Graduation/Completion & Transfer Out Rates

Montana Tech is pleased to provide the following information regarding our institution’s graduation/completion rates. The information is provided in compliance with the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended. The rates reflect the graduation/completion status of the first-time, full-time undergraduate degree/certificate seeking cohort who enrolled during the specified year.

When reviewing this information, please keep in mind:

150% of the normal time-to-completion equates to 6 years for a Bachelor, 3 years for an Associate, and 1 ½ years for a Certificate.
Though we are not required to report transfer-out rates, we’ve reported that information because many local area students plan to attend Tech for a year or two prior to transferring to another institution to complete a degree not offered at Tech.
Graduation (and transfer-out) rates do not include students who left the school to serve in the armed forces, on official church missions, or in the foreign service of the federal government.
Students who died or were totally and permanently disabled are also excluded.
This information does not identify the reasons why students may have withdrawn; therefore, students who withdrew for personal or medical reasons are included in the non-completer or transfer-out group.
A pound sign (#) denotes any cohort/sub-cohort with five or fewer students. Montana Tech is not required to disclose this information and chooses not to disclose due to student privacy issues.

Montana Technological University
	Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates	Number of graduates within 150% of normal time	Number of transfer-out students
Fall 2014	287	165	54
Fall 2015	286	164	70
Fall 2016	205	116	42
Fall 2017	236	137	53
4-Year Total	1014	582	219
4-year average Student-Right-to-Know 150% normal time completion or graduation rate			57%
4-year average Student-Right-to-Know transfer-out rate			22%

Highlands College
	Number of first-time degree/certificate-seeking undergraduates	Number of graduates within 150% of normal time	Number of transfer-out students
Fall 2017	142	30	46
Fall 2018	133	27	47
Fall 2019	128	44	30
Fall 2020	131	38	44
4-Year Total	534	139	167
4-year average Student-Right-to-Know 150% normal time completion or graduation rate			26%
4-year average Student-Right-to-Know transfer-out rate			31%

MontanaTechnological University
Student Athletes who received athletically-related student aid	4 year average Student-Right-to-Know 150% normal time completion or graduation rate	4 year average athlete Student-Right-to-Know transfer-out rate
Football	67%	21%
Men’s Basketball	58%	42%
Men’s Golf	67%	0%
Women’s Basketball	78%	22%
Women’s Golf & Volleyball	58%	17%

Highlands College
Student Athletes who received athletically-related student aid	4 year average Student-Right-to-Know 150% normal time	4 year average athlete Student-Right-to-Know transfer-out rate
Football	20%	50%
Men’s Basketball	#	#
Men’s Golf	#	#
Women’s Basketball	#	#
Women’s Golf & Volleyball	#	#

A pound sign (#) demotes any cohort/sub-cohort with five or fewer students.

Information as reported to Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), the primary source for data on colleges, universities, and technical and vocational postsecondary institutions in the United States (https://nces.ed.gov/ipeds).

Questions related to this report should be directed to Melissa Kump, Institutional Research, at mkump@mtech.edu or 406-496-4108.

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