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Best Value Degrees in Montana (2026)

Top 89 of 89 programs in Montana · Updated 2026

The best college programs in Montana, ranked by overall value. We scored 89 programs across Montana schools on earnings, AI resilience, job demand, and tuition ROI. The top programs average $43,046/yr in graduate earnings.

Programs in MT

Avg Earnings (Top 100)

$43,046/yr

Avg DW Score

50/100

#1 Program

Computer Science

Montana State University

Top Programs in Montana

Top 89 programs by DegreeWorth Score. Click any row for full analysis.

#	Program	DW Score	Earnings	AI Risk	ROI
1	Computer Science Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	87 80–88	$66,918/yr	Very High	38.0x
2	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Montana State University-Northern · Havre, MT	86 83–86	$77,121/yr	High	28.0x
3	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	85 82–84	$71,915/yr	High	21.5x
4	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration University of Providence · Great Falls, MT	83 79–83	$101,187/yr	High	9.4x
5	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Montana Technological University · Butte, MT	83 80–83	$74,338/yr	High	19.4x
6	Public Health Montana Technological University · Butte, MT	80 76–80	$74,771/yr	High	29.7x
7	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Montana State University Billings · Billings, MT	77 74–76	$71,449/yr	High	25.6x
8	Electrical Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	75 71–76	$77,060/yr	Very High	27.7x
9	Mechanical Engineering Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	74 72–75	$68,469/yr	Very High	27.5x
10	Business/Commerce, General Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	74 69–75	$48,164/yr	High	20.1x
11	Accounting and Related Services The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	74 72–76	$47,164/yr	Very High	19.0x
12	Registered Nursing & Nursing Administration Carroll College · Helena, MT	73 70–72	$75,007/yr	High	3.9x
13	Petroleum Engineering Montana Technological University · Butte, MT	72 70–73	$69,212/yr	High	35.1x
14	Civil Engineering Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	72 70–73	$67,373/yr	High	22.6x
15	Construction Engineering Technologies Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	71 68–72	$77,139/yr	Very High	26.8x
16	Management Information Systems and Services The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	71 64–73	$54,816/yr	Very High	30.8x
17	Chemical Engineering Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	70 69–71	$62,206/yr	High	24.5x
18	Computer Engineering Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	70 64–71	$67,015/yr	Very High	19.7x
19	Mechanical Engineering Related Technologies Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	70 70–71	$62,605/yr	Moderate	24.3x
20	Business/Commerce, General Montana State University Billings · Billings, MT	69 65–70	$44,082/yr	High	20.3x
21	Economics Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	68 65–69	$47,098/yr	Very High	17.2x
22	Civil Engineering Montana Technological University · Butte, MT	66 63–67	$80,327/yr	High	23.9x
23	Business Administration The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	66 61–66	$37,784/yr	High	18.6x
24	Business Administration Montana State University-Northern · Havre, MT	65 59–65	$40,381/yr	High	19.8x
25	Agricultural Business and Management Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	64 57–65	$50,876/yr	High	15.5x
26	Mechanical Engineering Montana Technological University · Butte, MT	63 61–65	$73,901/yr	Very High	22.0x
27	Business/Commerce, General Montana Technological University · Butte, MT	62 58–63	$46,181/yr	High	13.3x
28	Teacher Education Montana State University Billings · Billings, MT	60 67–61	$39,422/yr	High	17.4x
29	Industrial Engineering Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	60 58–60	$64,082/yr	High	18.8x
30	Business Administration The University of Montana-Western · Dillon, MT	60 55–60	$35,880/yr	High	18.6x
31	Criminal Justice and Corrections Montana State University-Northern · Havre, MT	59 49–60	$43,158/yr	Moderate	16.2x
32	Teacher Education The University of Montana-Western · Dillon, MT	59 67–60	$38,151/yr	High	18.3x
33	Business Administration Carroll College · Helena, MT	57 51–58	$48,337/yr	High	3.1x
34	Teacher Education Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	57 65–58	$38,576/yr	High	14.5x
35	Microbiological Sciences and Immunology Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	57 56–58	$37,181/yr	High	18.6x
36	Political Science and Government The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	56 53–57	$38,094/yr	Very High	16.6x
37	Management Information Systems and Services Montana Technological University · Butte, MT	54 49–55	$42,543/yr	Very High	16.5x
38	Political Science and Government Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	54 51–54	$35,476/yr	Very High	16.7x
39	Biology, General The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	53 50–54	$43,914/yr	High	14.8x
40	Mathematics Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	52 56–52	$34,475/yr	Very High	20.8x
41	Business Administration Rocky Mountain College · Billings, MT	52 46–52	$42,971/yr	High	3.2x
42	Teacher Education The University of Montana-Western · Dillon, MT	52 65–53	$36,742/yr	High	15.6x
43	Public Relations & Advertising Montana State University Billings · Billings, MT	51 52–52	$39,666/yr	High	13.8x
44	Teacher Education Montana State University Billings · Billings, MT	51 65–52	$35,132/yr	High	15.9x
45	Teacher Education Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	51 63–52	$37,501/yr	High	12.7x
46	Teacher Education The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	49 62–50	$36,142/yr	High	12.4x
47	Natural Resources Conservation and Research Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	48 45–49	$36,745/yr	High	17.8x
48	Cell/Cellular Biology and Anatomical Sciences Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	48 46–49	$32,538/yr	High	20.5x
49	Teacher Education Carroll College · Helena, MT	46 52–46	$43,469/yr	High	1.7x
50	Sociology The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	46 43–47	$39,160/yr	High	13.0x
51	Sociology Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	45 42–45	$36,595/yr	High	13.4x
52	Music Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	45 33–45	$38,807/yr	High	13.4x
53	Teacher Education The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	45 58–46	$28,298/yr	High	13.4x
54	Fine and Studio Arts Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	42 37–42	$32,265/yr	Moderate	13.2x
55	History Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	42 41–42	$29,692/yr	High	13.2x
56	Communication and Media Studies The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	41 35–42	$34,377/yr	High	13.7x
57	Plant Sciences Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	40 37–41	$33,311/yr	High	13.3x
58	Liberal Arts and Sciences Montana State University Billings · Billings, MT	39 47–40	$29,832/yr	Low	20.8x
59	Psychology, General Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	39 38–39	$28,928/yr	High	13.4x
60	History The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	38 38–39	$28,508/yr	High	11.9x
61	Biology, General Carroll College · Helena, MT	36 36–37	$35,157/yr	High	3.0x
62	Linguistic & Comparative Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	36 29–37	$33,415/yr	Very High	9.3x
63	Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	36 38–36	$31,910/yr	High	13.3x
64	English Language and Literature, General Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	36 30–36	$33,483/yr	Very High	12.3x
65	Biology, General Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	36 36–36	$29,435/yr	High	12.7x
66	Social Work The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	36 51–38	$33,726/yr	Moderate	11.4x
67	Animal Sciences Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	35 32–35	$30,220/yr	High	12.1x
68	Anthropology The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	35 31–36	$30,011/yr	High	11.0x
69	Air Transportation Rocky Mountain College · Billings, MT	35 34–35	$41,588/yr	Moderate	2.1x
70	Forestry The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	34 36–34	$31,138/yr	Moderate	13.8x
71	Psychology, General The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	33 32–33	$25,023/yr	High	11.8x
72	Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	32 41–33	$29,030/yr	High	14.8x
73	Journalism The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	32 27–32	$35,924/yr	Very High	10.0x
74	Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	32 33–33	$32,671/yr	High	9.0x
75	Health and Physical Education/Fitness Rocky Mountain College · Billings, MT	32 31–33	$30,025/yr	Moderate	3.2x
76	Public Health Carroll College · Helena, MT	30 32–31	$30,831/yr	High	0.9x
77	Film/Video and Photographic Arts Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	30 24–31	$29,608/yr	High	11.8x
78	Liberal Arts and Sciences Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	29 37–30	$30,380/yr	Low	12.6x
79	Natural Resources Conservation and Research The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	28 26–28	$27,552/yr	High	11.6x
80	Biological and Physical Sciences The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	28 33–28	$25,950/yr	Moderate	7.0x
81	Psychology, General Rocky Mountain College · Billings, MT	28 28–29	$29,910/yr	High	1.2x
82	English Language and Literature, General The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	26 24–27	$21,447/yr	Very High	11.7x
83	Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	25 23–25	$28,339/yr	High	11.4x
84	Film/Video and Photographic Arts The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	24 20–24	$24,679/yr	High	10.2x
85	Fine and Studio Arts The University of Montana · Missoula, MT	24 22–25	$22,149/yr	Moderate	6.6x
86	Biology, General Rocky Mountain College · Billings, MT	24 25–25	$27,912/yr	High	1.1x
87	Sustainability Studies Montana State University · Bozeman, MT	22 21–23	$22,296/yr	High	5.9x
88	Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions Carroll College · Helena, MT	20 26–21	$22,319/yr	Moderate	0.4x
89	Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences Carroll College · Helena, MT	18 21–19	$30,457/yr	High	2.2x

Methodology

This ranking includes the top 89 programs at Montana colleges and universities, drawn from 89 total programs with earnings data. Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score (0–100), which combines graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and tuition ROI.

Only in-state tuition is used for ROI calculations. Earnings data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the best college program in Montana?

By DegreeWorth Score, Computer Science at Montana State University ranks #1 in Montana with a score of 87/100 and graduate earnings of $66,918/yr.

How many college programs are in Montana?

Our database includes 89 programs across Montana colleges with reported earnings data from the U.S. Department of Education.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.