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Blackfeet Community College · Montana

Blackfeet Community College scholarships and merit aid

A tribal college on the Blackfeet Reservation with deep roots in Native American education and community support.

Verified Jul 20262 months ago

The short answer

Is Blackfeet Community College worth a closer look?

Blackfeet Community College may be worth checking, but its awards do not follow a simple grades-and-scores chart. Start with the published scholarships below.

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Published scholarships

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$1,800–$10,000

American Indian College Fund Full Circle

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$500–$1,000

Aarp

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$1,000

Fisher Foundation

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GPA: 2

$500–$1,000

Reach Higher Mt

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$1,000–$5,000

Jeannette Rankin

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$5,000

Cobell Indigenous

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$3,000–$10,000

Various Tribal Higher Eds

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$750–$3,000

American Indian College Fund Tcu

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Who this school may work for

Primarily serves Native American students, especially those from tribal communities seeking a supportive, community-centered education. Strong pathways exist for students interested in STEM and nursing fields.

Published yearly cost: Approximately $2,880 for 2026-2027. Source

Cost and graduation facts

Federal reporting on who actually enrolls at Blackfeet Community College, what they paid after aid, and what happened next — independent of anything the school markets.

Average annual net price by family income at Blackfeet Community College, academic year 2021-22
Family income	Average net price paid
$0–$30,000	$6,643
$30,001–$48,000	$1,521
$48,001–$75,000	$3,461
$75,001–$110,000	$9,453
All income levels (average)	$5,410

Sticker price vs. what students actually pay

Published tuition & fees, AY 2022-23: $3,610
Average net price paid (all Title-IV aid), AY 2021-22: $5,410

That works out to roughly a 53% discount below the federal AY 2021-22 average cost of attendance of $11,405 (College Scorecard — a separate, federally reported figure, not the published cost of attendance shown above).

Outcomes for students who enrolled here

Graduation rate (150% of normal time), 2016 cohort: 62%
First-year retention rate, 2021 cohort: 75%
Median earnings, 10 years after entry (measured 2020-21): $22,953
Share of students receiving a Pell grant, AY 2021-22: 87%
Share of students receiving a federal loan, AY 2021-22: 0%

How to read these numbers

Net price reflects only first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students who received federal Title IV financial aid — not Blackfeet Community College's full student body.
Published tuition is the catalog sticker price for all students, not a Title IV-only figure.
Graduation rate reflects the entire first-time, full-time, degree-seeking cohort — not only students who received Title IV aid.
Retention rate reflects all first-time, full-time, bachelor's-seeking students — not only Title IV aid recipients.
Median earnings reflect Title IV aid recipients who entered college and were working (not enrolled) roughly a decade later — not necessarily the graduating cohort, and not a recent graduate's paycheck.
Pell grant and federal loan participation covers first-time, full-time, degree-seeking students only.
Net price blends need-based aid and merit aid together — it is not a merit-specific estimate. It shows what similar-income families actually paid on average after every kind of aid, not what a strong-stats student could win in merit dollars alone. Treat it as cost context, not a merit forecast — a MeritPlaybook models merit aid specifically for your student’s own stats, which this net-price figure cannot do.

None of this is current-year data — the U.S. Department of Education reports it on a delay, and different figures below come from different reporting years. Net price is an academic year 2021-22 figure. Published tuition reflects the 2022-23 academic year. Graduation rate reflects the Fall 2016 entering, full-time, first-time, degree/certificate-seeking cohort; completion measured within 150% of normal time (~6 years for a bachelor's degree). IPEDS Graduation Rates component (C150_4). Retention reflects the Fall 2021 full-time, first-time, bachelor's-seeking cohort retained into the following fall. IPEDS Fall Enrollment component (RET_FT4). Median earnings reflect the Treasury-matched cohort entering college in AY2009-10 or AY2010-11, earnings measured 10 years later in calendar years 2020 and 2021, inflation-adjusted to 2022 dollars (MD_EARN_WNE_P10).

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard.

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Other Blackfeet Community College scholarships worth checking

These awards can be harder to find. Each one has its own rules.

Glacier Electric

Amount$3,000EligibilityGlacier Electric awards $3,000 per year for two years, selected based on application and points, with a pre-engineering process.

American Indian Science And Engineering Society

Amount$500EligibilityAmerican Indian Science and Engineering Society is an institutional grant-program initiated award of $500 per year, selected based on grant and application/program requirements.

Stem Stars

Amount$10,000EligibilitySTEM Stars is an institutional grant program awarding $10,000 per semester on a merit basis for STEM students.

Greer Foundation

Amount$3,000EligibilityGreer Foundation awards $3,000 per year for two years, with application selection in the fall and a restriction to STEM students.

Oke Nursing

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityOKE Nursing Scholars Fund awards nursing students, with applicants selected by the program.

Native Forward

AmountAmount not publishedEligibilityNative Forward Scholars Fund awards scholarships for Native students with selection based on tribal affiliation, career interest, program, and GPA.

National Science Fellows

Amount$1,875EligibilityNational Science Fellows awards $1,875 per program for specified science and natural resource fields, with selection based on tribal affiliation, career interest, program, and GPA.

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How Blackfeet Community College compares

665 of 749 verified schools publish at least one four-year renewable merit award.
Blackfeet Community College is one of them. The cohort minority (84 schools) only awards one-year scholarships, which means the four-year value families assume on a brochure quote isn't guaranteed at every school.

Sources used on this page

Every claim is checked against Blackfeet Community College’s own published materials. Below is the full reference set.

Cost of attendanceBlackfeet Community College cost-of-attendance worksheet
Merit tiersAmerican Indian College Fund Full Circle

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