2024 Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in District of Columbia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies is the 13th most popular major in the country with 115,895 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, multi / interdisciplinary studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $36,731 and had an average of $23,191 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 695 multi / interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $43,079 and $18,327 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in District of Columbia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in multi / interdisciplinary studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality multi / interdisciplinary studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the multi / interdisciplinary studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in District of Columbia.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies in District of Columbia

1

American University
Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$40,088 Average Net Price

$50,575 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, American University landed the #1 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s multi / interdisciplinary studies degrees to 203 students in 2020-2021.

The American University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in District of Columbia” list. It costs about $40,088 for district of columbia multi / interdisciplinary studies students per year to attend The American University.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 90%.

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2

Georgetown University
Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$32,108 Average Net Price

$69,885 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgetown University. It ranked #2 on our 2024 Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s multi / interdisciplinary studies degrees to 339 students in 2020-2021.

Georgetown not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in District of Columbia” list. It costs about $32,108 for district of columbia multi / interdisciplinary studies students per year to attend Georgetown University.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 98%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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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

• *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.