2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region

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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 the Great Lakes region, there were 554 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,332 and $32,591 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region doctor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies in the Great Lakes Region

1

Western Michigan University
Kalamazoo, Michigan

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Michigan University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s interdisciplinary studies students in 2020-2021.

Full Western Michigan University Interdisciplinary Studies Report

2

Union Institute & University
Cincinnati, Ohio

Top 25% overall quality in Great Lakes

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Union Institute & University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. Cincinnati, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out doctorate’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read full report on Interdisciplinary Studies at Union Institute & University

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies

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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