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• Affiliated Campuses
• Academic Programs
• Accreditation
• Enrollment by College
• Full and Part Time Enrollment
• Student Demographics
• Entering Freshmen
• Student Expenses
• Financial Aid
• Degrees Awarded
• Athletics
• Alumni
• Research and Creative Activity
• Montana Agricultural Experiment Station
• Montana Extension Service
• Peer Institutions
• General Operations Funding
• Employees
• Information Contacts

• Montana State University-Billings
• Montana State University-Northern
• Montana State University College of Technology-Great Falls

Fall headcount enrollments and fiscal year FTE enrollments for the two universities and four four-year colleges in the Montana University System are also available.

MSU-Bozeman offers baccalaureate degrees in 46 fields, with 122 different undergraduate majors. Graduate programs include master's degrees in 37 fields and doctoral degrees in 12 fields.

MSU-Bozeman has been accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges since 1932. Eligible professional programs within the University are accredited by the following agencies:

• Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology
• American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business
• American Dietetic Association
• Computing Sciences Accreditation Board
• Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs
• National Accrediting Council for Environmental Health Curricula
• National Architectural Accrediting Board
• National Association of Schools of Art and Design
• National Association of Schools of Music
• National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education
• National League for Nursing

Headcount enrollment in fall of 1995 was 11,267 students.

	Undergrad	Postbac	Graduate	Total
Agriculture	688	14	119	821
Arts & Architecture	1111	37	15	1163
Business	908	19	14	941
Education & HHD	1299	67	202	1568
Engineering	1801	60	147	2008
Letters & Science	2263	61	372	2696
Nursing	509	47	41	597
General Studies/Other	1285	184	4	1473
Total	9864	489	914	11267

Summer school of 1995 was attended by 2,654 students.

The fall semester of 1995 had a total enrollment of 11,267 students. Of these, 9500 (84%) attended full time and 1767 (16%) attended part time.

Undergraduates		Full Time			Part Time			Total			TOTAL
		Male	Female		Male	Female		Male	Female
First-Time Freshmen (Traditional)		970	665		53	33		1023	698		1721
First-Time Freshmen (Non-Traditional)		73	50		28	21		101	71		172
Continuing Freshmen		595	458		86	66		681	524		1205
Sophomores		1019	788		98	99		1117	887		2004
Juniors		929	785		96	85		1025	870		1895
Seniors		1329	1045		211	171		1540	1216		2756
Student Exchange		31	35		20	25		51	60		111
Postbaccalaureates		Male	Female		Male	Female		Male	Female		TOTAL
Second Degree		78	77		59	67		137	144		281
Non-degree Graduates		34	29		60	85		94	114		208
Graduates		Male	Female		Male	Female		Male	Female		TOTAL
Master's Candidates		187	136		135	154		322	290		612
Doctoral Candidates		131	47		77	47		208	94		302
Total		5377	4123		915	852		6292	4975		11267

Historical enrollments by class are also available.

The student body attending fall semester of 1995 had the following characteristics:

Sex	Count	%
Male	6292	56%
Female	4975	44%
Ethnicity	Count	%
African American	36	<1%
Asian American	86	<1%
Hispanic American	113	1%
Native American	231	2%
White	9184	82%
Unknown	1337	12%
International	280	2%
Average Age	Count	%
Undergraduates	22.9	88%
Postbaccalaureates	33.7	4%
Graduate Students	32.2	8%
Overall	24.2
Fee Status	Count	%
Resident	8242	73%
WUE	604	5%
Nonresident	2421	22%

The entering freshman class of fall 1995 had 1893 students--1721 traditional-age freshmen who had graduated from high school in the last three years, and 172 nontraditional freshmen, who had graduated earlier. The average age of traditional freshmen was 19 years, and the average age of nontraditional freshmen was 24 years.

The following averages were achieved by the traditional freshmen. Historical averages are also available.

	Actual	Required
High School GPA	3.21	2.50
Graduating Class Percentile	64.4	50.0
Comprehensive ACT	22.9	22.0
Total SAT	1101	1030

Seventy percent (1263) of the entering freshmen were Montana residents. The remaining 33 percent were from other states (603) or foreign countries (27). Freshmen declared majors in the following colleges:

	Count	Percentage
Agriculture	115	6%
Arts & Architecture	198	10%
Business	172	9%
Education & HHD	125	7%
Engineering	356	19%
General Studies	557	29%
Letters & Science	316	17%
Nursing	54	3%

Almost a third of the freshmen entered as General Studies majors, a program which gives them up to two years to take core curriculum courses and explore career alternatives before declaring a major.

Retention and graduation rates for recent entering freshmen classes are also available.

Financial Aid Services estimates the following expenses for a full-time student attending school during fall and spring of 1995-96:

	Resident	Nonresident
Tuition/Fees	$2,375	$6,800
Room/Board	3,800	3,800
Books/Supplies	600	600
Personal/Transportation	2,350	2,350
Total	$9,125	$13,550

Historical charges for tuition and fees, insurance, and room and board are also available.

• 75% as loans
• 22% as grants and scholarships
• 3% as work study

Approximately 72% of undergraduates received aid, with an average total award of $3,500 from all aid sources. Approximately 450 graduate students received teaching and research assistantships.

A breakdown of awards by source is also available.

In 1994-95, the University awarded 1810 degrees:

• 1531 bachelor's degrees
• 239 master's degrees
• 40 doctoral degrees

A survey of recent graduates conducted by Career Services showed that 80% had found employment and 13% were continuing their education in graduate or professional schools. The average salary reported was $24,271 for bachelor's graduates, $31,825 for master's graduates, and $36,053 for doctoral graduates. Of those employed, 63 percent reporting working within Montana. A more detailed report of the survey results is also available.

MSU-Bozeman is a member of the NCAA Division I Big Sky Conference.

• Men compete in football (I-AA), basketball, indoor and outdoor track, cross country, and tennis.
• Women compete in basketball, volleyball, indoor and outdoor track, cross country, tennis, alpine and nordic skiing, and golf.
• Rodeo competition for men and women is conducted through the Big Sky Region of the College National Rodeo Association.

The school colors are blue and gold; men's teams are nicknamed "The Bobcats" and women's teams "The Lady Cats."

For more information about Bobcat Athletics, contact

Chuck Lindemenn
Director, Department of Athletics
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717

MSU-Bozeman has granted 67,677 degrees in its 102 year history--58,569 bachelor's, 7964 master's, 1103 doctorates, and 41 professional degrees. The Alumni Association maintains a database of all individuals who have attended the University, which contains current addresses for 45,891 individual alumni, 51% of whom reside in Montana.

For more information about the Alumni Association, contact

Jaynee Groseth
Director, Alumni Affairs
Montana State University
Bozeman, MT 59717

or send e-mail to alumni@montana.edu.

As a land-grant university, MSU-Bozeman has a long tradition of supporting basic and applied research and creative activity. During 1994-95, the University attracted $36,259,540 in grants and contracts--70% from federal agencies, 18% from private foundations, and 12% from state sources. MSU-Bozeman currently holds 38 patents on 20 technologies for innovations and processes developed through faculty research, with 12 additional patents pending, and has 22 license and option agreements with private firms.

The Montana Agricultural Experiment Station was established at MSU-Bozeman by acts of the Legislature of Montana in 1893 under authorization provided by the Hatch Act of 1887. The research program encompasses 17 academic departments, service divisions, and laboratories located at MSU-Bozeman and seven research centers located around the state:

• Northern Agricultural Research Center - Havre
• Northwestern Agricultural Research Center - Kalispell
• Western Triangle Agricultural Research Center - Conrad
• Western Agricultural Research Center - Corvallis
• Central Agricultural Research Center - Moccasin
• Eastern Agricultural Research Center - Sidney
• Southern Agricultural Research Center - Huntley

In addition, the Fort Keogh Livestock and Range Research Station at Miles City is a cooperative program with the US Department of Agriculture.

The Extension Service was created by the federal Smith-Lever Act of 1914. Programs of the Extension Service are funded cooperatively through a legal partnership among federal, state, and county governments. Extension offices are located in 49 counties and four tribal reservations. Programs address societal needs in the general areas of agriculture, family living, community and economic development, and youth development.

In January of 1989 the University Funding Study Committee of the Montana State Legislature identified a set of peer campuses for each unit of the Montana University System. Criteria used in selecting peers were public funding, geographic region, role and scope, enrollment profile, and research mission. MSU-Bozeman and UM-Missoula share the following group of peer campuses:

• New Mexico State University
• North Dakota State University
• Northern Arizona University
• University of Idaho
• University of North Dakota
• University of Wyoming
• University of Nevada-Reno
• Utah State University

MSU-Bozeman's legislative appropriation of $56,156,505 for 1993-94 was collected and spent as follows:

Revenue	Amount	%
Tuition & Fees	$20,102,848	36%
Federal Land Grant	50,000	<1%
Miscellaneous	347,388	<1%
General Fund	29,561,618	53%
Millage	6,094,652	11%

Expenditures	Amount	%
Instruction	$31,889,743	57%
Research	666,751	1%
Public Service	469,232	<1%
Academic Support	6,482,642	12%
Student Services	4,436,064	8%
Institutional Support	3,847,123	7%
Physical Plant	6,546,283	12%
Scholarships	1,818,667	3%

MSU-Bozeman employs 500 full-time and 130 part-time instructional faculty. An additional 160 faculty work in research and service positions. Classified, professional, and executive staff number approximately 1,500. Almost 500 students are employed as graduate teaching and research assistants, and another 2,000 students have part-time jobs on campus.

Admissions, Undergraduate....................	(406)994-6617
Admissions, Graduate............................	(406)994-4145
Alumni Affairs........................................	(406)994-2401
Ask-Us Information Desk......................	(406)994-4636
Bobcat Athletics....................................	(406)994-4221
Bobcat Booster Club.............................	(406)994-3741
Campus Operator..................................	(406)994-0211
Career Services.....................................	(406)994-4353
Conference Services..............................	(406)994-3333
Financial Aid Services............................	(406)994-2845
Institutional Research.............................	(406)994-4390
MSU Foundation...................................	(406)994-2053
New Student Services............................	(406)994-2452
Orientation.............................................	(406)994-2827
President's Office...................................	(406)994-2341
Registrar................................................	(406)994-2601
Residence Life.......................................	(406)994-2661
Systems and Computing Services...........	(406)994-3042
University Relations................................	(406)994-4571

Updated March 19, 1996
Terry Dysart, facts@montana.edu

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