Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #12 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 Rhode Island to determine which ones were the best for multi / interdisciplinary studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 386 bachelor's degrees in multi / 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
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to multi / interdisciplinary studies students as compared to other majors.
Major Demand - The number of multi / interdisciplinary studies students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
Student Debt - How easy is it for multi / 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 multi / interdisciplinary studies related body.
Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for multi / interdisciplinary studies students working on their bachelor's degree.
More Ways to Rank Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Rhode Island ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that 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.
Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.
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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.
by our College Data Analytics Team
