The University of Montana-Western

What the IPEDS & College Scorecard Data Shows for The University of Montana-Western

The University of Montana-Western operates as a public institution located in Dillon, Montana (town: remote), with a total reported enrollment of 1,198 students of which 1,755 are undergraduates. Institution-level records in the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) classify each school by Carnegie category, ownership sector, and urban/rural locale, which is how this profile’s peer group and cost cohort are determined. The University of Montana-Western is categorized as “22” under the Carnegie classification system, a meaningful signal when comparing like-to-like institutions.

Selectivity and financial signals give context to what applicants can expect. The reported admission rate is 99.8%, drawn from the most recent IPEDS Fall enrollment survey. The average net price after grants and scholarships is $16,558, with published in-state tuition of $6,670 and a Pell grant recipient share of 35.2%. Median federal student debt at graduation is $21,000, drawn from the U.S. Treasury-matched College Scorecard file.

Outcomes reveal whether the investment pays back. The 4-year completion rate is 50.3%, and the first-year retention rate is 78.6%. Graduates earn a median of $43,229 ten years after enrolling, compared with $37,252 six years post-enrollment. Within three years of entering repayment, 78800.0% of borrowers are making progress on their federal loans, and 55.2% of graduates earn above the high-school threshold. Treating these numbers as a single snapshot alongside the cost cohort is the standard approach for evaluating ROI under the College Scorecard methodology.