TRIO Data and Successes
TRIO SSS Objectives
The TRIO Student Support Services program at Montana State University has 3 stated objectives in alignment with the federal objectives on regards to serving its scholars:
Objective 1: Persistence Rate: 79% of all participants served by the SSS project will persist from one academic year to the beginning of the next academic year or will have earned a bachelor’s degree at the grantee institution during the academic year.
Objective 2: Good Academic Standing Rate: 89% of all enrolled SSS participants being served will meet the performance level required to stay in good academic standing at the grantee institution.
Objective 3: Graduation Rate: 61% of new participants served each year will graduate from the grantee institution with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent within six years.
TRIO SSS Annual Performance Data
Grant Year
|
# of Scholars Served
|
Funded Amount
|
Cost per Student
|
Objective 1: Persistence
|
Objective 2: Good Academic Standing
|
Objective 3: 6-year Graduation Rate
|
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2020-21
|
142
|
$261,888
|
$1,844
|
85%
|
94%
|
77%
|
2021-22
|
140
|
$261,888
|
$1,871
|
81%
|
92%
|
67%
|
2022-23
|
140
|
$261,888
|
$1,871
|
84%
|
91%
|
87%
|
2023-24
|
141
|
$272,264
|
$1,931
|
92%
|
94%
|
67%
|
TRIO Graduate Success

TRIO Alumni Stories
TRIO SSS at MSU has robust list of scholars that have graduated from a variety of programs and have gone on to do amazing things.