by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking.
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 Illinois, there were 67 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,041 and $31,000 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,317 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in interdisciplinary studies. To top this list, a school must have a successful interdisciplinary studies program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The interdisciplinary studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a fairly large public school situated in Edwardsville, Illinois. It awarded 9 masters’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Interdisciplinary Studies Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Interdisciplinary Studies Major in Illinois for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the #2 spot on the list. Northwestern is a large school located in Evanston, Illinois that handed out 2 masters’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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