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Billings, Montana has 1 accredited school offering public administration programs, with tuition ranging from $3,200 to $11,635 per year for indexed programs. Billings has a population of about 118,321. Median household income is $71,855 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 37.0% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the Billings, MT metro area, the top-earning public administration-related role is Management Analyst at a median $99,060 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer public administration programs near Billings, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Billings city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Every school list on this site is ordered by the BOC Score, computed from the most recent school-level data published by the U.S. Department of Education (College Scorecard and IPEDS). To qualify, a school must be currently operating and accredited by an agency recognized by the U.S. Department of Education. Each eligible school is then scored on five measures, percentile-ranked against schools at the same credential level:
Schools without enough outcome data appear after ranked schools, without a score. On this page, schools are ordered by distance from Billings. Advertising never affects these rankings. Read the full methodology.
Source:Accreditor: Northwest Commission on Colleges and UniversitiesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Northwest Commission on Colleges and UniversitiesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source:Accreditor: Northwest Commission on Colleges and UniversitiesIPEDSCollege Scorecard
Source: IPEDS / College Scorecard (2023 cohort). Browse all Montana schools on the Montana public administration page.
Billings is part of the Billings, MT metro area (BLS area code 13740). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Montana statewide.
| Occupation | Median Wage | Source | COL-Adjusted (US=100) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Social and Community Service Manager | $80,020 | Billings, MT | $85,583 |
| Urban and Regional Planner | $80,770 | MT statewide | $86,385 |
| General and Operations Manager | $96,980 | Billings, MT | $103,722 |
| Management Analyst | $99,060 | Billings, MT | $105,947 |
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
| Metric | Value | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 118,321 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003) |
| Median household income | $71,855 | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013) |
| Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+ | 37.0% | Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003) |
| Regional Price Parity (US=100) | 93.5 (below U.S. average) | BEA RPP 2024 |
Our directory has 1 accredited schools offering public administration programs near Billings. The closest is Little Big Horn College in Crow Agency, MT (54.3 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Little Big Horn College (54.3 miles).
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying public administration-related roles near Billings are: Management Analyst ($99,060), General and Operations Manager ($96,980), Urban and Regional Planner ($80,770). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Montana statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Billings’s median household income of $71,855 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Billings while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Montana public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
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Compare every accredited online degree program with city-level data for Billings:
Data verified: August 31, 2026. Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.
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