unitid 180081 · Butte, MT · public 2-year · town (remote)
Highlands College of Montana Tech
- enrollment 2023
- 906
- predominant degree
- Certificate
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 2-years
The record
admission rate
not reported
undergraduates
342
9th pctl among public 2-years
Pell share
13%
undergrads on Pell grants
5th pctl among public 2-years
completion
45%
finish within 150% time
69th pctl among public 2-years
sticker cost / yr
$18,476
80th pctl among public 2-years
avg net price / yr
$14,962
after aid, aided students
95th pctl among public 2-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$54,329
after entry, Title IV students
99th pctl among public 2-years
median grad debt
$18,750
99th pctl among public 2-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $11,650 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 2-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k22%
- 30-48k15%
- 48-75k22%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $38,398
- First-generation students
- 34%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $4,130
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.9× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 68 | $88,641 | $2,750 |
| Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions. | 14 | — | — |
| Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing Assistants. | 13 | — | — |
| Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | 12 | — | — |
| Carpenters. | 11 | — | — |
| Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other. | 9 | — | — |
| Civil Engineering Technologies/Technicians. | 6 | — | — |
| Precision Metal Working. | 5 | — | — |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 4 | — | — |
| Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians. | 2 | — | — |
| Ground Transportation. | 2 | — | — |
| Medical Illustration and Informatics. | 2 | — | — |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
no years reported
Price per year
- sticker
- net
Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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built 2026-07-17
Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.