by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 94th most popular major in the country with 9,057 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 4,401 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 92 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree 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.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
One of our other unique offerings is College Combat. This tool lets you build your own customized comparisons utilizing the factors that are most important to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree individualized major students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Alabama. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Florence, Alabama, this medium-sized public school handed out 24 degrees to qualified masters’s individualized major students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at UNA
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Mennonite University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region list. Located in Harrisonburg, Virginia, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s individualized major students in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Eastern Mennonite
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Georgia State University is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 21 masters’s individualized major degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Georgia State University General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia Commonwealth University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region. VCU is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 17 masters’s individualized major degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Florida. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region list. UCF is a public institution located in Orlando, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Central Florida General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report
Florida Institute of Technology landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Melbourne, Florida, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified masters’s individualized major students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Florida Tech
With a ranking of #7, Mississippi State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region list. Mississippi State University is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 7 masters’s individualized major degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Mississippi State
University of Mississippi landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region ranking. University, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s individualized major degrees to 167 students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Ole Miss
Southeastern University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #7. Southeastern University is located in Lakeland, Florida and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s individualized major degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at SEU
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region list. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is a large public school situated in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. It awarded 0 masters’s individualized major degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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