Montana Tech acceptance rate and admissions profile

Montana Tech, a public university in Montana, reports a 91% acceptance rate and sits in the accessible band. In practice that means it admits most qualified applicants, so a strong application is judged against an applicant pool that is already self-selected.

Use this page to see what Montana Tech weighs, where it ranks among Montana schools, and how a profile like yours is likely to land. Admitted students post a 75th-percentile SAT around 1220, a useful checkpoint for where your scores sit, though it is a reference range and not a cutoff.

The factors that carry the most weight at Montana Tech are rigor of secondary school record, academic GPA, and standardized test scores. Solid grades in a challenging schedule do most of the work here, with the rest of the application providing context. These ratings come from Montana Tech's reported Common Data Set, so the full chart below reflects what the school itself says it values, not a generic guess.

Among the 9 Montana schools we track, Montana Tech ranks #8 most selective by acceptance rate. Schools like Providence University (MT) (65%) and Rocky Mountain College (70%) sit nearby, which makes Montana a useful frame for calibrating a balanced list. As a public university, residency matters: in-state applicants generally see meaningfully better odds than the headline rate suggests.

Applicants targeting Montana Tech often weigh Cal State Fullerton, Cleveland State University, and Eastern Washington University, which sit at a similar level. Running the same profile against each one in the free calculator is the fastest way to see where you are a reach, a match, or a likely.

Acceptance rate and admitted test ranges reflect publicly reported data (U.S. Department of Education / NCES IPEDS / Common Data Sets). Estimates from CollegeCalcAI are a planning tool computed by a fixed, transparent model, not a guarantee of any admission decision.