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by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 94th most popular major in the country with 9,085 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 704 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 56 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,642 and $15,171 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Paul Smiths, New York. It awarded 8 associates’s individualized major degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Empire State College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. SUNY Empire State College is a public institution located in Saratoga Springs, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at SUNY Empire
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pennsylvania College of Technology. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, this small public school awarded 8 diplomas to qualified associates’s individualized major students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read full report on General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Penn College
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Southern Maryland landed the #5 spot on the list. CSM is a small school located in La Plata, Maryland that handed out 5 associates’s individualized major degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Geneva College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out associates’s individualized major degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Geneva
With a ranking of #6, Reading Area Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Reading, Pennsylvania, this small public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s individualized major students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Reading Area Community College General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report
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