by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Montana” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 322,592 nursing students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. In 2019-2020, nursing graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $70,916 and had an average of $25,426 in loans still to pay off.
Across Montana, there were 745 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $67,171 and $27,084 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 482 nursing graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,324 and $24,992 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Montana” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in nursing. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in nursing.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Montana” 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 nursing students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Providence. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Montana. University of Providence is a small school located in Great Falls, Montana that handed out 113 bachelors’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carroll College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Montana. Located in Helena, Montana, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 43 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s nursing students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana Technological University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Montana. Montana Tech is a small public school situated in Butte, Montana. It awarded 38 bachelors’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Bozeman, Montana, and it awarded 243 bachelors’s nursing 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University - Northern. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Montana list. Montana State University - Northern is a small school located in Havre, Montana that handed out 17 bachelors’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
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Salish Kootenai College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Montana list. SKC is a small public school situated in Pablo, Montana. It awarded 10 bachelors’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Montana State University - Billings did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Nursing Major in Montana ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Billings, Montana, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s nursing degrees in 2020-2021.
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