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2023 Most Popular Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in Montana

6 Schools Ranked

It's not easy to decide which healthcare program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Most Popular Healthcare Master's Degree Schools in Montana ranking. Our analysis looked at 6 schools in Montana to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for healthcare 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

The University of Montana

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

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Montana the most popular school in Montana for healthcare students working on their master’s degree. Missoula, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out master’s degrees to 67 students in 2020-2021.

Around 84% of those degree recipients were women.

UM does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. In fact, around 19% of the graduate population registered for at least one online class in 2019-2020.

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40 Total Awards
$7,415 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Montana State University - Billings is a great place for healthcare students working on their master’s degree. This small public school is located in Billings, Montana, and it awarded 40 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 85% were women.

Montana State University - Billings does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 89% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

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39 Total Awards
$6,041 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you attend Montana Technological University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list. Montana Tech is a public institution located in Butte, Montana. The school has a small population, and it awarded 39 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 51% were women.

Montana Tech does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 61% of graduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

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#4

Rocky Mountain College

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

You’ll be in good company if you attend Rocky Mountain College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Healthcare Master’s Degree Schools in Montana list. Rocky Mountain College is a small private not-for-profit school located in Billings, Montana that handed out 36 master’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Around 64% of those degree recipients were women.

One thing to take note of is that Rocky does offer online graduate classes in some areas. In 2019-2020 about 9% of the graduate students at the school chose to take one or more online courses.

Full Rocky Mountain College Report

#5

University of Providence

Great Falls, Montana
21 Total Awards

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Providence helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular healthcare schools in Montana. Located in Great Falls, Montana, the very small private not-for-profit school awarded 21 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 86% were women.

If you are interested in distance education, University of Providence is an excellent choice, since graduate classes are offered online.

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#6

Montana State University

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

With a ranking of #6, Montana State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for healthcare students working on their master’s degree. Located in Bozeman, Montana, the fairly large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualifed master’s degree students in 2020-2021.

Of those students who received their degree, 87% were women.

MSU Bozeman does offer online graduate classes for certain degree levels. During the 2019-2020 year, about 77% of the graduate students at the school took at least one online course.

Full Montana State University Report

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 6 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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