Best Colleges in Montana for Associate, Bachelor’s & Master’s

Cost Estimators:
Before any major construction project can break ground, there must be a budget that covers the materials, permits, insurance, and labor costs. Your job will be to aggregate all of those costs and create an overall estimated cost.

Sales Managers:
After you have established a strong sales practice you might decide to move into sales management. You will train and motivate a sales team to produce numbers that exceed expectations quarter after quarter.

Industrial and Production Managers:
As Montana continues to grow, demand for experts in manufacturing and production will be in demand. You might consider a minor in industrial engineering to inform your managerial acumen.

Logistician:
Sometimes called Supply Chain Managers, this field is increasingly important, especially in Montana where you’ll have to import or export goods over very large distances, often in inclement weather.

Construction Managers:
This profession will find you working with engineers, architects, and laborers on a daily basis. You should have a firm grasp of construction budgets, leadership, and all the details that are involved in constructing a new building.

Occupational Therapist:
Despite what you might think, the role of an Occupational Therapist is not to help people overcome their fear of work. Rather, they help people overcome a wide range of difficulties so that they can live their best lives. This can include surmounting dementia or mental illness and recovery from disease or injury.

Physical Therapist:
Mobility is the key word to you as a Physical Therapist. PTs help people recover from injury, stroke, and illness. You might help a person develop their abilities with crutches, a walker, or a wheelchair. You might also help someone re-learn how to walk or use their hands after a stroke.

Radiology Technician:
As a Radiology Technician, doctors will rely on your work to make proper diagnoses. You will take pictures of people's bones and organs using MRIs, CT scans, and PET scanners, among other diagnostic tools. With your help, doctors can provide early diagnosis and save lives.

Registered Nurse:
RNs are the backbone of any hospital. When you complete your RN training, you will find that it's a very diversified field, where you can work with a wide range of patients. Every day will offer great challenges and rewards, too.

Nurse Practitioner:
To help meet the growing demand for healthcare, Nurse Practitioners have arisen to take on many of the duties doctors fulfill. You will be able to do many of the things doctors do, including diagnose illness and prescribe medications. However, you will be operating under the license of an MD, which will somewhat limit your pay, but alleviates you of ultimate responsibility.

Healthcare Administrators:
Healthcare administrators help with strategic planning, preparing budgets, risk management, and marketing to keep the facilities operations running smoothly. There are many skills that are necessary to become a successful healthcare administrator.

Conservation Scientist:
In this position, you will manage and protect state parks, national forests, and local preserves. In Montana, you might also find work on one of the state's huge ranches.

Environmental Science and Protection Technicians:
This vital field finds you protecting the natural world from chemical contamination. Not only will you protect remote ecologic areas, but you will help protect the public health by ensuring that the water table is pure. For instance, you might work on issues related to Butte's Berkeley Pit, whose heavy metals may one day seep back into the groundwater.

Forest and Conservation Workers:
Your career in this field will involve protecting all sorts of natural areas. You will look out for erosion, water issues, and plant-borne disease, among other issues.

Urban and Regional Planner:
Urban planners help cities and states prepare for future growth, as well as managing current situations. Your projects might include public transportation, bicycling initiatives, or creating policies for zoning building permits. You may one day describe your job as being one large game of Sim City, but with more responsibility.

Civil Engineering Technician:
In this position, you will work alongside Civil Engineers to design and plan infrastructure projects. In Montana, you might work on hydrologic issues related to the states waterways or you could help rebuild bridges or retrofit them to accommodate new urban growth. Your daily life will likely be split between time in the office pouring over plans, and time spent under a hardhat monitoring a project.

Announcer:
Announcers deliver the news or other reports over radio, television, or other media. These days, you might work on a podcast or a new YouTube channel. The internet has opened up many new avenues in this field.

Editor:
You might think of an editor in a newsroom or working for a publisher. However, editors also work with technical documentation, as freelancers who help out budding novelists, or on websites of all sorts. Your job title may one day be Content Manager, but you'll still be an editor at heart.

Film/TV Editor:
There are more and more opportunities in this area. Everyone needs video content for their websites, and streaming services are opening more and more opportunities for you to work on exciting films, fictional television shows, and reality television shows, including documentaries.

Reporter:
In this job, you'll gather information and then organize it into a cohesive narrative. You might report for a daily newspaper, website, or perhaps a magazine. Though Montana might not offer many large daily newspapers, you still could work as a stringer, or freelance reporter, for a large paper such as the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, or LA Times.

Public Relations:
The goal of your life in Public Relations will be to protect an image or reputation. That might be for a corporation, sports team, or local celebrity. Many PR specialists work for individuals such as corporate CEOs, prominent doctors, or politicians. This is a multi-faceted position where you will need to write press releases, arrange for various media events, and even tweak your client's wardrobe to help craft their personal brand.

Corporate Communications:
This position encompasses many different duties and might have different meanings in different companies. Depending on the company, you might be in charge of coordinating communications between departments, or you might distribute information across a wide range of subsidiaries, branch offices, and even subcontracting agencies.

Legal Secretary/Paralegal:
This position is in the service of an attorney or a team of attorneys who need your help crafting briefs and motions. Your background with delivering fact-based messages will help you as you learn the intricacies of legalese. On top of the writing, you will also need expert research skills.

Sales:
Salespeople are nothing if not communicators. You might even help create written sales materials that inform and motivate potential clients with regards to your product.

Technical Writer:
This title describes far more than those who create manuals for technical devices or software. Any time a client needs informative, professional documentation a technical writer is needed. You will need the ability to craft elegant prose, but also know how to layout elements in bulleted lists, charts, and graphs.

Editor:
Editors help writers craft their messages. You'll bring their writing from first draft to polished prose. Newspaper editors, on the other hand, work less with the nuts and bolts of writing and are more concerned with reporting, assigning stories, and overseeing the newspaper as a body unto itself.