Northern gains national recognition for economic mobility

Montana State University-Northern now has another accolade to boast about after a report by Zippia named Northern the top school in the state for economic mobility and 15th in the country.

Zippia obtained its data from Opportunity Insights, which is a non-profit organization located at Harvard University. The study focused on a college or university's students who started at the bottom 20 percent of income distribution and have now reached the top 20 percent.

"Being designated as the number one school that gives those types of students the ability to succeed and then exceed is huge," Nort...