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2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
245 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in Washington For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Washington, there were 249 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,125 and $18,804 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 245 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies in Washington (With Aid)

#1

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Washington University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Cheney, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 90 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2019-2020.

EWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $12,607 for washington bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students with aid per year to attend Eastern Washington University.

Read full report on Interdisciplinary Studies at EWU

#2

Western Washington University

Bellingham, Washington

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. WWU is a fairly large school located in Bellingham, Washington that handed out 106 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our washington bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students with aid list, WWU has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $16,529 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students with aid per year to attend Western Washington University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Interdisciplinary Studies at Western Washington University

#3

Northwest University

Kirkland, Washington
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northwest University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid list. Kirkland, Washington is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

Northwest University also made our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $22,194 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students with aid per year to attend Northwest University.

The impressive 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 student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Tacoma Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid list. UW Tacoma is a medium-sized school located in Tacoma, Washington that handed out 35 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our washington bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students with aid list, UW Tacoma has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $10,817 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students with aid per year to attend UW Tacoma.

The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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 full report on Interdisciplinary Studies at UW Tacoma

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwest University - College of Adult and Professional Studies landed the #5 spot on the list. Northwest University CAPS is located in Kirkland, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.

Northwest University CAPS also took the #5 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Northwest University CAPS is $26,232 for washington bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Northwest University - College of Adult and Professional Studies Interdisciplinary Studies Report

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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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