In 2003, Montana State University Pozmann Campus, Montana State University Pozmann, ranked fifth among the "40 Best Town Colleges" and was rated as "the most worthwhile undergraduate college in America" by US News and World Report. In 2005, the research funding was as high as $ 1 billion, which made Montana State University Pozmann the top academic research institution in the United States. Carnegie Foundation listed Pozmann, Montana State University, as the 94th "extremely high-level research institution" in the United States.