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Salish Kootenai College

Pablo, Montana Public 4-year Rural area

Overview

Salish Kootenai College is a public four-year institution based in Pablo, Montana. Its campus is in a rural area. It enrolled 671 students in fall 2024, including 636 undergraduates and 35 graduate students. It is a tribal college and a land-grant institution.

Salish Kootenai College offers certificates, associate degrees, bachelor's degrees, and master's degrees across 36 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Dental Assisting/Assistant, Early Childhood Education and Teaching, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 165 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.

The school has an open admission policy. 82% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 6 to 1.

Key figures

Open
Admission policy
671
Students enrolled
82%
First-year retention
165
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
36
Programs and majors
6:1
Student-to-faculty ratio

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Delivery modes

CampusHybrid

Program levels

CertificateAssociateBachelorMaster

Programs and majors offered 36

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

Health Professions 6
Education 6
Business, Management and Marketing 4
Natural Resources and Conservation 3
Psychology 1
Public Administration and Social Services 2
Computer and Information Sciences 4
Transportation and Materials Moving 1
Biological and Biomedical Sciences 2
Multidisciplinary and Interdisciplinary Studies 1
Visual and Performing Arts 1
Liberal Arts and General Studies 2
Engineering 1
Engineering Technologies 1
Physical Sciences 1

Admissions

Admission policy
Open admission

Outcomes

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

First-year retention, full-time students
82%
First-year retention, part-time students
0%
Student-to-faculty ratio
6:1

Degrees and certificates awarded

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

Bachelor's degrees
44
Associate degrees
69
Master's degrees
1
Certificates under 1 year
20
Certificates of 1 to 2 years
31

Enrollment

Students, fall 2024
671
Undergraduates, fall 2024
636
Graduate students, fall 2024
35
Full-time, fall 2024
75%
Students over the full 2024-25 year
868
Undergraduates, 2024-25
826
Graduate students, 2024-25
42
Full-time, 2024-25
56%
Size category
Under 1,000 students

Student body

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

Women
71%
Men
29%
White
24%
Hispanic or Latino
7%
Two or more races
1%
American Indian or Alaska Native
66%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
1%

Online and flexible learning

Distance education in 2024-25.

Students studying fully online
0%
Students taking some online courses
79%

Campus and services

Setting
Rural area
Academic calendar
Quarter
Carnegie classification
Tribal Colleges
President
Michael Munson
Services and opportunities
Teacher certification, Academic and career counseling, Student employment services, On-campus day care, Accepts AP credit

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