by our College Data Analytics TeamWith all of the options you have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take when you want to pursue a degree. College Factual has developed its Best Master's Degree Colleges for the Money (Income Over $110k) in Montana ranking as one thing you can use to help make this decision.
In This Year's Value Report:
We analyzed 7 schools across Montana to determine which have the best value Master's Degree programs. Our ranking methodology focuses on different objective factors to make this determination of the best value schools. In the next few paragraphs, we'll talk a little about what we use in our analysis and why.
To calculate the value of a school in our Best Master's Degree Colleges for the Money (Income Over $110k) in Montana ranking, we first consider its average net price of students from families making over $110k a year. The net price is the sum of room and board, tuition, and fees minus any financial aid that that the student receives. In addition, the overall quality of a school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how much it costs.
To make it into this list a school must offer a quality education like the schools in our Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considers factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.
Find out more about our best value ranking methodology.
You can scroll down to see the top schools for this ranking, but you may also want to view some of the other ranking methods listed below.
Know what field you want to major in? Make sure you check out our best value schools by major. In addition, you can select one of the links below to see the best value colleges for other degree levels.
Learn more about these excellent schools below:
Our 2024 rankings named Montana Technological University the best value (income over $110k) school in Montana for students working on their master’s degree. Montana Tech is a small public school situated in Butte, Montana.
In addition to being included on this ranking as a good value, Montana Technological University is ranked #1 for quality in the state of Montana.
Out of the 7 master’s degree schools in Montana that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Montana landed the #2 spot on the list. UM is located in Missoula, Montana and has a fairly large student population. It is a public school.
Not only is The University of Montana a great value, but it is also ranked #4 in Montana for overall quality.
The quality degree programs at Montana State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of Best Master’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income Over $110k) in Montana. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school situated in Bozeman, Montana.
Not only is Montana State University a great value, but it is also ranked #2 in Montana for overall quality.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University - Billings. It ranked #4 on our 2024 Best Master’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income Over $110k) in Montana list. Montana State University - Billings is a public institution located in Billings, Montana.
In addition to being included on this ranking as a good value, Montana State University - Billings is ranked #6 for quality in the state of Montana.
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A rank of #5 on our Best Master’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income Over $110k) in Montana list means Montana State University - Northern is a great place for students working on their degree. Montana State University - Northern is a small public school located in Havre, Montana.
Montana State University - Northern has the honor of being ranked #7 in Montana for overall quality on top of being a good value.
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With a ranking of #6, Rocky Mountain College did quite well on the 2024 Best Master’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income Over $110k) in Montana list. Located in Billings, Montana, the school is a small private not-for-profit institution.
Rocky Mountain College has the honor of being ranked #3 in Montana for overall quality on top of being a good value.
University of Providence landed the #7 spot on the 2024 Best Master’s Degree Colleges for the Money (Income Over $110k) in Montana ranking. Great Falls, Montana is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. It is a private not-for-profit school.
University of Providence has the honor of being ranked #5 in Montana for overall quality on top of being a good value.
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Footnotes
*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.
More about our data sources and methodologies.
