Master's · Billings, Montana
Is Curriculum and Instruction at Montana State University Billings worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Graduates typically don't earn back the cost within 20 years, compared with the no-degree baseline.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $51,879
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $32,582
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $35k (likely $35k – $35k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- −$6k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in MT
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- Not within 20 years in most scenarios
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$240k (likely −$327k – −$133k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- −$280k (likely −$465k – −$48k)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Montana State University Billings
- Health and Medical Administrative Services (Master's)$90,008
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Associate's)$73,465
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing (Bachelor's)$72,039
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities (Bachelor's)$67,304
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other (Bachelor's)$65,875
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Associate's)$60,031
- Business/Commerce, General (Bachelor's)$58,827
- Student Counseling and Personnel Services (Master's)$56,351
- Special Education and Teaching (Master's)$52,431
- Precision Metal Working (Associate's)$51,467
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (Master's)$51,109
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/Technicians (Associate's)$49,857
Curriculum and Instruction at other schools in Montana
- Montana State University$62,976
- The University of Montana$49,672