Dawson Community College

Glendive, Montana

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • Town
  • 189 students

What you can study

Programs this school reported awarding, with how many students finished one in the latest year. Where the federal data has it, we show what this school's graduates earned a year after finishing (for graduates from a few years back, so a program can show earnings even if few finished recently). The national figure is for everyone who finished that kind of program anywhere.

Agriculture and horticulture

  • Agricultural Business and ManagementCertificateEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $36,907
  • Agricultural and Domestic Animal ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $26,936
  • Animal SciencesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $28,121
  • Animal SciencesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,006

Child care and early education

  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $32,866
  • Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and MethodsAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,190

Engineering technology

  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $63,717

Police, fire and corrections

  • Criminal Justice and CorrectionsAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,997

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (8)
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degreeNationally: $41,208
  • Business/Commerce, GeneralAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $40,381
  • Human Resources Management and ServicesCertificate · 1 finishedNationally: $50,359
  • Human Resources Management and ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $48,237
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 57 finishedNationally: $34,134
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $38,048
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, GeneralCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $47,517
  • Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $38,629
Source: College Scorecard

What it really costs

Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.

Average net price per year, by family income
$0–30k$4,572$30–48k$6,217$48–75k$5,727$75–110k$11,041Over $110k$12,199Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$7,988per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$15,565sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$5,235Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
29%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
45%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$39,2246 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$41,61410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$9,625federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
50%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
26%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard

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Where these numbers come from

Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Dawson Community College, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. Program earnings cover graduates who received federal student aid. We last pulled the data on November 6, 2026.

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