unitid 180692 · Dillon, MT · public 4-year · town (remote)
The University of Montana-Western
- enrollment 2023
- 1,816
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
100%
99th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
1,198
15th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
35%
undergrads on Pell grants
60th pctl among public 4-years
completion
51%
finish within 150% time
61st pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$21,403
44th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$16,558
after aid, aided students
76th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$43,229
after entry, Title IV students
27th pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,000
63rd pctl among public 4-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 $14,822 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k22%
- 30-48k18%
- 48-75k20%
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $42,280
- First-generation students
- 36%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $6,670
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.1× 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 58 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 57 | $42,791 | $23,269 |
| Education, General. | 35 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 26 | $50,530 | $21,627 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 24 | $49,711 | $22,557 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 19 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 17 | — | — |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 16 | — | — |
| Agricultural and Domestic Animal Services. | 13 | — | — |
| Business Administration, Management and Operations. | 12 | — | — |
| Military Applied Sciences. | 11 | — | — |
| Biology, General. | 10 | $59,294 | — |
— 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
Price per year
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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.