2023 Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
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Ranked Colleges
173
Degrees Awarded
$37,300
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 94th most popular major in the country with 9,057 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across California, there were 200 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 173 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,566 and $21,995 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general multi-/interdisciplinary studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general multi-/interdisciplinary studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly in California for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in California for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in California
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend National University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in California for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s. La Jolla, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s individualized major degrees to 23 students in 2020-2021.
National University also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 18,070 students enrolled at National University were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full National University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Biola University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in California for Individualized Major for a Bachelor’s list. Biola is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Mirada, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Biola did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list.According to our most recent data, Biola supports 5,815 students, and 148 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 112 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $12,579. To help with additional expenses, 38 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Biola does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Biola]](/colleges/biola-university/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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