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Montana college students less likely to graduate than national peers
Of the nearly 1,300 freshmen who started at the University of Montana in the fall of 2017, fewer than half have graduated six years later.
Despite UM having just celebrated its largest enrollment increase in 14 years, its six-year graduation rate has remained stubbornly low when compared with its peers nationally. Since 2002 — the earliest graduation data is available through the Montana University System — it’s vacillated between a low of 44% and a high of 51%. That includes freshmen who began at UM but then transferred and graduated from another campus within the state’s 16-school system.
By comparison, the national average six-year graduation rate for students who began college at a public or private two- or four-year university in fall 2017 is 62%, according to a report published in November.
