2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Great Lakes Region

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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 the Great Lakes region, there were 554 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree individualized major students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in the Great Lakes Region

1

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #1 spot on the list. WMU is a fairly large school located in Kalamazoo, Michigan that handed out 1 doctorate’s individualized major degrees in 2020-2021.

Full WMU General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

2

Union Institute & University
Cincinnati, Ohio

Top 25% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Union Institute & University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s individualized major degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full Union Institute & University General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s 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%.

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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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