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The University of Montana
CITY & STATE
Missoula, MT
PUBLIC/PRIVATE
Public
UNDERGRADUATE POPULATION*
7,714
STUDENT POPULATION*
10,487
AVERAGE GRANT AID*
$6,685
TOTAL ANNUAL COST*
$42,102
ALUMNI SALARY‡
$89,900
ACCEPTANCE RATE*
94%
SAT COMPOSITE RANGE*
1055-1245
ACT COMPOSITE RANGE*
20-26
WEBSITE
- * Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS
- ‡ The median salary for workers with 10 or more years of experience per Payscale.
The flagship of Montana’s public university system, the University of Montana is a midsize research university in the lively college town of Missoula. UM offers more than 70 undergraduate programs, including a large number of programs at the W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation. It’s one of few institutions to offer programs in Central and Southwest Asian studies. There are a large number of research centers on campus, including the recently-established American Indian Research and Policy Institute. In 2020
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#595
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In Public Colleges#279
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Breakdown
AcademicsFinancial AidAdmissionsStudent Life
BY THE NUMBERS
Attendance
FULL-TIME
70%
PART-TIME
30%
*Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS
Enrollment By Race/ Ethnicity
*Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS
Enrollment By Gender
MALE
42%
FEMALE
58%
*Per the 2021-2022 final release data in IPEDS
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