2024 Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Schools
86Colleges in the United States
9,057Individualized Major Degrees Awarded
Ranked #94 in popularity, general multi-/interdisciplinary studies is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 86 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Schools ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 9,057 degrees in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies School
The individualized major program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for general multi-/interdisciplinary studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Pick Your General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
Best Schools for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in the United States
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the individualized major degrees they offer, see the list below. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Any student who is interested in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies needs to check out University of Southern California. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Los Angeles. A Best Colleges rank of #11 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means USC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 27 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at USC in the most recent data year.
University of Arizona is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies. Located in the city of Tucson, University of Arizona is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #133 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Arizona is a great university overall.
There were about 294 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Arizona in the most recent data year.
University of Central Florida is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies. UCF is a very large public university located in the suburb of Orlando. A Best Colleges rank of #193 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UCF is a great university overall.
There were roughly 841 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at UCF in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Scottsdale, ASU - Skysong is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 8th out of 26 schools for overall quality in the state of Arizona.
There were approximately 31 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Skysong in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized suburb of Norman, University of Oklahoma is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #140 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means University of Oklahoma is a great university overall.
There were about 64 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at University of Oklahoma in the most recent year we have data available.
FIU is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Miami. A Best Colleges rank of #183 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means FIU is a great university overall.
There were about 630 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at FIU in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Boise, Boise State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 2nd out of 10 schools for overall quality in the state of Idaho.
There were about 148 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at Boise State in the most recent data year.
ASU - Tempe is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tempe. A Best Colleges rank of #119 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were roughly 36 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
IU Bloomington is a very large public university located in the small city of Bloomington. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were roughly 20 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #139 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UA is a great university overall.
There were about 100 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 31st out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were about 58 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at SIUE in the most recent year we have data available.
Here are some additional great schools for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies students that almost earned our Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Schools award.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Credit for the banner image above goes to UTDallas.