Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $44,511 ten years after enrolling, more than at 23% of colleges; 47% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 2.3 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
Graduation
graduate within six years
National median graduation rate: 59%
Everyone who starts here, 8 years later
Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.
46 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 22 more are enrolled at another college. (2,715 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
33 of 100 finish within 4 years, 44 within 6, and 46 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 33% | 44% | 46% |
| Started in college here | 26% | 40% | 43% |
| Transferred in | 47% | 53% | 54% |
Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.
National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.
Do lower-income students finish?
Pell Grant recipients: 42%, 11 points below students with no need-based federal aid (53%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients480 students
42% · 11 points below students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant203 students
46% · 7 points below students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan687 students
53% · comparison group
By race and ethnicity
First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.
- White1,030 students
51% · 3 points above all students
- Asian12 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Hispanic/Latino81 students
42% · 6 points below all students
- Black15 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Two or more races67 students
51% · 3 points above all students
- International8 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- American Indian/Alaska Native47 students
13% · 35 points below all students
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander1 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus The University of Montana. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;The University of Montana Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)