2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the New England Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2020-2021, 9,057 people earned their degree in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies, making the major the 94th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 459 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,899 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the New England Region” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general multi-/interdisciplinary studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the New England Region

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

Top 3 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in the New England Region

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Antioch University - New England
Keene, New Hampshire

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Antioch University - New England. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the New England Region. Antioch University - New England is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Keene, New Hampshire. It awarded 2 masters’s individualized major degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.0% 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 Antioch University - New England

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Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island

#2 overall quality in New England

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brown University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the New England Region. Brown University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% 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%.

Full Brown University General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

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Rhode Island College
Providence, Rhode Island

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Rhode Island College landed the #3 spot on the list. Rhode Island College is a public institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 1 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Rhode Island College

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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

• *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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