2023 Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Montana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which healthcare program is right for you. 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, Healthcare Degree Search has created its Best Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Montana ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Montana to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for healthcare students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top Value Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Montana

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

#1

The University of Montana

Missoula, Montana

117 Total Awards

#1 in Quality in Montana

$24,096 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Montana to be the best value school for healthcare students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Montana. UM is a public institution located in Missoula, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 117 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UM are $24,096 per year.

Some students may be able to take online graduate classes at UM. In fact, around 19% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

UM also made our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Montana list, coming in at #1.

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#2

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

12 Total Awards

#2 in Quality in Montana

$22,391 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Montana State University is a great place for healthcare students working on their graduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. MSU Bozeman is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 graduate certificates in 2020-2021.

MSU Bozeman graduate students pay an average of $22,391 in tuition and fees each year.

Online graduate courses are available at MSU Bozeman, but you will need to check with the school to see if they are available for your field of interest. In fact, around 77% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also took the #2 spot in our Best Healthcare Graduate Certificate Schools in Montana rankings.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 2 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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