2023 Schools Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Utah

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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 Utah, there were 98 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $34,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Utah” ranking, we looked at 2 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 Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Utah

The colleges and universities below are the best for utah interdisciplinary studies students.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies in Utah

1

Southern Utah University
Cedar City, Utah

#9 overall quality in Utah

$34,962 Average Early-Career Earnings

$13,549 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Cedar City, Utah, and it awarded 62 ’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

Full Southern Utah University Interdisciplinary Studies Report

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Dixie State University
Saint George, Utah

#10 overall quality in Utah

$35,951 Average Early-Career Earnings

$19,267 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Dixie State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Dixie State College is a public institution located in Saint George, Utah. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 36 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Interdisciplinary Studies at Dixie State University

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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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