Helena College University of Montana
Helena, Montana
- Two-year college
- Public
- City
- 585 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.
Auto, diesel and aircraft mechanic
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 37 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 22 finishedGraduates here earned $49,572 a year after finishingNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 15 finishedGraduates here earned $48,943 a year after finishingNationally: $41,647
Computers and IT
- Computer ProgrammingAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $45,248
Medical billing and office
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,067
- Health and Medical Administrative ServicesAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $33,452
Office and business support
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $30,026
- Business Operations Support and Assistant ServicesAssociate degree · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Paralegal
- Legal Support ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,000
Police, fire and corrections
- Fire ProtectionCertificate · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $52,514
- Fire ProtectionAssociate degree · 8 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $62,186
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 15 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Registered nursing
- Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical NursingAssociate degree · 31 finishedGraduates here earned $63,955 a year after finishingNationally: $75,149
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 23 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 12 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (5)
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsCertificate · 9 finishedNationally: $43,067
- Entrepreneurial and Small Business OperationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $35,157
- Health/Medical Preparatory ProgramsAssociate degree · 0 finishedNationally: $36,179
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesCertificate · 42 finishedNationally: $35,042
- Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and HumanitiesAssociate degree · 39 finishedGraduates here earned $41,071 a year afterNationally: $34,134
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $13,085per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $17,923sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,547Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 14%Source: College Scorecard
How students do
- Finish their program
- 42%first-time, full-time students finishing within 1.5 times the normal lengthSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $42,4646 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $44,08310 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $13,882federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
- Earned a degree or certificate here
- 41%all students who started, 8 years laterSource: College Scorecard
- Left for another college before finishing
- 22%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 Helena College University of Montana, 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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