Montana State University (MSU) is a public land-grant research university in Bozeman, Montana. It enrolls more students than any other college or university in the state. MSU offers baccalaureate degrees in 60 fields, master's degrees in 68 fields, and doctoral degrees in 35 fields through its nine colleges. More than 16,700 students attended MSU in the fall 2019, taught by 796 full-time and 547 part-time faculty. In the Carnegie Classification, MSU is placed among "R1: Doctoral Universities – Very high research activity", one of only two universities to receive this distinction with a "very high undergraduate" enrollment profile. The university had research expenditures of $129.6 million in 2017.
Montana Hall, the second building constructed on campus. The Office of the President is located here.
Mission Revival-style Hamilton Hall, the first campus dormitory, constructed in 1910.
Iconic barrel vaulted Romney Gym, home of the 1928 national champion Bobcat basketball team, was constructed in 1922.
The Student Union Building (now Strand Union Building), which opened in 1940.
Bozeman is a city and the county seat of Gallatin County, Montana, United States. Located in southwest Montana, the 2020 census put Bozeman's population at 53,293 making it the fourth-largest city in Montana. It is the principal city of the Bozeman, Montana, Micropolitan Statistical Area, consisting of all of Gallatin County with a population of 118,960. It is the fastest growing micropolitan statistical area in the United States in 2018, 2019 and 2020, as well as the second-largest of all Montana's statistical areas.
Aerial view of Bozeman
John Bozeman
Main Street in Bozeman, 1875
Main Street in Bozeman, 2011
