by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Education Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 327,871 education students received their degree, making the major the 4th most popular in the country. 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 449 education graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,324 and $24,992 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Education Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in education. To top this list, a school must have a successful education program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Well Attended Education Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for montana bachelor’s degree education students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s list. Montana State University is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 150 bachelors’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 10 schools in the Most Well Attended Education Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana - Western landed the #2 spot on the list. Dillon, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s education degrees to 92 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Montana. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s. Located in Missoula, Montana, this fairly large public school awarded 60 degrees to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University - Billings. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s list. Montana State University - Billings is a public institution located in Billings, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 54 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University - Northern. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Education Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Havre, Montana, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s education degrees in 2020-2021.
Carroll College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Education Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s ranking. Carroll Montana is a private not-for-profit institution located in Helena, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Providence landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Providence is located in Great Falls, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Salish Kootenai College did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Education Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. SKC is located in Pablo, Montana and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s education degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Rocky Mountain College ranked #9 on this year’s Most Well Attended Education Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s list. Rocky Mountain College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Billings, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Stone Child College ranked #10 on this year’s Most Well Attended Education Major in Montana for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Box Elder, Montana, this small public school handed out 7 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s education students in 2020-2021.
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