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2023 Most Popular Teaching Master's Degree Schools in Montana

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A teaching student has lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools and bootcamps that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Teaching Degree Search has created its Most Popular Teaching Master's Degree Schools in Montana ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in Montana to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for teaching students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from each school on the list.

Learn more about these popular schools below:

#1

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
126 Total Awards
$6,805 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Montana State University the most popular school in Montana for teaching students working on their master’s degree. MSU Bozeman is located in Bozeman, Montana and has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 126 master’s degrees to qualified students.

Of those students who received their degree, 65% were women.

MSU Bozeman does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 77% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#2

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana
66 Total Awards
$6,892 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Montana helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular teaching schools in Montana. UM is a public institution located in Missoula, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 66 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 71% of those degree recipients were women.

Online graduate courses are available at UM, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 19% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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57 Total Awards
$7,415 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Montana State University - Billings. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list. Montana State University - Billings is a small public school situated in Billings, Montana. It awarded 57 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 77% of those degree recipients were women.

Online graduate courses are available at Montana State University - Billings, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 89% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#4

Rocky Mountain College

Billings, Montana
19 Total Awards
$33,470 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rocky Mountain College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list. Rocky is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Billings, Montana. It awarded 19 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 53% of those degree recipients were women.

Online graduate courses are available at Rocky, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 9% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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15 Total Awards
$7,201 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Montana State University - Northern. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Most Popular Teaching Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list. Located in Havre, Montana, the small public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Around 80% of those degree recipients were women.

Online graduate courses are available at Montana State University - Northern, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In 2019-2020 about 42% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

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%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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