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Montana: Almanac 2012

August 26, 2012

DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 44	989,415	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.3%	6.5%
5 to 14	12.3%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.7%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.8%	7.0%
25 to 44	23.8%	26.6%
45 to 64	29.2%	26.4%
65 and older	14.8%	13.0%

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DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Population:
State rank: 44	989,415	308,745,538
Age distribution:
Up to 4	6.3%	6.5%
5 to 14	12.3%	13.3%
15 to 19	6.7%	7.1%
20 to 24	6.8%	7.0%
25 to 44	23.8%	26.6%
45 to 64	29.2%	26.4%
65 and older	14.8%	13.0%
Racial and ethnic distribution:
American Indian	6.3%	0.9%
Asian	0.6%	4.8%
Black	0.4%	12.6%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
White	89.4%	72.4%
More than one race	2.5%	2.9%
Hispanic (may be any race)	2.9%	16.3%
Other	0.6%	6.2%
Educational attainment of adults (highest level):
8th grade or less	2.9%	6.2%
Some high school, no diploma	5.9%	8.7%
High-school diploma	31.3%	29.0%
Some college, no degree	23.9%	20.6%
Associate degree	8.0%	7.5%
Bachelor’s degree	19.3%	17.6%
Master’s degree	5.7%	7.2%
Doctoral degree	1.1%	1.2%
Professional degree	1.7%	2.0%
Proportion who speak a language other than English at home:
	4.8%	20.0%
Per capita personal income:
State rank: 36	$36,573	$41,663
Poverty rate:
	14.6%	15.3%
New public-high-school graduates:
Estimated for 2012-13	9,020	2,912,480
Projected change from 2007-8 to 2020-21	-11.4%	-0.6%
New GED diploma recipients:
	2,392	434,126

FINANCE
	State:	Nation:
Average tuition and fees:
At public 4-year institutions	$5,753	$7,136
At public 2-year institutions	$3,173	$2,439
At private 4-year institutions	$17,356	$22,771
State funds for higher-education operating expenses:
	$202,105,316	$72,543,813,412
One-year change:	-3.5%	-7.5%
State spending on student aid:
Need-based grants	$4,425,000	$6,543,322,000
Non-need-based grants	$1,452,000	$2,698,392,000
Nongrant aid	$863,000	$1,813,221,000
Total	$6,740,000	$11,054,934,000
Total spending on research and development by colleges and universities:
	$207,827,000	$61,234,893,000
One-year change	5.8%	6.9%
Sources of research financing:
Federal government	67.5%	61.2%
State and local governments	3.6%	6.3%
Industry	0.6%	5.2%
Nonprofit	0.2%	6.1%
Institution itself	22.7%	19.4%
Other	5.4%	1.7%
Share of research spending for specific fields:
Engineering	12.9%	15.3%
Environmental sciences	3.5%	4.9%
Life sciences	48.4%	57.0%
Math and computer sciences	1.2%	3.7%
Physical sciences	14.7%	7.6%
Psychology	0.2%	1.8%
Social sciences	2.9%	3.3%
Other sciences	10.3%	1.9%
Fields other than science and engineering	5.9%	4.7%
Largest endowment:
University of Montana Foundation	$136,310,352
Top fund raiser:
University of Montana	$14,570,941

THE PROFESSION
	State:	Nation:
Average pay of full-time professors
Public doctoral institutions:
Professor	$80,669	$112,647
Associate professor	$62,958	$78,804
Assistant professor	$56,570	$67,236
All	$63,952	$81,647
Public master’s institutions:
Professor	$66,665	$87,677
Associate professor	$58,382	$70,215
Assistant professor	$50,476	$59,511
All	$54,189	$68,178
Private nonprofit doctoral institutions:
Professor	n/a	$133,973
Associate professor	n/a	$86,108
Assistant professor	n/a	$72,242
All	n/a	$95,028
Private nonprofit master’s institutions:
Professor	$53,465	$82,002
Associate professor	$46,929	$66,466
Assistant professor	$41,779	$55,352
All	$45,993	$65,735
Other 4-year institutions:
Public	$47,850	$61,039
Private nonprofit	$49,462	$65,697
2-year colleges:
Public	$42,613	$62,301
Private nonprofit	$37,444	$46,347

STUDENT DEMOGRAPHICS
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment:
Undergraduate	48,476	18,078,672
Graduate and professional	4,836	2,937,454
At public 4-year institutions	37,500	7,924,771
At public 2-year institutions	10,761	7,218,038
At private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	4,578	3,822,260
At private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	473	32,660
At private 4-year institutions, for-profit	n/a	1,588,220
At private 2-year institutions, for-profit	n/a	430,177
Total	53,312	21,016,126
Public institutions	91%	72%
4-year institutions	79%	63%
2-year institutions	21%	37%
Degrees awarded:
Associate	1,745	849,452
Bachelor’s	5,232	1,650,014
Master’s	1,140	693,025
Doctorate	309	158,558
Residence of new students:
State: State residents made up 69% of all freshmen enrolled in Montana in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year; 79% of all Montana residents who were freshmen attended college in their home state.
Nation: 81% of all freshmen in the fall of 2010 who had graduated from high school in the previous year attended colleges in their home states.
Graduation rates at public 4-year institutions:
All	42.7%	56.0%
Men	40.0%	53.0%
Women	45.7%	58.5%
American Indian	27.6%	37.0%
Asian	28.1%	66.3%
Black	15.2%	38.3%
Hispanic	41.5%	47.8%
White	43.9%	58.9%

ACCESS AND EQUITY
	State:	Nation:
Enrollment highlights:
American Indian	4,642	196,374
Asian	553	1,218,118
Black	409	3,038,751
Pacific Islander	87	64,046
Hispanic	1,483	2,741,448
White	44,073	12,722,549
Foreign	1,174	709,565
Two or more races	891	325,275
Total	53,312	21,016,126
Women	53.5%	57.0%
Minority	15.1%	36.1%
Underrepresented minority	12.3%	28.4%
Foreign	2.2%	3.4%
Full-time	74.2%	62.2%
Test scores:
State: Students averaged 22.0 on the ACT, which was taken by an estimated 61% of Montana’s high-school seniors.
Nation: Students averaged 21.1 on the ACT and 1500 on the SAT.

COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
	State:	Nation:
Number of institutions:
Public 4-year institutions	6	678
Public 2-year institutions	12	978
Private 4-year institutions, nonprofit	4	1,543
Private 2-year institutions, nonprofit	1	87
Private 4-year institutions, for-profit	0	649
Private 2-year institutions, for-profit	0	664
Total	23	4,599
Institutions censured or sanctioned by the AAUP:
None
Institutions under NCAA sanctions:
None