2025 Best Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in the Plains States Region
3Colleges in the Plains States Region
312Interdisciplinary Studies Degrees Awarded
$39,270Avg Early-Career Salary
Interdisciplinary Studies is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #86 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 312 degrees in interdisciplinary studies to qualified students.
Your choice of interdisciplinary studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Interdisciplinary Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Interdisciplinary Studies Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Interdisciplinary Studies in the Plains States Region
The schools below may not offer all types of interdisciplinary studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Plains States Region Schools in Interdisciplinary Studies
Every student who is interested in interdisciplinary studies needs to look into University of Iowa. Iowa is a very large public university located in the small city of Iowa City. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Iowa is a great university overall.
There were about 15 interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at Iowa in the most recent year we have data available.
Missouri State University - Springfield is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in interdisciplinary studies. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 48 schools for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were approximately 15 interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at Missouri State in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in interdisciplinary studies needs to check out Park University. Located in the large suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 16th out of 48 colleges for overall quality in the state of Missouri.
There were about 69 interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at Park University in the most recent year we have data available. Those interdisciplinary studies students who get their degree from Park University make $11,184 more than the average interdisciplinary studies graduate.
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.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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Your choice of interdisciplinary studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Interdisciplinary Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
