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Basic Information

Type Public
Geographical Reach Regional
Location Dillon, MT
Population 9,000
Website https://www.umwestern.edu/
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Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%) very dry
Sunshine Hours 2,698 (64%)
Days Without Precipitation 265 (80%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 1,083
Men / Women 39% / 61%
From State 71%
From Region 9%
Athletes 26.4%

Racial/Ethnic

White 80%
Hispanic 6%
Mixed 6%
Native American 4%
Black 1%
Asian 0%
International 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men
0% 12% 24% 36% 48% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 Men: 40.8% 40.8% 2018 Men: 40.9% 40.9% 2019 Men: 39.0% 39.0% 2020 Men: 41.5% 41.5% 2021 Men: 40.6% 40.6% 2022 Men: 39.9% 39.9% 2023 Men: 39.7% 39.7% 2024 Men: 45.6% 45.6%

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 5.0% 5.0% 2012 Native: 8.7% 8.7% 2013 Native: 10.7% 10.7% 2014 Native: 11.2% 11.2% 2015 Native: 6.7% 6.7% 2016 Native: 7.1% 7.1% 2017 Native: 3.6% 3.6% 2018 Native: 1.4% 1.4% 2019 Native: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Native: 3.6% 3.6% 2021 Native: 2.6% 2.6% 2022 Native: 3.7% 3.7% 2023 Native: 7.0% 7.0% 2024 Native: 2.9% 2.9% 2011 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2016 Asian: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2018 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2019 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Asian: 2.0% 2.0% 2021 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Asian: 0.6% 0.6% 2023 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2024 Asian: 0.0% 0.0% 2011 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2013 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 Black: 1.9% 1.9% 2015 Black: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 Black: 3.2% 3.2% 2017 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2018 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2019 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2020 Black: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2022 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2023 Black: 1.5% 1.5% 2024 Black: 0.8% 0.8% 2011 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2013 Hispanic: 1.6% 1.6% 2014 Hispanic: 1.4% 1.4% 2015 Hispanic: 2.2% 2.2% 2016 Hispanic: 0.8% 0.8% 2017 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2018 Hispanic: 3.2% 3.2% 2019 Hispanic: 3.6% 3.6% 2020 Hispanic: 1.2% 1.2% 2021 Hispanic: 3.9% 3.9% 2022 Hispanic: 6.4% 6.4% 2023 Hispanic: 3.3% 3.3% 2024 Hispanic: 5.4% 5.4% 2011 White: 94.6% 94.6% 2012 White: 87.6% 87.6% 2013 White: 77.4% 77.4% 2014 White: 80.5% 80.5% 2015 White: 86.6% 86.6% 2016 White: 86.9% 86.9% 2017 White: 87.9% 87.9% 2018 White: 84.9% 84.9% 2019 White: 90.0% 90.0% 2020 White: 89.3% 89.3% 2021 White: 85.9% 85.9% 2022 White: 84.4% 84.4% 2023 White: 84.2% 84.2% 2024 White: 85.0% 85.0% 2011 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2012 International: 0.4% 0.4% 2013 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2014 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2015 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2016 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2017 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2019 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2022 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2023 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2024 International: 0.0% 0.0%

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2020 Native: 4.3% 4.3% 2021 Native: 5.2% 5.2% 2022 Native: 5.6% 5.6% 2023 Native: 6.6% 6.6% 2024 Native: 4.8% 4.8% 2025 Native: 4.3% 4.3% 2020 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2021 Asian: 0.7% 0.7% 2022 Asian: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2024 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2025 Asian: 0.4% 0.4% 2020 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2021 Black: 2.0% 2.0% 2022 Black: 1.4% 1.4% 2023 Black: 1.3% 1.3% 2024 Black: 0.9% 0.9% 2025 Black: 1.5% 1.5% 2020 Hispanic: 5.2% 5.2% 2021 Hispanic: 4.8% 4.8% 2022 Hispanic: 4.7% 4.7% 2023 Hispanic: 4.4% 4.4% 2024 Hispanic: 4.8% 4.8% 2025 Hispanic: 5.9% 5.9% 2020 White: 83.4% 83.4% 2021 White: 83.2% 83.2% 2022 White: 83.1% 83.1% 2023 White: 81.9% 81.9% 2024 White: 81.9% 81.9% 2025 White: 80.4% 80.4% 2020 International: 0.0% 0.0% 2021 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2022 International: 0.2% 0.2% 2023 International: 0.1% 0.1% 2024 International: 0.3% 0.3% 2025 International: 0.4% 0.4%

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅ Trends Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
The University of Montana Western 213 29% / 71% 0% $48,688 38 93%
Mathematics 2 — 50% / 50% 0% — — —
Biology 4 — 25% / 75% 0% $60,392 67 100%
Ecology 9 — 67% / 33% 0% $50,086 42 —
Environmental Science 7 — 57% / 43% 0% $58,015 62 96%
Equestrian/Equine Studies 16 — 0% / 100% 0% $43,729 23 —
Farm/Farm and Ranch Management 1 — 0% / 100% 0% — — —
Natural Resources Management 1 — 100% / 0% 0% — — —
Exercise Science 13 — 46% / 54% 0% $49,486 40 —
Business Administration 23 — 48% / 52% 0% $53,767 52 94%
Behavioral Sciences — — — — $45,750 29 —
English 7 — 14% / 86% 0% $43,571 23 —
History 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $45,887 29 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 16 — 44% / 56% 0% $45,310 28 —
Interdisciplinary Studies 4 — 75% / 25% 0% — — —
Natural Resources Conservation 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $58,015 62 96%
Psychology 7 — 0% / 100% 0% $45,102 27 —
Social Sciences 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $45,991 29 —
Sociology and Anthropology — — — — $45,863 29 —
Biology Teacher Education — — — — $53,207 51 —
Business Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,207 51 92%
Early Childhood Education 14 — 0% / 100% 0% $45,800 29 92%
Elementary Education 52 — 17% / 83% 0% $45,800 29 91%
English Education 3 — 33% / 67% 0% $53,207 51 92%
Health and Physical Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $46,823 32 —
History Education 6 — 33% / 67% 0% $53,207 51 92%
Mathematics Education — — — — $53,207 51 92%
Physical Education 5 — 60% / 40% 0% $53,207 51 92%
Science Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,207 51 92%
Social Studies Education 2 — 100% / 0% 0% $53,207 51 92%
Art Education 3 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,207 51 92%
Music Education 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $53,207 51 92%
Studio Art 1 — 0% / 100% 0% $39,218 13 —
Studio Art 3 — 67% / 33% 0% — — —

Financial

In-State Tuition & Fees $7,007
Out-of-State Tuition & Fees $21,415
Est. In-State Cost $9,064
Est. Out-of-State Cost $27,702
ROI Percentile 38th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 79%
4-Year Graduation Rate 29%
6-Year Graduation Rate 51%
Transfer-Out Rate 20%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated
0% 15% 30% 45% 60% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Graduated: 31.7% 31.7% 2012 Graduated: 36.1% 36.1% 2013 Graduated: 37.0% 37.0% 2014 Graduated: 45.6% 45.6% 2015 Graduated: 37.9% 37.9% 2016 Graduated: 46.4% 46.4% 2017 Graduated: 42.7% 42.7% 2018 Graduated: 44.8% 44.8% 2019 Graduated: 48.6% 48.6% 2020 Graduated: 47.0% 47.0% 2021 Graduated: 41.8% 41.8% 2022 Graduated: 45.3% 45.3% 2023 Graduated: 49.5% 49.5% 2024 Graduated: 51.2% 51.2%

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Men: 22.3% 22.3% 2012 Men: 29.8% 29.8% 2013 Men: 22.3% 22.3% 2014 Men: 43.1% 43.1% 2015 Men: 30.2% 30.2% 2016 Men: 42.6% 42.6% 2017 Men: 39.4% 39.4% 2018 Men: 40.9% 40.9% 2019 Men: 46.7% 46.7% 2020 Men: 40.3% 40.3% 2021 Men: 37.3% 37.3% 2022 Men: 33.5% 33.5% 2023 Men: 37.2% 37.2% 2024 Men: 43.3% 43.3% 2011 Women: 41.4% 41.4% 2012 Women: 45.0% 45.0% 2013 Women: 54.0% 54.0% 2014 Women: 48.5% 48.5% 2015 Women: 46.3% 46.3% 2016 Women: 50.4% 50.4% 2017 Women: 45.3% 45.3% 2018 Women: 48.6% 48.6% 2019 Women: 50.4% 50.4% 2020 Women: 53.5% 53.5% 2021 Women: 44.9% 44.9% 2022 Women: 56.6% 56.6% 2023 Women: 58.1% 58.1% 2024 Women: 57.4% 57.4%

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Native Hispanic White
0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2011 Native: 20.0% 20.0% 2012 Native: 33.3% 33.3% 2013 Native: 15.4% 15.4% 2014 Native: 37.5% 37.5% 2015 Native: 26.7% 26.7% 2016 Native: 22.2% 22.2% 2017 Native: 44.4% 44.4% 2018 Native: 25.0% 25.0% 2019 Native: 0.0% 0.0% 2020 Native: 44.4% 44.4% 2021 Native: 12.5% 12.5% 2022 Native: 16.7% 16.7% 2023 Native: 31.6% 31.6% 2024 Native: 42.9% 42.9% 2012 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2013 Hispanic: 25.0% 25.0% 2014 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2015 Hispanic: 40.0% 40.0% 2016 Hispanic: 50.0% 50.0% 2017 Hispanic: 0.0% 0.0% 2018 Hispanic: 22.2% 22.2% 2019 Hispanic: 66.7% 66.7% 2020 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2021 Hispanic: 33.3% 33.3% 2022 Hispanic: 38.1% 38.1% 2023 Hispanic: 55.6% 55.6% 2024 Hispanic: 53.8% 53.8% 2011 White: 32.5% 32.5% 2012 White: 37.9% 37.9% 2013 White: 44.7% 44.7% 2014 White: 47.4% 47.4% 2015 White: 39.2% 39.2% 2016 White: 48.9% 48.9% 2017 White: 43.6% 43.6% 2018 White: 44.7% 44.7% 2019 White: 50.0% 50.0% 2020 White: 47.3% 47.3% 2021 White: 44.4% 44.4% 2022 White: 48.2% 48.2% 2023 White: 51.3% 51.3% 2024 White: 51.5% 51.5%

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅ % Degrees Male/Female Intl Earnings ROI Employment
Education 39.9% 85 20% / 80% 0% $47,381 34 92%
Humanities & Social Sciences 20.7% 44 30% / 70% 0% $46,941 32 96%
Agriculture & Food Science 11.7% 25 20% / 80% 0% $48,077 36 96%
Business & Economics 10.8% 23 48% / 52% 0% $53,767 52 94%
Health Sciences 6.1% 13 46% / 54% 0% $49,486 40 —
Life & Natural Sciences 6.1% 13 54% / 46% 0% $53,257 51 100%
Arts 3.8% 8 25% / 75% 0% $50,409 43 92%
Physical Sciences & Math 0.9% 2 50% / 50% 0% — — —

Admissions

Uses Common App No
Acceptance Rate 33%
Yield (Unbound) 16%
Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

In-State Out-of-State International
Regular Decision 33% 33% 33%

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 Acceptance: 60.7% 60.7% 2018 Acceptance: 60.2% 60.2% 2019 Acceptance: 56.5% 56.5% 2020 Acceptance: 51.9% 51.9% 2021 Acceptance: 33.3% 33.3% 2022 Acceptance: 36.3% 36.3% 2023 Acceptance: 99.5% 99.5% 2024 Acceptance: 99.8% 99.8% 2017 Yield: 56.0% 56.0% 2018 Yield: 56.8% 56.8% 2019 Yield: 60.0% 60.0% 2020 Yield: 54.0% 54.0% 2021 Yield: 53.8% 53.8% 2022 Yield: 50.6% 50.6% 2023 Yield: 38.0% 38.0% 2024 Yield: 16.5% 16.5%

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled
0 500 1,000 1,500 2,000 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 Applicants: 815 815 2018 Applicants: 722 722 2019 Applicants: 793 793 2020 Applicants: 860 860 2021 Applicants: 1,278 1,278 2022 Applicants: 1,476 1,476 2023 Applicants: 793 793 2024 Applicants: 1,371 1,371 2017 Admitted: 495 495 2018 Admitted: 435 435 2019 Admitted: 448 448 2020 Admitted: 446 446 2021 Admitted: 426 426 2022 Admitted: 536 536 2023 Admitted: 789 789 2024 Admitted: 1,368 1,368 2017 Enrolled: 277 277 2018 Enrolled: 247 247 2019 Enrolled: 269 269 2020 Enrolled: 241 241 2021 Enrolled: 229 229 2022 Enrolled: 271 271 2023 Enrolled: 300 300 2024 Enrolled: 226 226

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

SAT Composite

25th 75th
800 900 1000 1100 1200 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 25th: 970 970 2018 25th: 940 940 2019 25th: 890 890 2020 25th: 890 890 2017 75th: 1140 1140 2018 75th: 1120 1120 2019 75th: 1120 1120 2020 75th: 1120 1120

SAT Math

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 25th: 490 490 2018 25th: 450 450 2019 25th: 460 460 2020 25th: 430 430 2017 75th: 550 550 2018 75th: 540 540 2019 75th: 550 550 2020 75th: 550 550

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th
400 450 500 550 600 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 25th: 480 480 2018 25th: 490 490 2019 25th: 430 430 2020 25th: 460 460 2017 75th: 590 590 2018 75th: 580 580 2019 75th: 570 570 2020 75th: 570 570

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted
0% 25% 50% 75% 100% 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024 2017 Submitted: 98.0% 98.0% 2018 Submitted: 100.0% 100.0% 2019 Submitted: 97.0% 97.0% 2020 Submitted: 94.0% 94.0%

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.