2022 Best Value Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Illinois, there were 59 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general multi-/interdisciplinary studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general multi-/interdisciplinary studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Value Individualized Major Schools in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Individualized Major Schools in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Individualized Major Schools in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $75-$110k) in Illinois

#1

Western Illinois University

Macomb, Illinois

#1 in overall quality

$20,181 Average Net Price

$37,263 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Individualized Major Schools in Illinois For Those Making $75-$110k list. WIU is a medium-sized public school situated in Macomb, Illinois. It awarded 2 ’s individualized major degrees in 2019-2020.

WIU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in Illinois” ranking. It costs about $20,181 for Illinois Individualized Major students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Western Illinois University.

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

• Best Value Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Great Lakes Region
• Best Value Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies (Income $75-$110k)

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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