CIP 5203 · Associate's Degree · Montana Technological University

Accounting and Related Services at Montana Technological University

Federal outcomes for associate's degree graduates of Montana Technological University. Median earnings 5 years after completion: $40,529.

MEDIAN EARNINGS · 5Y
$40,529
Montana CIP-4 median $45,374
MEDIAN EARNINGS · 4Y
$35,250
Treasury · 4y post-completion
MEDIAN FEDERAL DEBT
At program completion
COMPLETERS · 4Y WINDOW
IPEDS award counts
FINANCIAL OUTCOME · ILLUSTRATION

Estimate the financial outcome of this program

Cost from Scorecard net price by family income; earnings from Treasury 5-year-post-completion median, projected forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve. Selection-bias toggle applies the Dale-Krueger shrinkage. This is an outcomes illustration, not a forecast — see methodology.

Shrinks the earnings premium toward the matched-applicant mean. STEM <15%, business ~40%, arts & education ~60%.

NET PRESENT VALUE
$125,222
Over 40 years, discounted 5.0%
BREAKEVEN
Year 17
First year cumulative discounted earnings cross zero
graduationbreakeven · year 17year 0year 39
Cost per year
$16,138
HS-only baseline · MT
$35,800
Years to complete
2
CIP family
52

Outcomes illustration · not a forecast. Projects observed Scorecard earnings forward with a Mincer age-earnings curve under your assumptions. See methodology for the math.

PEER COMPARISON · CIP 5203

Accounting and Related Services across Montana institutions

Same CIP-4 code and credential level, all Montana Title-IV institutions where Scorecard publishes outcomes. Cohort floor is 30 students.

Helena College University of MontanaPEER$45,3748 grads
Montana Technological UniversityTHIS PROGRAM$40,529
SUPPRESSION & SELECTION

What this page tells you, and what it doesn't

Earnings are median annual earnings of federally aided students who completed this program at this institution, drawn from federal tax records. They describe cohorts. They do not predict your earnings, and they do not claim that this program caused those outcomes — selection effects (who enrolls, who finishes, what fields they enter) dominate cross-program differences. Em-dashes mean the federal data was suppressed because the cohort was below the 30-student floor.

Methodology →