Collegiate Consulting Completes Athletics Operational Analysis for Montana Tech
BUTTE, MT (December 3, 2024) – Collegiate Consulting has completed a comprehensive Intercollegiate Athletics Operational Review for Montana Technological University with the support of the Montana Tech Foundation. The focus of the study was to provide a comprehensive assessment of intercollegiate athletics as well as benchmarking of intercollegiate athletics to the Frontier Conference. The final report provided actionable and prioritized action items incorporating our findings and best practices, in alignment with Montana Tech’s institutional strategic plan.
Collegiate Consulting interviewed more than 50 stakeholders as part of the assessment. Collegiate Consulting collected and analyzed MTU institutional benchmarking (enrollment, trends, endowment, academic profile, tuition/fees, net tuition revenue, retention rates, graduation rates); athletic data (budgets, institutional support, staffing/org chart, salaries, financial aid, competitiveness, roster management) as well as Frontier Conference benchmarking (total athletic budgets, operating budgets, salaries/staffing, athletic financial aid, competitiveness, sports sponsorship, athletic facilities).
The 138-page final assessment included analyses and recommendations for the organizational structure, competitiveness, sports sponsorship, student-athlete financial aid, coaching staff, Title IX, net tuition revenue, ticket sales, athletic fundraising, corporate sponsorships, licensing, staffing, and facilities.
Montana Tech Athletics has been a member of the NAIA since the division’s creation in 1940 and currently sponsors 12 varsity sports programs. The Orediggers are also a founding member of the Frontier Conference, which was formed in 1934. Over the past two years, Montana Tech has captured the All-Sport Commissioner’s Cup and has been a top-60 Director’s Cup program. Montana Tech has 283 student-athletes across it’s 12 programs.
Collegiate Consulting is a full-service intercollegiate athletic consulting firm based in Atlanta. Over the last two years, Collegiate Consulting has completed operational studies for Portland State University, Williams College, Franciscan University, Ramapo College, and College of Coastal Georgia.