College · Public · Havre, MT · Town
Montana State University-Northern
Havre, MT
Admit rate—
6-yr median pay$45k
Net price / yr$13k
Undergrad size761
§ I · The real read
What it's actually like.
The bet
Net price of $13k/yr for a shot at a $45k first-5-year salary. Math out whether that works for you — it does for some people, not for others.
Getting in
Admit rate of unspecified means this is admit rate not reported for this school.
If you get in
761 undergrads. Tiny. Every professor will know your name.
Where you live
Town setting — self-contained, social life mostly on campus.
§ II · Cost & aid
Sticker vs. real.
Sticker cost of attendance is $17k/yr. After need-based aid, the average student pays $13k/yr. Merit aid varies. Run your EFC calculator before you rule anything out.
Sticker · 4 yrs$66k
Before any aid.
Net · 4 yrs$51k
What the average student pays.
Typical aid$16k
Difference over 4 years — higher for lower-income households.
Payback1.1x
4-yr net price ÷ first-5-year salary. Lower is better.
Where the money goes · annual sticker.
- Tuition · in-state
- $7.0k
- Tuition · out-of-state
- $21.9k
- Room & board
- $7.4k
- Books & supplies
- $1,400
How students pay for it.
Pell grants33%
Share of undergrads on federal Pell grants.
Federal loans29%
Share taking out federal student loans.
Median debt · grads$19k
What the median student owes at graduation. Non-completers: $8k.
3-yr default0%
Low — grads tend to pay on time.
§ III · Outcomes
Do people finish? Do they land?
1-yr retention67%
Watch this number.
Graduation · 6 yr41%
A meaningful chunk do not finish — ask why.
6-yr median pay$45k
Cross-major. Your major's number can be very different.
10-yr median pay$50k
Ten years out — where grads tend to land career-wise.
Transfer out0%
Share of full-time students who transfer to another school.
§ IV · Campus & identity
Setting, size, and who this school is.
- Setting
- Town
- Control
- Public
- Undergrad size
- 761
- Location
- Havre, MT
- Region
- Rocky Mountains (CO, ID, MT, UT, WY)
- Carnegie class
- Baccalaureate Colleges: Diverse Fields
- Size & setting
- Four-year · very small · primarily residential
- Undergrad program
- Four-year · full-time, inclusive, higher transfer-in
- Accreditor
- Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities
§ · Who studies here
The student body at a glance.
- White68%
- American Indian / Alaska Native19%
- Hispanic5%
- Two or more races5%
- Black2%
- Unknown1%
- Asian1%
- Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander1%
First-gen students34%
Share whose parents didn't complete college.
Part-time15%
Mixed full-time and part-time.
Median family income$35k
Of enrolled students' households — useful for aid context.
§ V · Majors offered here · 18
What you can study.