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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

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480 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the New England region, there were 522 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 480 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general multi-/interdisciplinary studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general multi-/interdisciplinary studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the New England Region

#1

Colby College

Waterville, Maine
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colby College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Waterville, Maine, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 9 degrees to qualified bachelors’s individualized major students in 2019-2020.

Colby not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Colby is $5,107 for new england region bachelor’s degree individualized major students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

Full Colby College General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

#2

Brown University

Providence, Rhode Island
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Providence, Rhode Island is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s individualized major degrees to 32 students in 2019-2020.

Brown did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Brown University is $11,689 for new england region bachelor’s degree individualized major students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Brown University General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

#3

Fitchburg State University

Fitchburg, Massachusetts
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fitchburg State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Fitchburg State University is a medium-sized school located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts that handed out 105 bachelors’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.

Fitchburg State also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $15,538 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Individualized Major students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Fitchburg State University.

Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Fitchburg State

#4

Colby - Sawyer College

New London, New Hampshire
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby - Sawyer College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in New London, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s individualized major students in 2019-2020.

Colby - Sawyer not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Colby - Sawyer is $22,750 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Individualized Major students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Colby - Sawyer General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

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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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