Costs at MSU

Montana State University's graduate education is highly affordable and of great value. View both the regular graduate tuition and fee schedule and the online graduate tuition and fee schedule.

Financing Your Graduate Education

We have partnered with the AYCSS Office of Financial Education to help you:

    • Plan a budget
    • Negotiate your job offer at the end of graduate school

Estimate of the Total Tuition and Fees of a Full 30-credit Master's Degree

 

Estimated total cost FT student (12 cr two semesters, 6 cr one semester)

Estimated total cost PT student (9 cr two semesters, 6 cr two semesters)

Average semester cost FT student (12 cr two semesters, 6 cr one semester)

Average semester cost PT student (9 cr two semesters, 6 cr two semesters)

Resident of Montana

$13,141

$13,271

$4,380

$3,318

Eligible Western States and select programs*

$19,712

$19,907

$6,571

$4,977

Non-resident

$44,346

$44,476

$14,782

$11,119

Estimate of the Total Tuition and Fees of a Full 30-credit Master's Degree (Online)**

 

Estimated total cost FT student (12 cr two semesters, 6 cr one semester)

Estimated total cost PT student (3 cr a semester for 10 semesters)

Average semester cost FT student (12 cr two semesters, 6 cr one semester)

Average semester cost PT student (3 cr a semester for 10 semesters)

Resident of Montana

$10,990

$11,780

$3,663

$1,178

Non-resident

$14,675

$15,465

$4,892

$1.547

 

*WICHE graduate programs at MSU

**NOTE: WRGP is not part of online degrees, as the tuition rate is cheaper at the online rate than with WRGP.

Last updated: 06/2026