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2023 Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Montana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Prices

3 Schools Ranked
$13,855 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$10,813 Avg Student Debt*

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which nursing program is right for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school or bootcamp that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Nursing Degree Search has created its Best Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Montana ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Montana to see which undergraduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for nursing students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

Top Value Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Montana

Learn more about these excellent schools below:

7 Total Awards
$9,570 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Helena College University of Montana to be the best value school for nursing students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Montana. Helena College University of Montana is a small public school located in Helena, Montana that handed out 7 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Helena College undergraduate students pay an average of $9,570 in tuition and fees each year.

One thing to take note of is that Helena College does offer online classes in some areas. To give an idea of how popular online courses are at the school, 40% of undergraduates took at least one course online in 2019-2020.

Helena College also made our Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Montana list, coming in at #2.

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11 Total Awards
$19,352 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Montana State University - Billings helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value nursing schools in Montana. This small public school is located in Billings, Montana, and it awarded 11 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Montana State University - Billings are $19,352 per year. By the time they get their undergraduate certificate, students from this school have racked up an average of $10,417 in student loans.

One thing to take note of is that Montana State University - Billings does offer online classes in some areas. During the 2019-2020 year, about 63% of the undergraduates at the school took at least one online course.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Montana State University - Billings is ranked #1 for overall quality in Montana.

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#3

Flathead Valley Community College

Kalispell, Montana
12 Total Awards
$12,643 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Flathead Valley Community College is a great place for nursing students working on their undergraduate certificate who want the most bang for their educational buck. Flathead Valley Community College is a small public school located in Kalispell, Montana that handed out 12 undergraduate certificates in 2020-2021.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Flathead Valley Community College are $12,643 per year. Undergraduate Certificate recipients from this school accumulate an average of $15,994 in student debt by the time they complete their degree.

One thing to take note of is that Flathead Valley Community College does offer online classes in some areas. Of all the undergraduates enrolled at the school during the 2019-2020 academic year, around 30% took at least some of their classes online.

Flathead Valley Community College not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Nursing Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Montana list.

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Notes and References

Footnotes

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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