Great Falls College Montana State University

Great Falls, Montana

  • Two-year college
  • Public
  • City
  • 894 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.

Bookkeeping and accounting

  • Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 16 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647

Computers and IT

  • Computer and Information Sciences, GeneralAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,763
  • Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
  • Computer Systems AnalysisCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,085
  • Computer Systems AnalysisAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,333
  • Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926

Dental assisting and hygiene

  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsCertificate · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,575
  • Dental Support Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 20 finishedGraduates here earned $68,395 a year after finishingNationally: $62,279

EMT, surgical tech and imaging

  • Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 28 finishedGraduates here earned $52,635 a year after finishingNationally: $61,169

Engineering technology

  • Industrial Production Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $56,893

Medical assisting and pharmacy tech

  • Allied Health and Medical Assisting ServicesAssociate degree · 7 finishedGraduates here earned $45,090 a year after finishingNationally: $40,233

Medical billing and office

  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
  • Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452

Office and business support

  • Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 7 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026

Practical nursing and nursing assistant

  • Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 11 finishedGraduates here earned $45,458 a year after finishingNationally: $50,533

Registered nursing

  • Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 28 finishedGraduates here earned $83,413 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149

Welding and machining

  • Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 56 finishedGraduates here earned $42,239 a year after finishingNationally: $42,421
  • Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (5)
  • Business Administration, Management and OperationsAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $41,208
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 12 finishedNationally: $35,042
  • Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 62 finishedGraduates here earned $21,546 a year afterNationally: $34,134
  • Mental and Social Health Services and Allied ProfessionsAssociate degree · 8 finishedNationally: $38,048
  • Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 1 finishedNationally: $45,150
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$9,045$30–48k$10,031$48–75k$9,810$75–110k$13,528Over $110k$14,681Source: College Scorecard
Average net price
$11,016per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
Total cost of attendance
$14,989sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
Tuition, in-state
$4,144Source: College Scorecard
Students with federal loans
25%Source: College Scorecard

How students do

Finish their program
39%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings
$39,9736 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
Median earnings, later
$41,38110 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
Median debt at completion
$14,250federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Earned a degree or certificate here
35%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
Left for another college before finishing
27%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 Great Falls College Montana State University, 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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