 | 8 |
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Footnotes
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
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