2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 120th most popular major in the country with 8,442 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 166 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general multi-/interdisciplinary studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general multi-/interdisciplinary studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Missouri State University - Springfield

Springfield, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$12,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #1 spot on the list. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 masters’s individualized major degrees to qualified students.

Missouri State also made our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State are $12,042, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Missouri State University - Springfield

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s individualized major degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kansas State University are $24,115, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full K -State General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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