by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Interdisciplinary Studies is the 86th most popular major in the country with 9,074 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, interdisciplinary studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,077 and had an average of $27,069 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 798 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,150 and $26,864 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 78 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies. That schools that top this list have a program in interdisciplinary studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree interdisciplinary studies students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend ASA College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Brooklyn, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out associates’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This small school is located in Paul Smiths, New York, and it awarded 5 associates’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Interdisciplinary Studies at Paul Smith’s College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Empire State College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Saratoga Springs, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 20 diplomas to qualified associates’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Pennsylvania College of Technology landed the #4 spot on the list. Penn College is located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 6 associates’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Southern Maryland. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. CSM is located in La Plata, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 7 associates’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
Reading Area Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Reading, Pennsylvania, this small public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2020-2021.
Full Reading Area Community College Interdisciplinary Studies Report
Geneva College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Geneva College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania. It awarded 8 associates’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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