The University of Montana
Missoula, MT
The University of Montana is a public research university in Missoula, Montana, a small city, with 7,488 undergraduates. Natural resources and the arts are its signature fields: together they make up 24% of its bachelor's degrees, about four times their share across the colleges we cover. 48% of students finish within six years, and former students who are working earn a median of $44,511 ten years after starting.
The University of Montana admitted 9,048 of 9,464 applicants for the fall 2023 entering class (95.6%).
- Acceptance rate
- 95.6%
- Fall 2023 class
- In-state tuition
- $8,552
- $33,671 out of state
- Paid after aid
- $16,784
- Average, students with aid
- ACT, middle 50%
- 23–28
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, compiled by GoodGoblin, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2023 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What The University of Montana is known for
Measured by the 1,250 bachelor's degrees it awarded in 2022–23, and what its graduates went on to earn.
Natural resources
13.5%
of its bachelor's degrees: about 11 times the 1.2% share across the colleges we cover.
The arts
10.3%
of its bachelor's degrees: about twice the 4.9% share across the colleges we cover.
- Psychology997.9% of degrees$46,192−9% vs $50,706 nationally
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research655.2% of degrees$43,813−20% vs $55,012 nationally
- Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management625.0% of degrees$43,286−5% vs $45,338 nationally
- Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods604.8% of degrees$43,347−9% vs $47,382 nationally
- Business Administration, Management and Operations594.7% of degrees$57,892−15% vs $68,257 nationally
- Sociology554.4% of degrees$51,708About the $52,657 national median
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), field-of-study data. Degrees are bachelor's degrees awarded in 2022–23. Earnings are the median for 2017–18 and 2018–19 graduates, in 2024 dollars, working and not enrolled, four years after graduating. Shares across the colleges we cover count every bachelor's degree at the colleges with a page here.
The place
Where it is, how big it is, and how students live.
Setting
Small city
Missoula, MT
Undergraduates
7,488
Fall 2024
Type
Public
Doctoral university, very high research activity
Living on campus
A quarter to half
of undergraduates live on campus
Students per faculty member
17 to 1
Fall 2024
International students
1%
of undergraduates, fall 2024
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education), including the Carnegie Classification and the federal locale code it publishes.
What stands out at The University of Montana
Two things The University of Montana published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
1% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
Most of the enrolled class sent no SAT, so any score range would describe that share of it, not the class. Another 1% sent an ACT. The University of Montana files test scores under “considered”.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Families paid $16,784 on average after aid.
Averaged across students who received federal aid: the price after grants and scholarships, not the sticker price.
Source: the College Scorecard
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
95.6%
9,048 admitted of 9,464 applicants
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
ACT, middle 50%
23–28
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
1%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
1%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Where do you actually stand at The University of Montana?
The figures on this page describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores, activities and budget, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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What The University of Montana costs
The published price first, then what students who received aid actually paid, by family income.
In-state tuition and fees for 2024–25 were $8,552 ($33,671 out of state), and the full in-state cost of attendance, with housing, food and books, was $23,570. After grants and scholarships, students who received financial aid paid $16,784 a year on average.
In-state tuition and fees
$8,552
2024–25 school year
Out-of-state tuition and fees
$33,671
2024–25 school year
Full cost, in state
$23,570
Tuition, fees, housing, food and books
Paid after aid
$16,784
Average, students who received aid
What students paid, by family income
Each bar is that figure as a share of the $23,570 full cost.
- Under $30k$13,960Typical public university: $10,013
- $30k–$48k$14,892Typical public university: $10,847
- $48k–$75k$17,180Typical public university: $13,703
- $75k–$110k$19,269Typical public university: $17,979
- Over $110k$20,930Typical public university: $22,475
Source: the federal College Scorecard. Tuition and cost of attendance are for the 2024–25 school year; colleges usually raise them each year. What students paid is the average net price for first-year students who received federal financial aid. Typical public university: the median across the 338 public universities on GoodGoblin, for in-state students, compiled by GoodGoblin from the same federal data.
Where it leads
Who finishes, who stays, and what they earn and owe afterwards.
Finish within six years
48%
Our colleges' median: 63%
Return for a second year
75%
Our colleges' median: 79%
Earnings after 10 years
$44,511
Our colleges' median: $57,440
Median debt at graduation
$22,400
Our colleges' median: $23,725
Source: the College Scorecard (U.S. Department of Education). Six-year completion describes students who started in fall 2018; second-year return describes students who started in fall 2023; earnings describe students who started in 2009–10 and 2010–11, measured in 2020 and 2021, in 2022 dollars; debt describes federal loans of students who graduated in fiscal years 2020 and 2021. Medians are across the 1,034 colleges with a page here.
What The University of Montana says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- Course rigorrequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- GPArequired
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Test scoresconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Class rankconsidered
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Not considered
- Essay
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Recommendations
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
- Legacy
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, fall 2023
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Regular DecisionMarch 1, 2027
Verified July 12, 2026 · Source
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