a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #63 out of 363 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for interdisciplinary studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 145 bachelor's degrees in interdisciplinary studies during the 2022-2023 academic year.
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Average Early-Career Salaries
Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for interdisciplinary studies students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Interdisciplinary Studies Schools
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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.
Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.
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Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in interdisciplinary studies has to take a look at Park University. Located in the large suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.
After graduation, interdisciplinary studies bachelor's recipients typically earn an average of $50,454 in the first five years of their career.
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
