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2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington

5 Ranked Colleges
245 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor's in Washington

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Bachelor’s in Washington” 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 Washington, there were 249 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 245 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in Washington

#1

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington. WWU is a fairly large school located in Bellingham, Washington that handed out 106 bachelors’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.

WWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend Western Washington University is $16,529 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Individualized Major students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Western Washington University

#2

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington list. Eastern Washington University is a public institution located in Cheney, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 90 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our washington bachelor’s degree individualized major students list, EWU has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend EWU is $12,607 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Individualized Major students.

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#3

Northwest University

Kirkland, Washington
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington list. Kirkland, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s individualized major degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwest University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northwest University is $22,194 for washington bachelor’s degree individualized major students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full Northwest University General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Tacoma Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Tacoma, Washington, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW Tacoma, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Washington - Tacoma Campus is $10,817 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Individualized Major students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

Read full report on General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at University of Washington - Tacoma Campus

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest University - College of Adult and Professional Studies landed the #5 spot on the list. Northwest University CAPS is a small school located in Kirkland, Washington that handed out 2 bachelors’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Northwest University CAPS, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northwest University - College of Adult and Professional Studies is $26,232 for washington bachelor’s degree individualized major students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Northwest University CAPS

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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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