2025 Tuition & fees

The 2025 tuition & fees at MSU is $8,460 for Montana residents and $33,287 for out-of-state students. The tuition & fees has increased by 6.22% from last year.
The next table shows the 2025 tuition & fees and the tuition trends over last 5 years at MSU.
You can check and view more costs information including living costs, books & supplies, and tuition per credit hour at Montana State University Cost of Attendance page.
Montana State University 2025 Tuition & fees
YearUndergraduateGraduate
Montana ResidentsOut-of-StateMontana ResidentsOut-of-State
2021$7,371$27,104$6,650$21,446
2022$7,528$28,264$6,805$22,391
2023$7,727$29,604$6,983$23,444
2024$8,083$31,337$7,313$24,863
2025$8,460$33,287$7,661$26,370

Tuition per Credit Hour

The 2025 undergraduate tuition per credit hour at Montana State University is $262 for Montana residents and $1,283 for out-of-state students. The undergraduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 6.03% from last year.
The 2025 graduate tuition per credit hour is $315 for Montana residents and $1,340 for out-of-state students. The graduate tuition per credit hour has increased by 6.01% from last year.
The next table and chart show the 2025 tuition per credit hour and its trends over last 5 years at Montana State University.
Montana State University 2025 Tuition per Credit Hour
YearUndergraduateGraduate
Montana ResidentsOut-of-StateMontana ResidentsOut-of-State
2021$358$1,180$283$1,092
2022$236$1,087$283$1,136
2023$243$1,141$291$1,193
2024$252$1,210$303$1,264
2025$262$1,283$315$1,340

Online Student Population

There are 17,135 students including both undergraduate and graduate students at MSU. Of that, 909 students have enrolled online exclusively.
In addition, 2,540 students have joined to some online courses and 13,686 students only joined to in-classrrom courses.
The next tables show the online students by enrollment type and locality for the academic year 2023-2024.
Online Student Population at Montana State University
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total17,13515,0462,089
Enrolled Exclusively in Online Classes909512397
Enrolled Some in Online Classes2,5402,327213
Not Enrolled in Online Classes13,68612,2071,479
Online Student Population by Student Location at Montana State University
TotalUndergraduateGraduate
Total (Enrolled Excl.)909512397
Montana Residents483294189
Other State in U.S.408216192
Outside of U.S.16016
Unknown220