2023 Best Value Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in the New England Region (With Aid)
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Ranked Colleges
459
Degrees Awarded
$21,900
Avg Net Price*
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 in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.
General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 94th most popular major in the country with 9,057 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the New England region, there were 459 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Individualized Major Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general multi-/interdisciplinary studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Individualized Major Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Individualized Major Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid.
Top 3 Best Value Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in the New England Region (With Aid)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fitchburg State University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Individualized Major Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, this medium-sized public school awarded 99 diplomas to qualified ’s individualized major students in 2020-2021.
Fitchburg State also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Fitchburg State University is $16,806 for New England Region Individualized Major students with aid.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Fitchburg State
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cambridge College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Individualized Major Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s individualized major degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
Cambridge College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in the New England Region” list.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Read full report on General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Cambridge College
Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Individualized Major Schools in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Colby - Sawyer College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in New London, New Hampshire, and it awarded 7 ’s individualized major degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colby - Sawyer, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Colby - Sawyer is $26,973 for New England Region Individualized Major students with aid.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Colby - Sawyer
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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
- *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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