2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 10 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,893 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in New York” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in New York”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in New York

1

Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York

#9 overall quality in New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Syracuse University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in New York. Syracuse University is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 masters’s individualized major degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, New York

#6 overall quality in New York

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the #2 spot on the list. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute is a private not-for-profit institution located in Troy, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full RPI General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

• Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Most Focused Master’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%.

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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