2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 associate degree level specifically, there were 34 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region associate degree individualized major students.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in the Plains States Region

#1

Minnesota West Community and Technical College

Granite Falls, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$11,952 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota West Community and Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. Minnesota West is a public institution located in Granite Falls, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota West did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $11,952 for plains states region associate degree individualized major students per year to attend Minnesota West.

Read full report on General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Minnesota West Community and Technical College

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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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