The University of Montana offers students academic excellence in addition to outstanding outdoor recreational opportunities and quality of life. Students receive a high-quality, well-rounded education through the university’s five colleges —arts and sciences, education and human sciences, forestry and conservation, health professions and biomedical sciences, and technology — and four professional schools — journalism, law, business and fine arts. The University of Montana was founded in 1893 in the pioneer town of Missoula, fewer than 90 years after Lewis and Clark and their Corps of Discovery explored the area. Today, the university dedicates a considerable amount of time, energy and resources to working with first-generation, minority and low-income students. Located in the midst of western Montana’s stunning natural landscape, The University of Montana’s campus has been deemed the most scenic in America by Rolling Stone.

 

undergraduate enrollment                 13,072

% male/female                                       47/53

% African American                                        1

% American Indian                                         4

% Asian                                                            1

% Caucasian                                                82

% Hispanic                                                      2

% Pell grant recipients                                37

Distinguished first-generation and minority alums 

Mansfield; Joe McDonald; Bonnie HeavyRunner; Henrietta Mann Morton; Judy Blunt; Dorothy M. Johnson; George M. Dennison; Gary Niles Kimble; Kenneth Ryan 

 

full-time faculty                                     557

student-faculty ratio                            19:1

average class size                                29

% first-year retention rate                     72

% graduation rate (6 years)                 42

Popular majors Business Administration, English, Education, Natural Resources/Conservation

 

% live on campus (% freshmen)         18 (99)

Multicultural student clubs and organizations

American Indians in Science and Engineering, American Indian Business Leaders, Coalition on Bias and Discrimination, Indian Hall of Fame, Kyi-Yo Native American Student Association, Le Gente Unida, Native American Journalist Association Student Chapter, Native American Law Student Association, ROSNA/PACE, Traditional American Indian Games Association, WA YA WA American Indian Education Association

 

regular admission                                rolling

 

tuition        in-state: $5,329.80 out-of-state: $17,763

room & board                                                      $6,026
% of students receive aid                                         67

% receiving need-based scholarship

   or grant aid                                                               53

% receiving aid whose need was

   fully met                                                                    13

average aid package                                        $6,149

average student loan debt

   upon graduation                                           $21,000