by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual recognizes the best colleges and universities in its annual rankings. These rankings include categories for best overall colleges, best colleges for each major, best value schools, and much more.
Montana Technological University was awarded 1 badge in the 2025 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is health professions.
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Montana Tech is ranked #1,468 out of 2,152 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2025 Best Colleges list.
Montana Tech is also ranked #5 out of 12 schools in Montana.
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Because it has a high acceptance rate of 89%, some consider Montana Tech to be a safety school. But don't just assume that admittance is in the bag. Make sure to spend enough time on your application so that it is in tip-top shape.
About 14% of students accepted to Montana Tech submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 510 and 650. Math scores were between 540 and 670.
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With a student to faculty ratio of 13 to 1, Montana Technological University is about average in this regard as the nationwide rate is 15 to 1. While this does not translate directly to class size, it's a good indicator of how much time professors will have to spend with their students on a one-on-one basis.
In addition to the student to faculty ratio, some people look at what percentage of faculty members are full-time as a sign of how much time professors will be able to spend with their students. This is because part-time teachers may not be be on campus as much as their full-time counterparts.
The full-time faculty percentage at Montana Technological University is 74%. This is higher than the national average of 47%.
The freshmen retention rate tells us what percentage of first-year, full-time students choose to continue on to their sophomore year at a particular school. The rate at Montana Technological University is 72%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 68%.
The on-time graduation rate is the percent of first-time, full-time students who get their bachelor's degree with four years. At Montana Tech this rate is 30%, which is about average when compared to the national rate of 33.3%.
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During the 2017-2018 academic year, there were 1,431 undergraduates at Montana Tech with 1,323 being full-time and 108 being part-time.
| $0-30 K | $30K-48K | $48-75 | $75-110K | $110K + |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| $13,642 | $14,208 | $16,363 | $18,898 | $18,808 |
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 Montana Tech, see our tuition and fees and room and board pages.
Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Montana Tech, approximately 40% of students took out student loans averaging $5,686 a year. That adds up to $22,744 over four years for those students.
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Contact details for Montana Tech are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 1300 W Park St, Butte, MT 59701-8997 |
| Phone: | 406-496-4256 |
| Website: | https://www.mtech.edu/ |
| Most Popular Majors | Bachelor’s Degrees | Average Salary of Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Public Health | 63 | $74,771 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 42 | $73,901 |
| Nursing | 42 | $74,338 |
| Management Information Systems | 31 | $42,543 |
| Civil Engineering | 25 | $80,327 |
| Petroleum Engineering | 22 | $69,212 |
| General Biology | 15 | NA |
| Environmental Engineering | 15 | NA |
| Mining Engineering | 15 | NA |
| Geoscience Engineering | 11 | NA |
Online learning options are becoming more and more popular at American colleges and universities. Online classes are great for students who have busy schedules or for those who just want to study on their own time.
In 2022-2023, 518 students took at least one online class at Montana Technological University. This is a decrease from the 632 students who took online classes the previous year.
| Year | Took at Least One Online Class | Took All Classes Online |
|---|---|---|
| 2022-2023 | 518 | 108 |
| 2021-2022 | 632 | 124 |
| 2020-2021 | 1,205 | 159 |
| 2018-2019 | 554 | 162 |
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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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