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Montana State tuition and net price

Montana State University · Bozeman, Montana · Public · 14,451 undergraduates

$8,948
in-state tuition and fees, 2025-26
$33,783
out-of-state tuition and fees
$26,943
full cost of attendance a year
$23,106
average net price after aid

Out-of-state students pay 3.8 times the in-state price: $33,783 against $8,948 in tuition and fees for 2025-26. Aid covers a modest part of the bill: the average net price of $23,106 is 86% of the $26,943 cost of attendance. For families earning under $30,000 the average net price ($19,322) is higher than in-state tuition, because it also covers housing, food and books.

Net price by family income

Income under $30,000: $19,322Income under $30,000$19,322Income $30,001 to $48,000: $19,557Income $30,001 to $48,000$19,557Income $48,001 to $75,000: $21,133Income $48,001 to $75,000$21,133Income $75,001 to $110,000: $24,666Income $75,001 to $110,000$24,666Income over $110,000: $26,850Income over $110,000$26,850
Average yearly price after grants and scholarships for first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid and paying the in-state rate.

For an estimate based on your own family's finances, use Montana State's net price calculator.

Tuition and fees since 2014-15

$0k$10k$20k$30k$40k2014-152016-172018-192020-212022-232025-26Out-of-stateIn-state2014-15 Out-of-state: $21k In-state: $7k2015-16 Out-of-state: $22k In-state: $7k2016-17 Out-of-state: $23k In-state: $7k2017-18 Out-of-state: $24k In-state: $7k2018-19 Out-of-state: $25k In-state: $7k2019-20 Out-of-state: $26k In-state: $7k2020-21 Out-of-state: $27k In-state: $7k2021-22 Out-of-state: $28k In-state: $8k2022-23 Out-of-state: $30k In-state: $8k2023-24 Out-of-state: $31k In-state: $8k2024-25 Out-of-state: no data In-state: no data2025-26 Out-of-state: $34k In-state: $9k
Published full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees. No figure was published for 2024-25.
Show the numbers by year
Academic yearIn-stateOut-of-state
2025-26$8,948$33,783
2023-24$8,083$31,337
2022-23$7,727$29,604
2021-22$7,528$28,264
2020-21$7,371$27,104
2019-20$7,325$25,855
2018-19$7,277$24,993
2017-18$7,079$24,071
2016-17$6,887$23,186
2015-16$6,849$22,081
2014-15$6,800$21,391

Cost of attendance and aid

Tuition and fees (2025-26)
$8,948 in-state, $33,783 out-of-state
Room and board on campus
$14,580
Books and supplies
$1,450
Full cost of attendance
$26,943 a year (most recent year reported)
Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
19%
Undergraduates with a federal loan
31%
Median federal debt at graduation
$19,500

Colleges similar to Montana State

The six public four-year colleges closest to Montana State in acceptance rate and undergraduate enrollment.

CollegeAcceptance rateUndergraduatesAvg net priceEarnings after 10 yrs
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH		81%12,812$21,453$52,269
University of Massachusetts, Boston
Boston, MA		84%11,512$22,548$70,597
West Chester University of Pennsylvania
West Chester, PA		78%14,164$24,778$66,629
Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS		82%15,142$18,210$61,473
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ		78%15,841$23,938$65,776
Towson University
Towson, MD		82%16,136$18,120$70,158

Tuition and fees for 2025-26, cost of attendance and net price come from the College Scorecard; earlier tuition years come from IPEDS via the Urban Institute. Net price is what first-time, full-time students receiving federal aid paid after grants and scholarships, and it lags the tuition year. College Scorecard data updated November 2, 2026. How these figures are built · Montana State on College Scorecard