2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in the Southeast Region

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In 2021-2022, 9,085 people earned their degree in general multi-/interdisciplinary studies, making the major the 94th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 3,923 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 general multi-/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,674 and $121,130 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 4 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.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree individualized major students.

Top 4 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies in the Southeast Region

1

Amridge University
Montgomery, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Amridge University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region list. Amridge University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Montgomery, Alabama. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at Amridge

2

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
Baton Rouge, Louisiana

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s individualized major degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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%.

Full Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

3

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Alabama. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region. Tuscaloosa, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s individualized major degrees to 1 students in 2021-2022.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.

Read more about General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies at The University of Alabama

4

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

Out of the 4 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Individualized Major Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Mississippi State is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 38 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Mississippi State General Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies Report

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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