2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Texas

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Texas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Texas, there were 660 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,008 and $25,356 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 185 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,954 and $18,599 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Texas” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their interdisciplinary studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Texas

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Texas”.

Top 3 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies in Texas

1

Victoria College
Victoria, Texas

$10,482 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Victoria College landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Victoria, Texas, this small public school handed out 185 diplomas to qualified associates’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2020-2021.

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2

Houston Community College
Houston, Texas

Top 15% overall quality in Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Houston Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Texas list. Located in Houston, Texas, this large public school awarded 0 diplomas to qualified associates’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2020-2021.

Full Houston Community College Interdisciplinary Studies Report

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University of St. Thomas
Houston, Texas

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of St. Thomas landed the #2 spot on the list. University of St. Thomas is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 associates’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Interdisciplinary Studies at University of St. Thomas

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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