Montana contains 22 schools that offer vocational programs. Carroll College, the highest-ranking vocational school in MT, has a total student population of 1,462 and is the 314th highest ranked school in America.
Of the 22 vocational schools in Montana, only 2 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, University of Great Falls comes out as the most expensive ($21,657/yr), with Fort Belknap College as the lowest recorded at only $1,717/yr.
Vocational students from Montana schools who go on to become vocational educators, event planners, landscape architects, landscape designers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 114,420 people working as vocational education teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $52,030. Also, Middle school teachers make on average $53,550 per year and there are about 665,420 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Montana alone, there are 2,250 employed middle school teachers earning an average yearly salary of $41,030. Vocational education teachers in this state earn $41,960/yr and there are 320 employed.
Also, within the vocational schools in Montana, the average student population is 1,791 and average student-to-faculty ratio is 14 to 1. Aside from vocational, there are 1015 total degree (or certificate) programs in the state, with 1,803 people on average applying for a school. Undergraduate tuition costs are normally around $4,505, but can vary widely depending on the type of school.
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