1. Distance calculations between two colleges use a mathematical formula for the distance on a sphere between two points.
   

U of Montana is in Missoula, MT, is public, is in the Big Sky Conference, research intensive, has a carpentry program, has a culinary program, has a hospital, has a law school, has its top Masters major in education, has its top major in business, offers on-campus housing, requires test scores for undergrad admissions, is on the semester system, its top Doctoral major is physical therapy/therapist, its top Associates major is general studies, and enrolls from 10,000 to 19,999 students.

• Forbes Best Buy ranking (41st place)
• USNews law school ranking (113th place)
• Times Higher Education world ranking (276th place)
• ARWU world ranking (301st place)
• Webometrics world ranking (589th place)
• PayScale mid-career median salary ranking (709th place)
• research spending ($41.2M)
• average full-time teaching salary ($63,777)
• out-of-state undergrad tuition & fees ($21,806)
• endowment per full-time student ($9,418)
• in-state undergrad tuition & fees ($6,215)
• average undergrad student loan ($6,185)
• average grant aid to undergrads ($4,925)
• cost of a shared room ($3,226)
• research spending per student ($2,245)
• non-resident tuition & fees surcharge (250.9%)
• undergrads who get financial aid (87%)
• undergrads among full-time students (84.7%)
• in-state freshmen (74.1%)
• full-time retention rate (74%)
• undergrads who receive student loans (60%)
• ratio of female full-time freshmen (52.5%)
• undergrads who get Pell grants (40%)
• undergrads who are 25 years or older (26.9%)
• tuition & fees increase over three years (18.7%)
• grad students who are under 25 years old (15.4%)
• disabled students (9%)
• minorities (8.7%)
• average teaching salary differential (men vs. women, 7.8%)
• Hispanics (3.3%)
• American Indians or Alaska Natives (3.2%)
• foreign students (2.6%)
• Asians (1.5%)
• Blacks or African Americans (0.7%)
• average teaching salary differential (women vs. men, -7.2%)
• 25th percentile SAT math score (470)
• 25th percentile SAT reading score (480)
• 25th percentile SAT writing score (460)
• 75th percentile SAT math score (600)
• 75th percentile SAT reading score (600)
• 75th percentile SAT writing score (580)
• alumni who played in the National Football League (54)
• average January temperature (26.6 degrees)
• dorm capacity (3,430)
• first-year applicants (5,327)
• foreign students (483)
• full-time grad students (1,204)
• full-time undergrads (9,941)
• grad students (2,289)
• members of the National Academy of Sciences (0)
• men's basketball Final Four appearances (0)
• Rhodes Scholar alumni (27)
• total 75th percentile SAT score (1,780)
• undergrads (12,657)
• yearly for-credit students (18,335)
• on-campus yearly property crimes per thousand students (0.4)
• students per faculty member (19)
• annual rainfall (17.3 inches)
• diversity and inclusion ratio (0.45)
• elevation (1,024 meters)

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