2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 547 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,300 and $21,860 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 48 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality interdisciplinary studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree interdisciplinary studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

Green Bay, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$10,340 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeast Wisconsin Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. NWTC is a fairly large school located in Green Bay, Wisconsin that handed out 5 associates’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

NWTC also took the #1 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NWTC is $10,340 for great lakes region associate degree interdisciplinary studies students.

Read more about Interdisciplinary Studies at Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

#2

Milwaukee Area Technical College

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

#2 in overall quality

$9,076 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Milwaukee Area Technical College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region. Milwaukee Area Technical College is a fairly large school located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin that handed out 13 associates’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

MATC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend MATC is $9,076 for great lakes region associate degree interdisciplinary studies students.

Read full report on Interdisciplinary Studies at MATC

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies

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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