2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in New York

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General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 94th most popular major in the country with 9,057 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across New York, there were 392 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 65 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,256 and $16,406 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in New York” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies. That schools that top this list have a program in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in New York”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in New York

1

ASA College
Brooklyn, New York

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, ASA College landed the #1 spot on the list. ASA Institute is a small school located in Brooklyn, New York that handed out 40 associates’s individualized major degrees in 2020-2021.

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2

Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science
Paul Smiths, New York

Top 20% overall quality in New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in New York. This small school is located in Paul Smiths, New York, and it awarded 5 associates’s individualized major degrees in 2020-2021.

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3

SUNY Empire State College
Saratoga Springs, New York

Top 10% overall quality in New York

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Empire State College landed the #3 spot on the list. SUNY Empire is a medium-sized public school situated in Saratoga Springs, New York. It awarded 20 associates’s individualized major degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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