2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Southwest Region

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In 2020-2021, 34,975 people earned their degree in other multi/interdisciplinary studies, making the major the 32nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, other multi/interdisciplinary studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $38,266 and had an average of $24,430 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 10,590 other multi/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,556 and $24,737 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 3 other multi/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other multi/interdisciplinary studies. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their other multi/interdisciplinary studies program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies in the Southwest Region

1

University of Oklahoma Norman Campus
Norman, Oklahoma

#20 overall quality in Southwest

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oklahoma Norman Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Oklahoma Norman Campus is located in Norman, Oklahoma and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 doctorate’s other interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies at University of Oklahoma

2

University of Arizona
Tucson, Arizona

#19 overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Other Interdisciplinary Studies Major in the Southwest Region. Located in Tucson, Arizona, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s other interdisciplinary studies students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full University of Arizona Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

• Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Other Multi/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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