2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

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In 2019-2020, 8,442 people earned their degree in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies, making the major the 120th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 725 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 91 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general multi-/interdisciplinary studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general multi-/interdisciplinary studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Geneva College

Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$16,158 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Geneva College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Geneva College is located in Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 associates’s individualized major degrees to qualified students.

Geneva also made our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Geneva is $16,158 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Individualized Major students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#2

Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science

Paul Smiths, New York

#2 in overall quality

$19,804 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is a small school located in Paul Smiths, New York that handed out 11 associates’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Paul Smith’s College, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $19,804 for Middle Atlantic Region Associate Degree Individualized Major students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science.

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• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $0-$30k)

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.

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