2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies in Colorado

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In 2020-2021, 9,074 people earned their degree in interdisciplinary studies, making the major the 86th most popular in the United States. 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 Colorado, there were 47 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $49,274 and $27,748 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 47 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,670 and $29,027 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Colorado” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree 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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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Colorado

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Colorado”.

Top 3 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies in Colorado

1

Colorado State University - Global Campus
Greenwood Village, Colorado

#6 overall quality in Colorado

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Global Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Greenwood Village, Colorado, this fairly large public school awarded 29 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Colorado State University - Global Campus Interdisciplinary Studies Report

2

University of Colorado at Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, Colorado

#14 overall quality in Colorado

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado at Colorado Springs landed the #2 spot on the list. UCCS is a public institution located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full UCCS Interdisciplinary Studies Report

3

Colorado State University - Pueblo
Pueblo, Colorado

Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Colorado that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Pueblo landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Pueblo, Colorado, this medium-sized public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Interdisciplinary Studies at Colorado State University - Pueblo

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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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