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2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

5 Ranked Colleges
97 Degrees Awarded
$16,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

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 Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” 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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 97 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general multi-/interdisciplinary studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

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

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in the Plains States Region

#1

Park University

Parkville, Missouri
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Park University landed the #1 spot on the list. Parkville, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s individualized major degrees to 44 students in 2019-2020.

Park University also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Park University is $15,579 for plains states region bachelor’s degree individualized major students.

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#2

Chadron State College

Chadron, Nebraska
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chadron State College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Chadron State College is a public institution located in Chadron, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Chadron State College also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Chadron State College is $14,268 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Individualized Major students.

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#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #3 spot on the list. Moorhead, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s individualized major degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead also made our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $16,893 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Individualized Major students per year to attend MSU Moorhead.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Minnesota State University - Moorhead General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

#4

North Central University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Central University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.

North Central University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Central University is $21,142 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Individualized Major students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at North Central University

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 5 bachelors’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Minnesota State Mankato is $16,221 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Individualized Major students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Minnesota State University - Mankato

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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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