Montana-Missoula, with an enrollment of 14,921 students in 2009, is the largest university in the state. It has colleges of technology, conservation and forestry, and arts and sciences. It also has six individual schools for pharmacy, education, business, law, journalism and fine arts. The student-to-faculty ratio is 19 to 1. The Grizzlies' football team plays in a 25,200-seat stadium in the NCAA football championship division. Montana claimed national championships in football in 1995 and 2001. Some other sports, like basketball, compete in the Big Sky conference in Division 1.
Located in the southwestern portion of the state in Bozeman, Montana State had 13,559 students enrolled in the fall of 2010. Undergraduates can choose from more than 60 fields of study. The most popular colleges for the 2010 school year were the schools of letters and science and engineering. Montana State, which was founded in 1893, competes in the same athletic divisions as Montana.
Montana State University at Billings had an undergraduate enrollment of 5,335 students as of 2010. The university was founded in 1927 and is geared specifically toward nontraditional students. The average age of the student population was 25 in 2010. It is affiliated with the campus in Bozeman as well as Montana State Northern and the Montana State Great Falls College of Technology. The school belongs to the NCAA II Great Northwest Conference.
Montana Tech was founded in 1900 in Butte, Montana, and was added to the Montana University system in 1994. It has less than 2,000 students, most of whom focus on technical education and engineering. Students can choose from 19 different bachelor's degree programs. Montana Tech was on the list of 81 colleges offering the best value by the Princeton Review in 2009. It was also named the No. 3 public baccalaureate college in the West by "America's Best Colleges" in 2009.
Carroll College in Helena, Montana was founded in 1910. It is a private Catholic college originally formed to train men to be priests. Carroll has the only professional ballet company in Montana. It offers professional degrees in business, law, medical, pharmacy and veterinary. As of 2010 it had an undergraduate enrollment of 1,504 students.