Montana State University

Location and Contact Information

The campus is in a self-contained town.

Overview

Montana State University – Bozeman, also known as MSU, is a public university located in Bozeman, Montana, United States. It was established in 1893 as the state's land-grant college. On July 1, 1965, it gained university status and was given its present name. MSU is the main campus in the Montana State University System and the state's land-grant university.

MSU offers bachelor degrees in more than 50 fields, master degrees in more than 40 fields, and doctoral degrees in over 15 fields. It is organized into the following academic divisions:

• College of Arts & Architecture
• College of Business
• College of Education, Health & Human Development
• College of Engineering
• College of Letters & Science
• College of Nursing
• College of Technology in Bozeman
• University College

MSU enrolls more than 12,000 students. Its main campus in Bozeman is home to KUSM and the Museum of the Rockies. MSU’s athletic teams are known as the Bobcats and they participate in the NCAA Division I.

Highlights (vs. Other Schools)

• Many students concentrating in architecture and planning, science, conservation and resource management, nursing and emergency medicine, engineering, landscaping and horticulture, mathematics, art studies, photography and commercial art, and family and social work.
• Large number of programs of study offered.
• Large number of students.
• Numerous part-time students.
• Good faculty-to-student ratio.
• High percentage of students are from out-of-state.
• High male/female ratio.
• Unusually high availability of athletic financial aid.
• Affordable tuition & fees.
• Number of dorm rooms for students.

School characteristics:

• The school is public.
• Academic calender: Semester.
• Carnegie classification: Doctoral/Research Universities, Intensive.

Features of note:

• The school offers a faculty tenure system.
• There are one or more libraries on-campus.
• Campus housing is available.
• Students may study abroad.
• Distance learning is available.
• Part-time classes are available.
• ROTC.
• Athlete financial aid is awarded.

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Degrees Awarded (in 2009-2010)

Faculty

Tenure (2009-2010):

Students

Student enrollment was 11,976 in 2009-2010 (10,508 full-time equivalent).

About 56% of the freshmen class in 2009-2010 was male and women were 44% of the class.

Undergrads are 82% of enrolled students and graduate students are 18%.

Students under 25 years old represent 76% of the student body. About 4% of the school is at least 40 years of age.

Among freshmen students, 87% are full-time and 13% are part-time.

Admissions Summary (2009-2010)

SAT Test Scores:

Room and Board

Montana State Bozeman provides on-campus housing for 3,200 of its 10,508 (full-time) students (as of 2009-2010). The school requires freshmen to live on campus.

Athletics

School sports include football, basketball, baseball, and track. The school is in the Big Sky Conference for major sports.

The school offers financial aid for athletes. Of students receiving athletic financial aid, 133 male students received the aid (men were 59% of those receiving aid) and 91 women were awarded financial aid based on athletics (representing 41% of students receiving such aid) .

Graduate School Focus

Montana State Bozeman offers graduate (post-Bachelor) studies. The highest degree offered is the Doctorate (Research/Scholarship & Professional Practice).

The school's Graduate School Carnegie Classification is STEM Dominant.

Programs of Study

(Number of degrees in 2009-2010 in parentheses)

AGRICULTURAL SCIENCE AND MANAGEMENT (17 awarded)

• Agricultural Business and Management
• Agricultural Mechanization

ANIMAL SCIENCE AND CARE (35 awarded)

• Animal Sciences

ARCHITECTURE AND PLANNING (126 awarded)

• Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)
• Environmental Design/Architecture

ART STUDIES (66 awarded)

• Art/Art Studies

BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT (256 awarded)

• Accounting
• Business/Commerce

COMPUTER SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING (43 awarded)

• Computer Engineering
• Computer Science

CONSERVATION AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT (45 awarded)

• Environmental Science
• Land Use Planning and Management/Development
• Natural Resources/Conservation
• Wildlife and Wildlands Science and Management

EDUCATION AND TEACHING (231 awarded)

• Agricultural Teacher Education
• Education
• Elementary Education and Teaching
• Music Teacher Education
• Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education
• Secondary Education and Teaching
• Technology Teacher Education/Industrial Arts Teacher Education

ENGINEERING (254 awarded)

• Chemical Engineering
• Civil Engineering
• Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering
• Engineering
• Engineering/Industrial Management
• Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering
• Industrial Engineering
• Mechanical Engineering

ENGINEERING TECHNICIAN (83 awarded)

• Construction Engineering Technology/Technician
• Mechanical Engineering/Mechanical Technology/Technician

FAMILY AND SOCIAL WORK (170 awarded)

• Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences
• Public Administration

LANDSCAPING AND HORTICULTURE (37 awarded)

• Horticultural Science
• Plant Sciences
• Range Science and Management

LIBERAL ARTS (326 awarded)

• American Indian/Native American Studies
• Anthropology
• Applied Economics
• Economics
• English Language and Literature
• Foreign Languages and Literatures
• History
• Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies
• Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
• Political Science and Government
• Sociology

MATHEMATICS (49 awarded)

• Mathematics
• Statistics

MUSIC (2 awarded)

• Music

NURSING AND EMERGENCY MEDICINE (192 awarded)

• Nursing/Registered Nurse (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN)

NUTRITION AND EXERCISE THERAPY (8 awarded)

• Sport and Fitness Administration/Management

PHOTOGRAPHY AND COMMERCIAL ART (103 awarded)

• Cinematography and Film/Video Production

RELIGION AND PHILOSOPHY (13 awarded)

• Philosophy

SCIENCE (274 awarded)

• Biochemistry
• Biology/Biological Sciences
• Biotechnology
• Cell/Cellular Biology and Histology
• Chemistry
• Entomology
• Geology/Earth Science
• Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology
• Molecular Biology
• Neurobiology and Neurophysiology
• Physics
• Plant Pathology/Phytopathology

THERAPY AND COUNSELING (44 awarded)

• Psychology