by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Alabama” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 Alabama, there were 364 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,098 and $29,470 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 335 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,756 and $28,178 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Alabama” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered a degree in interdisciplinary studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in interdisciplinary studies.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Alabama”.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University at Montgomery landed the #1 spot on the list. Auburn University at Montgomery is a medium-sized school located in Montgomery, Alabama that handed out 44 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Alabama. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Alabama. University of North Alabama is located in Florence, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 61 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, University of South Alabama landed the #3 spot on the list. University of South Alabama is located in Mobile, Alabama and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 85 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Alabama. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Alabama list. The University of Alabama is located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 99 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Alabama. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school awarded 42 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Faulkner University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Alabama ranking. This small school is located in Montgomery, Alabama, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #7, Samford University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Alabama list. Samford is located in Birmingham, Alabama and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Oakwood University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Alabama ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Huntsville, Alabama, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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