2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in Minnesota

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in Minnesota” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 94th most popular major in the country with 9,085 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across Minnesota, there were 26 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,977 and $22,716 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in Minnesota” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies. That schools that top this list have a program in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in Minnesota

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota bachelor’s degree individualized major students.

Top 5 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in Minnesota

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Minnesota State University - Moorhead
Moorhead, Minnesota

#24 overall quality in Minnesota

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in Minnesota. MSU Moorhead is a small school located in Moorhead, Minnesota that handed out 2 bachelors’s individualized major degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Minnesota State University - Moorhead

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Minnesota State University - Mankato
Mankato, Minnesota

#17 overall quality in Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in Minnesota list. Minnesota State University - Mankato is located in Mankato, Minnesota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s individualized major degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Minnesota State University - Mankato General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

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Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Winona, Minnesota

#9 overall quality in Minnesota

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in Minnesota list. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is a small school located in Winona, Minnesota that handed out 0 bachelors’s individualized major degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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 more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota

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North Central University
Minneapolis, Minnesota

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in Minnesota that were part of this year’s ranking, North Central University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s individualized major students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at North Central University

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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