College Planning

If you are interested in pursuing a healthcare career in a Montana higher education facility, click here to learn more about your options!

Higher Education Links

WUE Western Undergraduate Exchange -WUE (pronounced “woo-wee”) is a program of the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE). Through WUE, students in western states may enroll in more than 140 two-year and four-year college institutions at a reduced tuition level: 150 percent of the institution's regular resident tuition. The program began in 1987 and all WICHE states have now signed the agreement. A copy of your state’s signed WUE agreement is available for your review. Students from all WICHE member states are eligible to request the WUE tuition discount.

Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) – supports fields of study for Montana residents including: allopathic medicine (MD), osteopathic medicine (DO), veterinary medicine, dentistry, optometry, occupational therapy, and podiatry.

Explore Health Care Careers - Everything you want to know about a wide variety of health careers

If you are a Montana student interested in pursuing an oral health- care career, click here to learn about your options!

Montana Career Information Service - We are dedicated to helping you get the academic and career skills needed to be productive in your chosen career. Includes information for students, parents, teachers, counselors and jobseekers.

Student Assistant Foundation - Student Assistance Foundation's mission is to provide students and families with the knowledge and tools to finance and pursue their postsecondary education. SAF uses proceeds from its student loan servicing business to offer a range of programs that include grants, community outreach, counseling and training on education finance planning.

Smart about College - Use the Montana Career Information System (MCIS) to learn about careers, search for scholarships, apply to colleges and more

FAFSA - Financial Aid website for all college students including undergrad and graduate programs

Montana Colleges - Montana’s “official guide to higher education. Want to go to college in Montana, you’ve come to the right place. We connect students and parents with colleges and counselors, and give you all the important information about Montana’s higher education.

University of Washington School of Medicine

Medical and Dental School Help - Prepare for Medical and Dental school while still in high school!

OR Live - Watch live surgeries online

CNA Careers - A great site to learn all about CNA (Certified Nursing Assistant) training, certification, and job listings!

Graduation Matters - An initiative launched by Superintendent Juneau to ensure that Montana's public schools are meeting their goal of graduating more students ready for college and careers each year. Students can follow this link and “take the pledge” to graduate from high school. When you take the pledge, you are entered to win some very cool prizes!

Scholarship Options for High School Students

SC MT AHEC Healthcare Professions Scholarship

Congratulations to Nicole Crosby, of Deer Lodge, for being awarded the 2011 SC MT AHEC Healthcare Professions Scholarship!

Each year South Central Montana AHEC awards a scholarship to a graduating senior attending high school in the South Central Region that plans to pursue a degree in a health professions program of study at a Montana institute of higher education.

- Eligibility counties include: Beaverhead, Broadwater, Deer Lodge, Gallatin, Granite, Jefferson, Lewis and Clark, Madison, Park, Powell and Silverbow.

- The scholarship is awarded based on the student's interest and passion in pursuing a health care career and his/her desire to serve under-served populations and minorities a rural or urban under-served setting.

Applications will be available online in early Spring 2012. Check back here to download your application!