2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities in Montana

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 559,661 liberal arts / sciences and humanities students received their degree, making the major the 3rd most popular in the country. 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” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in liberal arts / sciences and humanities. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent liberal arts / sciences and humanities programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the liberal arts / sciences and humanities program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana” list to help you make the college decision.

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

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

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

#1

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

#1 in overall quality

$19,202 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana list. Montana State University is a fairly large school located in Bozeman, Montana that handed out 61 bachelors’s liberal arts / sciences and humanities degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also took the #1 spot in our “Best Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Montana” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Montana State University is $19,202 for Montana Bachelor’s Degree Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities students.

Read more about Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities at MSU Bozeman

#2

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

#2 in overall quality

$15,246 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Schools for a Bachelor’s in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Montana 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 per year to attend UM.

Full UM Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities Report

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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.

Credits

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