Educational InstitutionsEducational Organization

Montana State University

Montana State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in Bozeman, Montana, United States. It enrolls more students than any other college or university in the state. MSU offers baccalaureate degrees in 60 fields, master's degrees in 68, and doctoral degrees in 35 through its nine colleges. More than 16,700 students attended MSU in fall 2019, taught by 796 full-time and 547 part-time faculty. In the Carnegie Classification, MSU is placed among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity", one of only two universities in Montana to receive this distinction with a "very high undergraduate" enrollment profile. The university had research expenditures of $257.9 million in 2024.

Identifiers

OPEID6 Six-digit base OPE ID (without the two-digit branch suffix)
2532
OPEID Office of Postsecondary Education Identifier, used for federal financial aid program participation
253200
IPEDS UNITID Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System identifier assigned by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
180461
DAPIP ID Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs identifier from the U.S. Department of Education
126650

Location

Bozeman, MT, 59717

45.666726, -111.048812

Accreditation

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

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