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2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
97 Degrees Awarded
$19,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in interdisciplinary studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent interdisciplinary studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the interdisciplinary studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Park University

Parkville, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Park University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Parkville, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2019-2020.

Park University also made our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Park University is $20,118 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Mankato, Minnesota, this fairly large public school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $18,312 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Minnesota State 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%.

Full Minnesota State Mankato 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Moorhead landed the #3 spot on the list. Minnesota State University - Moorhead is a medium-sized public school situated in Moorhead, Minnesota. It awarded 6 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead is $19,300 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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

#4

Chadron State College

Chadron, Nebraska
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chadron State College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Chadron, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Chadron State College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Chadron State College is $15,997 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read full report on Interdisciplinary Studies at Chadron State College

#5

North Central University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 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 $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, North Central University landed the #5 spot on the list. North Central University is a small school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 1 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Central University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Central University is $21,646 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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