2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

With 559,661 degrees handed out in 2019-2020, liberal arts / sciences and humanities is the 3rd most popular major in the United States. In 2017-2018, liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $26,786 and had an average of $16,538 in loans still to pay off.

Across Montana, there were 936 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $20,925 and $14,559 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 106 liberal arts / sciences and humanities graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,286 and $23,603 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Montana (With Aid)

#1

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$19,202 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Montana State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid. Montana State University is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also made our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Montana State University is $19,202 for Montana Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students with aid.

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#2

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#2 in overall quality

$15,246 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Montana. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana For Those Getting Aid list. UM is a public institution located in Missoula, Montana. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana” list. It costs about $15,246 for Montana Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students with aid per year to attend The University of Montana.

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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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