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Montana Technological University

Butte, Montana Public 4-year Remote town

Overview

Montana Technological University is a public four-year institution based in Butte, Montana. Its campus is in a remote town. It enrolled 1,702 students in fall 2024, including 1,497 undergraduates and 205 graduate students.

Montana Technological University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, and doctoral degrees across 33 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Occupational Health and Industrial Hygiene, Registered Nursing, and Management Information Systems and Services, Other. It awarded 371 degrees and certificates in 2024-25. One of its programs can be completed entirely online.

77% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1.

Key figures

1,702
Students enrolled
77%
First-year retention
371
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
33
Programs and majors
14:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusOnlineHybrid

Program levels

CertificateBachelorMasterPhD

Programs and majors offered 33

Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.

Engineering 12
Health Professions 3
Business, Management and Marketing 5
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
Computer and Information Sciences 2
Physical Sciences 3
Transportation and Materials Moving 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Mathematics and Statistics 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1

Outcomes

Retention is for students who started in fall 2023 and returned in fall 2024.

First-year retention, full-time students
77%
First-year retention, part-time students
33%
Student-to-faculty ratio
14:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

Awards conferred between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025.

Bachelor's degrees
264
Master's degrees
70
Doctoral degrees (research)
6
Certificates under 1 year
26
Postbaccalaureate certificates
5

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
1,702
Undergraduates, fall 2024
1,497
Graduate students, fall 2024
205
Full-time, fall 2024
86%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
1,846
Undergraduates, 2024-25
1,604
Graduate students, 2024-25
242
Full-time, 2024-25
83%
Size category
1,000 to 4,999 students

Student body

Share of all students enrolled during 2024-25. Small groups can round to zero and are not listed.

Women
38%
Men
62%
White
75%
Hispanic or Latino
5%
Black or African American
2%
Asian
2%
Two or more races
5%
American Indian or Alaska Native
2%
International (U.S. nonresident)
3%
Race or ethnicity unknown
7%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Programs that can be completed fully online
1
Programs with a fully online option
2
Online graduate programs
Yes
Students studying fully online
9%
Students taking some online courses
24%

Campus and services

Setting
Remote town
Academic calendar
Semester
Carnegie classification
Master's Colleges & Universities: Small Programs
Research designation
Research Colleges and Universities
Athletic association
NAIA
Athletic conference
Frontier Conference
Chancellor
Dr. Johnny MacLean
Services and opportunities
Study abroad, ROTC, Undergraduate research, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, Job placement for graduates, Accepts AP credit, Credit for life experience
For veterans and service members
Yellow Ribbon Program, Credit for military training, Dedicated veterans contact, Student veteran organization

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