by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Montana” ranking - to help you make that decision.
With 327,871 degrees handed out in 2020-2021, education is the 4th most popular major in the United States. In 2019-2020, education graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $46,202 and had an average of $24,437 in loans still to pay off.
Across Montana, there were 983 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,769 and $24,854 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 283 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $52,873 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Montana” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in education.
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The education school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Montana”.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Montana”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Rocky Mountain College landed the #1 spot on the list. Rocky is a private not-for-profit institution located in Billings, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Billings landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Billings, Montana, this small public school handed out 57 degrees to qualified masters’s education students in 2020-2021.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University - Northern landed the #3 spot on the list. Montana State University - Northern is a small school located in Havre, Montana that handed out 15 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Montana list. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 126 masters’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Education Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #5 spot on the list. UM is a public institution located in Missoula, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 66 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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