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Most Favored Montana Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate

This page lists the most favored (higher yield) schools in Montana. The yield, also known as enrollment rate, is the percent of students who choose to enroll after having been offered admission. Higher yield means that more admitted students are finally enrolled into the school.
University of Providence, has the highest yield rate of 50.28% for academic year 2024-2025 in Montana. Rocky Mountain College is positioned second with 28.63% yield and Carroll College follows them with 22%. Next table shows the schools that have high yield rates with admission statistics and acceptance rates. Colleges whose programs are focused on certificate, associate, and/or special subjects such as arts and music are excluded from the ranking. You may want to check colleges having the lowest yield rates in Montana.
Most Favored Montana Colleges with Highest Enrollment Rate (2025)
NameYield# of Applicants# of Admitted# of EnrolledAcceptance Rate
1University of Providence
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsGreat Falls, MT
50.28% 352 177 89 50.28%
2Rocky Mountain College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsBillings, MT
28.63% 1,405 978 280 69.61%
3Carroll College
Private (not-for-profit), four-yearsHelena, MT
21.60% 1,854 1,315 284 70.93%
4Montana State University
Public, four-yearsBozeman, MT
20.31% 21,652 17,786 3,612 82.14%
5The University of Montana
Public, four-yearsMissoula, MT
19.29% 9,576 9,180 1,771 95.86%
6The University of Montana-Western
Public, four-yearsDillon, MT
16.52% 1,371 1,368 226 99.78%