2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Intercultural/Multicultural & Diversity Studies in the Plains States Region

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In 2019-2020, 462 people earned their degree in intercultural/multicultural and diversity studies, making the major the 749th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 57 intercultural/multicultural and diversity studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 20 intercultural/multicultural and diversity studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in intercultural/multicultural and diversity studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent intercultural/multicultural and diversity studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the intercultural/multicultural and diversity studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree intercultural/multicultural and diversity studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Intercultural/Multicultural & Diversity Studies in the Plains States Region

#1

North Central University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$21,142 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Central University landed the #1 spot on the list. North Central University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s intercultural/multicultural and diversity studies degrees to qualified students.

North Central University also made our “Best Intercultural/Multicultural & Diversity Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $21,142 for plains states region bachelor’s degree intercultural/multicultural and diversity studies students per year to attend North Central University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Macalester College

Saint Paul, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$28,426 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Macalester College landed the #2 spot on the list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s intercultural/multicultural and diversity studies degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Macalester not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Intercultural/Multicultural & Diversity Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $28,426 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies students per year to attend Macalester.

The low student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Intercultural/Multicultural & Diversity Studies at Macalester College

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Intercultural/Multicultural & Diversity 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

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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