2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
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In 2019-2020, 8,442 people earned their degree in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies, making the major the 120th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 614 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 8 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general multi-/interdisciplinary studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree individualized major students.
Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northeast Wisconsin Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate. Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is a fairly large school located in Green Bay, Wisconsin that handed out 5 associates’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.
NWTC also made our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for Northeast Wisconsin Technical College is $10,340 for associate degree individualized major students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota West Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate list. Minnesota West Community and Technical College is located in Granite Falls, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 associates’s individualized major degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Minnesota West, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Minnesota West is $11,952 for associate degree individualized major students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Milwaukee Area Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate list. MATC is a fairly large public school situated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It awarded 13 associates’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.
MATC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Milwaukee Area Technical College is $9,076 for associate degree individualized major students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Idaho. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate. This large school is located in Rexburg, Idaho, and it awarded 12 associates’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.
BYU - I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $7,167 for Associate Degree Individualized Major students per year to attend BYU - I.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Arkansas University Tech landed the #5 spot on the list. SAU Tech is a small school located in Camden, Arkansas that handed out 38 associates’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SAU Tech, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Southern Arkansas University Tech is $9,554 for associate degree individualized major students.
With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
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Hodges University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate list. Naples, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s individualized major degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.
International College also made our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Hodges University is $21,577 for Associate Degree Individualized Major students.
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With a ranking of #7, Geneva College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate list. Geneva College is a small school located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania that handed out 1 associates’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.
Geneva also made our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $19,778 for Associate Degree Individualized Major students per year to attend Geneva College.
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Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #8. Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is located in Paul Smiths, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 associates’s individualized major degrees to qualified students.
Paul Smith’s College also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Paul Smith’s College is $23,784 for associate degree individualized major students.
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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%.
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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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