university's operating budget. This decrease in funding has, in part, been made up by the university competing for sponsored research money with a growth from $12 million in 1994 to $88 million in 2017 and salaries as low as 3/5 the national average.
=== Colleges, schools, and centers ===
The University of Montana comprises seven colleges and two professional schools:
College of Humanities and Sciences (1893)
Phyllis J. Washington College of Education and Human Sciences (2009)
W.A. Franke College of Forestry and Conservation (1913)
College of Health Professions and Biomedical Sciences
Skaggs School of Pharmacy (1907)
School of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
School of Social Work
School of Public and Community Health Sciences
Missoula College (1956)
College of Technology
Bitterroot College (Hamilton, MT)
College of the Arts and Media
School of Art
School of Theatre and Dance
School of Media Arts
School of Music (1893)
School of Journalism (1914)
Davidson Honors College (1991)
College of Business …
