by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Iowa” 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 Iowa, there were 20 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 18 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,980 and $30,839 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Iowa” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Iowa” list to help you make the college decision.
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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 Iowa”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Briar Cliff University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Iowa. Briar Cliff is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Sioux City, Iowa. It awarded 4 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Simpson College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Iowa list. Simpson College is located in Indianola, Iowa and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Interdisciplinary Studies at Simpson College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Dubuque. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Iowa. Located in Dubuque, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Interdisciplinary Studies at University of Dubuque
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Maharishi International University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Iowa list. This small school is located in Fairfield, Iowa, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Interdisciplinary Studies at Maharishi International University
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Iowa that were part of this year’s ranking, Clarke University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Dubuque, Iowa, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Read more about Interdisciplinary Studies at Clarke University
University of Iowa came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Iowa ranking. Iowa is located in Iowa City, Iowa and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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