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2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
97 Degrees Awarded
$16,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the Plains States region, there were 166 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $20,875 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 97 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in interdisciplinary studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent interdisciplinary studies programs, but they also 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 the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interdisciplinary Studies in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Park University

Parkville, Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Park University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Parkville, Missouri. It awarded 44 bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Park University also took the #2 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Park University is $15,579 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students with aid.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Minnesota State Mankato is a public institution located in Mankato, Minnesota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students with aid list, Minnesota State Mankato has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,221 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students with aid per year to attend Minnesota State Mankato.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Interdisciplinary Studies at Minnesota State Mankato

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minnesota State University - Moorhead. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Moorhead, Minnesota is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

MSU Moorhead also took the #3 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MSU Moorhead is $16,893 for plains states region bachelor’s degree interdisciplinary studies students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4

North Central University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Central University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

North Central University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for North Central University is $21,142 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Interdisciplinary Studies at North Central University

#5

Chadron State College

Chadron, Nebraska
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Chadron State College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Chadron, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

Chadron State College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Chadron State College is $14,268 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interdisciplinary Studies students with aid.

Read more about Interdisciplinary Studies at Chadron State College

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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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