Montana Technological University
Public College in Butte, MT. Six-year graduation rate 58%. Median 10-year earnings $54,329.
Ten years after entry, the median Montana Technological University student earns $54,329 — a solidly middle-of-the-pack result for an undergraduate institution. Six-year completion sits at 58%, near the national average for undergraduate institutions. Median debt at graduation is $18,750, roughly typical for an undergraduate degree. It also moves people — 3.3% of students climb from the bottom fifth of the income distribution to the top.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.35 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Admissions
Admission is not the constraint here: 91% of applicants are accepted. 1,811 applications came in, enough to make the rates below reasonably stable year to year. Yield sits at 21% — the remainder of admitted students enroll elsewhere or not at all. Read the score bands below narrowly: only 13% of enrolled first-years submitted an SAT score, and test-optional applicants are not represented in them.
Test score bands (middle 50% of submitters)
These bands describe the enrolled first-years who submitted a score, not the entering class. Where most students apply test-optional the submitters are a self-selected, higher-scoring group.
| Test | 25th–75th percentile | Submitted |
|---|---|---|
| SAT Evidence-Based Reading | 510–630 | 40 (13%) |
| SAT Math | 530–630 | |
| ACT Composite | 19–25 | 263 (82%) |
IPEDS Admissions · 2024
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58% graduate within six years — average, but that average still hides a large group who do not. First-year retention is 77% — the single largest point of attrition on this campus. Retention and completion are close, which places the gap between entering and finishing almost entirely in year one. Transfer-out runs to 22% — common enough at this school that the completion rate is measuring a smaller group than the entering class. At 14:1, students get materially more instructor contact than at a typical public university.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 1,428 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
Average net price after grant aid is $16,665 a year — mid-range for a four-year institution. Net price varies modestly by income — $11,914 at $0–30k against $19,595 at $110k+ — so the average is a fair guide for most families. Grant aid reaches 74% of students at an average of $7,435. 39% of students take federal loans, a middling borrowing rate.
Entering first-year students
A different, smaller group than the rates above: full-time students in their first year of college anywhere. The grant series here also excludes the "other sources" counted in the all-undergraduate figure, so the two are not comparable.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · 288 students
Net price by family income
The same students as the headline above, limited to those who received Title IV federal aid — a narrower group, with a lower overall average. IPEDS publishes no combined figure across these bands, so they should not be averaged into one.
| Family income band | Average net price |
|---|---|
| $0–30k | $11,914 |
| $30–48k | $13,733 |
| $48–75k | $15,187 |
| $75–110k | $18,843 |
| $110k+ | $19,595 |
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Federal student loans went to 563 of these 1,428 students, totalling $3,372,010 — an average of $5,989 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Silver Bow County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)