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2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
97 Degrees Awarded
$13,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Interdisciplinary Studies is the 109th most popular major in the country with 8,442 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, interdisciplinary studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,088 and had an average of $25,192 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Plains States region, there were 166 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $20,875 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 97 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great interdisciplinary studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the interdisciplinary studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Park University

Parkville, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Park University is located in Parkville, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 44 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.

Park University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Park University is $13,622 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Park University Interdisciplinary Studies Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #2 spot on the list. MSU Moorhead is a medium-sized public school situated in Moorhead, Minnesota. It awarded 6 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend MSU Moorhead is $12,484 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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 Interdisciplinary Studies at MSU Moorhead

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Minnesota State Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 5 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Minnesota State Mankato, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,057 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Interdisciplinary Studies at Minnesota State University - Mankato

#4

Chadron State College

Chadron, Nebraska
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Chadron State College landed the #4 spot on the list. Chadron State College is located in Chadron, Nebraska and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Chadron State College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $12,553 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Chadron State College.

Full Chadron State College Interdisciplinary Studies Report

#5

North Central University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Central University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students whose families make $0-$30k list, North Central University has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Central University is $17,582 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Interdisciplinary Studies at North Central University

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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