2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 120th most popular major in the country with 8,442 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 4,140 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 89 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general multi-/interdisciplinary studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree individualized major students whose families make $0-$30k.

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

#1

Southern Arkansas University Tech

Camden, Arkansas

#2 in overall quality

$9,607 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Arkansas University Tech. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. SAU Tech is a small public school situated in Camden, Arkansas. It awarded 38 associates’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.

SAU Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend SAU Tech is $9,607 for southeast region associate degree individualized major students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at SAU Tech

#2

Hodges University

Naples, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$20,916 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Hodges University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Individualized Major Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Naples, Florida, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified associates’s individualized major students in 2019-2020.

International College also made our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Hodges University is $20,916 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Individualized Major students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Hodges University

• 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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