The University of Montana Teaching Programs

The University of Montana is a public institution situated in Missoula, Montana. The surrounding area of the school is a good match for students who enjoy city life.

Where Is The University of Montana?

Contact details for UM are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Missoula, Montana, Missoula, MT 59812
Phone:	406-243-0211
Website:	www.umt.edu

How Do I Get Into UM?

You can apply to UM online at: admissions.umt.edu/apply/default.php

Admission Requirements for UM

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	1
Recommendations	3
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into UM?

UM has the high acceptance rate of 95%, which means it is fairly easy to gain admittance as long as you submit a complete application with requested materials.

Approximately 42% of accepted students are men and 58% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 94%, and the acceptance rate for women is 96%.

About 1% of students accepted to UM submitted their SAT scores.UM received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students.

Can I Afford The University of Montana?

The overall average net price of UM is $33,916. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At UM, approximately 45% of students took out student loans averaging $6,530 a year. That adds up to $26,120 over four years for those students.

The University of Montana Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 7,223 undergraduate students at UM, with 5,779 being full-time and 1,444 being part-time.

There are also 2,883 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,779 full-time undergraduates at UM, 42% are male and 58% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of The University of Montana students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	66
Black or African American	49
Hispanic or Latino	355
White	4,416
International Students	79
Other Races/Ethnicities	814

Geographic Diversity

Montana students aren't the only ones who study at The University of Montana. At this time, 46 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 60 countries are represented at UM. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Japan, and Saudi Arabia.

Online Learning at The University of Montana

In 2022-2023, 4,123 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at UM has changed over the last few years.

The University of Montana Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	Doctor’s	TOTAL
Elementary Education	54	0	0	0	54
Counselor Education/School Counseling & Guidance Services	0	1	28	1	30
General Educational Leadership & Administration	0	11	14	3	28
Curriculum & Instruction	0	0	25	2	27
Superintendency & Educational System Administration	0	7	0	0	7
Early Childhood Education	3	0	0	0	3
Mathematics Education	0	0	1	0	1
General Education	0	0	0	0	0
Education/Teaching of the Gifted & Talented	0	0	0	0	0
Environmental Education	0	0	0	0	0
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	0	0	0	0	0
Secondary Education	0	0	0	0	0
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	0	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	57	19	68	6	150

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Djembayz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.