Highlands College of Montana Tech
Butte, Montana
- Public technical or community college
- Public
- Town
- 342 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 · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $43,278
- Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,683
Bookkeeping and accounting
- Accounting and Related ServicesCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $40,897
- Accounting and Related ServicesAssociate degree · 2 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $41,647
Carpentry and construction
- CarpentersCertificate · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $35,931
- CarpentersAssociate degree · 14 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $39,626
Computers and IT
- Computer Systems Networking and TelecommunicationsAssociate degree · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,926
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and ManagementAssociate degree · 3 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $46,417
Electrician
- Electrical and Power Transmission InstallersCertificate · 60 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $44,469
EMT, surgical tech and imaging
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment ProfessionsAssociate degree · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $61,169
Industrial and equipment maintenance
- Electrical/Electronics Maintenance and Repair Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 68 finishedGraduates here earned $64,534 a year after finishingNationally: $40,159
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 · 0 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $34,369
Practical nursing and nursing assistant
- Practical Nursing, Vocational Nursing and Nursing AssistantsCertificate · 19 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $50,533
Truck and bus driving
- Ground TransportationCertificate · 4 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $49,738
Welding and machining
- Precision Metal WorkingCertificate · 1 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $42,421
- Precision Metal WorkingAssociate degree · 9 finishedEarnings for this school not reportedNationally: $48,947
Other programs (5)
- Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $57,892
- Civil Engineering Technologies/TechniciansAssociate degree · 5 finishedNationally: $54,362
- Medical Illustration and InformaticsCertificate · 2 finishedNationally: $51,365
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherCertificate · 0 finishedNationally: $51,531
- Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, OtherAssociate degree · 6 finishedNationally: $45,150
What it really costs
Net price is what students paid after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $15,888per year, students who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $20,636sticker price incl. living costs, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition, in-state
- $4,260Source: College Scorecard
- Students with federal loans
- 18%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
- $58,6386 years after starting, students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings, later
- $59,49110 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at completion
- $15,789federal 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
- 36%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 Highlands College of Montana Tech, 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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