Graduate Programs | The University of Montana

2024 Graduate Tuition & Fees

The following table and chart describe 2023-2024 graduate tuition & fees at The University of Montana with tuition changes over the last 5 years. Each cost is an average amount over the offered programs. For Montana residents, the tuition & fees are $9,580 and $35,314 for non-Montana residents. The tuition per credit hours for part-time students (or full-time students who taking extra credits) is $380 for Montana residents and $1,785 for out-of-state students.

Data source: IPEDS (integrated Postsecondary Education Dta System)

Updated with 2023-2024 tuition (Last update: 03/01/2024)

2024 Graduate School Tuition, Fees, and Living Costs
	In-State	Out-of-State
Tuition	$7,164	$32,492
Fees	$2,416	$2,822
Cost per Credit	$380	$1,785
Books & Supplies	$1,100
Room & Board	$12,192 (On-Campus) / $12,192 (Off-Campus)
Personal Expenses	$3,784 (On-Campus) / $4,572 (Off-Campus)
On-Campus Total	$26,656	$52,390
Off-Campus Total	$27,444	$53,178

Graduate Program Tuition Changes (2020-2024)
	2019-2020	2020-2021	2021-2022	2022-2023	2023-2024
In-State	$6,610	$7,040	$6,892	$7,244	$9,580
Out-of-State	$22,012	$23,242	$24,096	$25,266	$35,314

Graduate Program Overview

The University of Montana is a four-years, public school located in Missoula, Montana. It offers graduate degree programs as well as undergraduate degree programs.

For the academic year 2023-2024, the average graduate school tuition & fees is $9,580 for Montana residents and $35,314 for out-of-state students.

It offers 131 graduate programs and some programs are offered through distance learning.

Graduate Programs Key Facts
School Name	The University of Montana
Type	Four-years, Public
Address	Missoula, Montana, Missoula, MT
Graduate School Students	2,883 students 647 students enrolled online exclusively
Tuition & Fees (2023-2024)	In-State$9,580 Out-of-State$35,314
Student to Faculty	17:1 (5.88%)
Number of Graduate Programs	Total 131 Graduate Programs 69 Master's, 31 Doctorate, 31 Post graduate certificates

Conferred Degrees and Graduate Programs by Major

The University of Montana offers Masters, Doctorate, Post-Bachelor's Certificate, Post-Master's Certificate graduate degree/certificate programs through 131 major areas - 69 Master's , 31 Doctorate , 25 Post-Bachelor', 6 Post-Master'. 519 students have been conferred Master's degree and 615 students have received Doctorate degree last year.The following table summarizes the total number of completers by degree and gender.

Total Number of Conferred Graduate Degree
	Master's	Doctorate	Post-Bachelor's	Post-Master's
Total	519	615	174	17
Men	180	236	56	8
Women	339	379	118	9

Below, you can check major programs and concentration for each area of study with offered degrees and completers. ^ONLINE denotes the program offered by distance learning (online degree). You may want to see all graduate schools offering a major program by following the link on the title of the program.

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Natural Resources/Conservation	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Natural Resources Management and Policy	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	-	-	3	NOT OFFERED
Natural Resources and Conservation (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	12	NOT OFFERED

Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies

what is Area, Ethnic, Cultural, Gender, and Group Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Women's Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Information Science/Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Educational Leadership and Administration	-	-	11	-
Superintendency and Educational System Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED
Education/Teaching of the Gifted and Talented	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Environmental Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	-	-	10	NOT OFFERED

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	-	NOT OFFERED	12	NOT OFFERED
Public Policy Analysis	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Development Economics and International Development	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	2	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Health and Wellness	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	89	NOT OFFERED
Public Health	-	-	6	NOT OFFERED
Environmental Health	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
International Public Health/International Health	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	4	NOT OFFERED
Health Services Administration	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	1	NOT OFFERED
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	-	NOT OFFERED	7	NOT OFFERED
Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurial Studies	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	3	NOT OFFERED
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (other)	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Natural Resources/Conservation	10	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Environmental Studies	23	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Natural Resource Recreation and Tourism	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Forestry	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management	4	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	8	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Communication and Journalism

what is Communication and Journalism program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Speech Communication and Rhetoric	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Journalism	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Science/Health/Environmental Journalism	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Computer and Information Sciences

what is Computer and Information Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Computer and Information Sciences	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Computer Science	10	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	25	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	14	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	28	-	NOT OFFERED	-
Elementary Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Secondary Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Early Childhood Education and Teaching	-	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Mathematics Teacher Education	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Education Teaching and Coaching	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics

what is Foreign Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Foreign Languages and Literatures	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Linguistics	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Work and Family Studies

what is Work and Family Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Family and Community Services	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

English Language and Literature

what is English Language and Literature program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
English Language and Literature	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Creative Writing	15	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	2	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biochemistry	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	1	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Microbiology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Exercise Physiology	5	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Toxicology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pharmacology and Toxicology (other)	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Ecology	4	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience	1	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	5	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Mathematics and Statistics (other)	1	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biological and Physical Sciences	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
International/Global Studies	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies

what is Parks, Recreation, Leisure, and Fitness Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Parks, Recreation and Leisure Facilities Management	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Health and Physical Education/Fitness	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Philosophy and Religious Studies

what is Philosophy and Religious Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Philosophy	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Philosophy (other)	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	7	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	3	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
School Psychology	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-

Human Services

what is Human Services program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Public Administration	46	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Social Work	27	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Anthropology	14	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Economics	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geography	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Political Science and Government	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Sociology	5	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Visual and Performing Arts

what is Visual and Performing Arts program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Visual and Performing Arts	19	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts	3	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cinematography and Film/Video Production	2	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Art/Art Studies	6	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Drawing	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Music (other)	4	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	33	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Athletic Training/Trainer	8	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (other)	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Health	18	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Business

what is Business program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Business Administration and Management	69	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED
Accounting	21	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Management Science	13	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	6	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Education	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	-
Educational Leadership and Administration	-	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	-	NOT OFFERED	1

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Energy, Environment, and Natural Resources Law	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5
Tribal/Indigenous Law	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	6

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
School Psychology	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED	5

Natural Resources and Conservation

what is Natural Resources and Conservation program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Natural Resources/Conservation	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED
Forestry	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Forest Management/Forest Resources Management	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Wildlife, Fish and Wildlands Science and Management	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Education

what is Education program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Curriculum and Instruction	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Educational Leadership and Administration	-	-	-	-
Counselor Education/School Counseling and Guidance Services	-	-	NOT OFFERED	-

Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities

what is Liberal Arts and Sciences, Humanities program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Biological and Biomedical Sciences

what is Biological and Biomedical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Biomedical Sciences	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biochemistry	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Cell/Cellular and Molecular Biology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Microbiology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Exercise Physiology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Toxicology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Ecology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Neuroscience	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (other)	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Mathematics and Statistics

what is Mathematics and Statistics program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Mathematics	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

what is Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (other)	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Physical Sciences

what is Physical Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Chemistry	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Geology/Earth Science	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Materials Science	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Psychology

what is Psychology program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Psychology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Social Sciences

what is Social Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Anthropology	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Audiology/Audiologist and Speech-Language Pathology/Pathologist	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Medicinal and Pharmaceutical Chemistry	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Public Health	-	-	-	NOT OFFERED

History

what is History program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
History	-	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Legal Studies

what is Legal Studies program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Law	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED

Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences

what is Health Services/Allied Health/Health Sciences program?

Program	Master's	Doctorate	Post-BS	Post-MS
Pharmacy	NOT OFFERED	-	NOT OFFERED	NOT OFFERED
Physical Therapy/Therapist	NOT OFFERED	-	-	NOT OFFERED

Graduate Student Population

Total 10,106 students enrolled in The University of Montana including both undergraduate and graduate programs, with full-time and part-time status.

In graduate school, 2,883 students are enrolled to earn graduate degrees. By gender, it has 1,068 male and 1,815 female graduate students. By attending status, there are 1,186 full-time and 1,697 part-time students in graduate schools.

It offers online degree programs and 647 students enrolled to earn their graduate degree through online exclusively and 224 students are taking some online graduate courses.

Graduate Students Gender Distribution
Total	2,883
Men Students	1,068
Women Students	1,815

Graduate Students Attending Status Distribution
Total	2,883
Full-time Students	1,186
Part-time Students	1,697

By race/ethnicity 1,669 White, 37 Black, and 588 Asian students are attending at The University of Montana. The detail graduate enrollment distribution by race is shown in the below chart.

Graduate Students Race Distribution
Total	2,883
American Indian / Native American	72
Asian	588
Black	37
Hispanic	133
Native Hawaiian / Other Pacific Islander	4
White	1,669
Two or more races	81
Un-Known	187

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At The University of Montana, 647 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 224 students are enrolled in some online courses.

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment Distribution
Total Enrollment	2,740
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	647
Enrolled in Some But Not All Online Courses	224
Not Enrolled In Any Online Courses	1,869

Graduate Distance Learning Enrollment By Student Location
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Courses	647
Montana Resident	468
Other State In U.S.	175
Outside of U.S.	4

Graduate School Tuition at The University of Montana