Interdisciplinary Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #63 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for interdisciplinary studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 327 bachelor's degrees in interdisciplinary studies to qualified students.
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Early-Career Earnings
One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of bachelor's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their bachelor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.
Other Factors We Consider
In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:
Major Focus - How much a school focuses on interdisciplinary studies students vs. other majors.
Major Demand - The number of interdisciplinary studies students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
Student Debt - How easy is it for interdisciplinary studies to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor's degree.
Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized interdisciplinary studies related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for interdisciplinary studies students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Interdisciplinary Studies Schools
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.
In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat.
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University of Toledo is a great option for students pursuing a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies. Located in the large city of Toledo, University of Toledo is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the interdisciplinary studies program state that they receive average early career earnings of $41,513.
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville is a wonderful choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies. Located in the suburb of Edwardsville, SIUE is a public university with a large student population.
Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the interdisciplinary studies program state that they receive average early career earnings of $31,570.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
by our College Data Analytics Team
