TRIO Data and Successes
TRIO SSS Objectives
The TRIO Student Support Services program at Montana State University has 3 stated objectives in alignment with the federal objectives on regards to serving its scholars:
Objective 1: Persistence Rate: 79% of all participants served by the SSS project will persist from one academic year to the beginning of the next academic year or will have earned a bachelor’s degree at the grantee institution during the academic year.
Objective 2: Good Academic Standing Rate: 89% of all enrolled SSS participants being served will meet the performance level required to stay in good academic standing at the grantee institution.
Objective 3: Graduation Rate: 61% of new participants served each year will graduate from the grantee institution with a bachelor’s degree or equivalent within six years.
TRIO SSS Annual Performance Data
| Grant Year | # of Scholars Served | Funded Amount | Cost per Student | Objective 1: Persistence | Objective 2: Good Academic Standing | Objective 3: 6-year Graduation Rate | 
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-21 | 142 | $261,888 | $1,844 | 85% (+6%) | 94% (+5%) | 77% (+16%) | 
| 2021-22 | 140 | $261,888 | $1,871 | 81% (+2%) | 92% (+3%) | 67% (+6%) | 
| 2022-23 | 140 | $261,888 | $1,871 | 84% (+5%) | 91% (+2%) | 87% (+26%) | 
| 2023-24 | 141 | $272,264 | $1,931 | 92% (+13%) | 94% (+5%) | 67% (+6%) | 
TRIO Graduate Success

TRIO Alumni Stories
TRIO SSS at MSU has robust list of scholars that have graduated from a variety of programs and have gone on to do amazing things.


