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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies in Texas (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
413 Degrees Awarded
$16,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in Texas For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Interdisciplinary Studies is the 109th most popular major in the country with 8,442 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, interdisciplinary studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $31,088 and had an average of $25,192 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 624 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,450 and $27,448 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 413 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in interdisciplinary studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great interdisciplinary studies programs and 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 interdisciplinary studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies in Texas (With Aid)

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 65 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.

UT Rio Grande Valley also took the #2 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $4,514 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students with aid per year to attend UT Rio Grande Valley.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at El Paso. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. UTEP is a large school located in El Paso, Texas that handed out 253 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students with aid list, UTEP has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $8,920 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students with aid per year to attend The University of Texas at El Paso.

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#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Stephen F Austin State University is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 13 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU also made our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $13,723 for texas bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students with aid per year to attend Stephen F Austin State University.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Houston Baptist University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid. Houston Baptist University is located in Houston, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.

HBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $19,962 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students with aid per year to attend Houston Baptist University.

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#5

Wiley College

Marshall, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wiley College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid list. Marshall, Texas is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Wiley College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $17,666 for texas bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students with aid per year to attend Wiley College.

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#6

Baylor University

Waco, Texas

Baylor University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Waco, Texas, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Baylor also took the #1 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. It costs about $36,039 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students with aid per year to attend Baylor University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%.

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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

Footnotes

  • *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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