Montana: enrollment and college housing by campus

The 2 Montana campuses here enrolled 21,155 full-time students in fall 2024 and controlled 8,324 beds of housing, 39 beds per 100 full-time students. Montana State University has the most full-time students beyond its own beds: 8,275.

2campuses with 3,000+ full-time students

21,155full-time students, fall 2024

8,324college-controlled beds, 2024-25

n/amedian typical housing charge, academic year (0 reporting)

Sorted by full-time students beyond college-controlled capacity. Sources: Fall 2024 enrollment, IPEDS DRVEF2024 (provisional release, December 2025); 2024-25 housing capacity and charges, IPEDS COST1_2024 (December 2025). * Combined food and housing charge, for schools that don't split the two. n/a: no charge reported.
Campus	Full-time	Beds	Per 100	Beyond beds	Housing charge
Montana State University Bozeman	13,548	5,273	38.9	8,275	$14,000*
The University of Montana Missoula	7,607	3,051	40.1	4,556	$12,804*

"Beyond beds" is full-time enrollment minus the college's own housing capacity. It is not a demand forecast: some of those students live with family, and some commute by choice. Method and sources.