2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies
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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.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7,393 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 78 colleges that offered a degree 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies
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 list. Located in Parkville, Missouri, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Park University is $15,579 for Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students.
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Out of the 78 schools in the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Idaho landed the #2 spot on the list. Brigham Young University - Idaho is located in Rexburg, Idaho and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 143 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for BYU - I is $7,167 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Brigham Young University - Idaho Interdisciplinary Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Slippery Rock, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 88 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students list, SRU has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania is $19,926 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University Northwest. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s. This medium-sized school is located in Hammond, Indiana, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Purdue University Northwest is $11,250 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fitchburg State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s. Fitchburg State is a medium-sized school located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts that handed out 105 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.
Fitchburg State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $16,001 for Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students per year to attend Fitchburg State.
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With a ranking of #6, Florida Atlantic University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. FAU is a public institution located in Boca Raton, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 500 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at FAU, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend FAU is $10,186 for Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students.
Hodges University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Hodges University is located in Naples, Florida and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
International College also made our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #23. It costs about $21,577 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students per year to attend Hodges University.
University of North Florida came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of North Florida is a fairly large public school situated in Jacksonville, Florida. It awarded 103 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.
UNF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #14 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UNF is $9,606 for Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Edinburg, Texas, and it awarded 65 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.
UT Rio Grande Valley also made our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #22. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is $4,514 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 UT Rio Grande Valley
University of Central Florida came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Orlando, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 879 students in 2019-2020.
UCF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for UCF is $10,274 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students.
The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Touro College landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. New York, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 164 students in 2019-2020.
Touro not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $19,272 for Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students per year to attend Touro.
With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
With a ranking of #12, Chadron State College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Chadron, Nebraska, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $14,268 for Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students per year to attend Chadron State College.
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University of South Alabama ranked #13 on this year’s Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of South Alabama is a fairly large public school situated in Mobile, Alabama. It awarded 111 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for USA is $15,501 for Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students.
Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. SWOSU is a small public school situated in Weatherford, Oklahoma. It awarded 12 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Southwestern Oklahoma State University is $12,891 for Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students.
College of Coastal Georgia came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. College of Coastal Georgia is a small public school situated in Brunswick, Georgia. It awarded 23 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.
It costs about $12,990 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students per year to attend CCGA.
Full College of Coastal Georgia Interdisciplinary Studies Report
The University of Tennessee - Martin ranked #16 on this year’s Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Martin, Tennessee is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 147 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $10,955 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students per year to attend The University of Tennessee - Martin.
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Minnesota State University - Moorhead came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Moorhead, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $16,893 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students per year to attend MSU Moorhead.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Florida International University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #18. FIU is a large school located in Miami, Florida that handed out 212 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend FIU is $7,296 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #19. Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 162 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale also made our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #13. It costs about $33,428 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students per year to attend Keiser University - Ft Lauderdale.
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University of Oklahoma Norman Campus ranked #20 on this year’s Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Norman, Oklahoma, and it awarded 91 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at University of Oklahoma, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $21,145 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students per year to attend University of Oklahoma.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Full University of Oklahoma Interdisciplinary Studies Report
University of Toledo ranked #21 on this year’s Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Toledo, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 144 students in 2019-2020.
University of Toledo also took the #24 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Toledo is $17,630 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students.
With a ranking of #22, Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 164 students in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Florida A&M University is $15,060 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Read full report on Interdisciplinary Studies at Florida A&M University
Western Illinois University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #22. Western Illinois University is located in Macomb, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for WIU is $16,210 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students.
North Central University came in at #24 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. North Central University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Central University, the school also landed the #19 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Central University is $21,142 for Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students.
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%.
Full North Central University Interdisciplinary Studies Report
Cambridge College landed the #25 spot on the 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Cambridge College is located in Boston, Massachusetts and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
The yearly cost to attend Cambridge College is $26,993 for bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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- 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%.
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- 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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