2023 Best Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
78
Degrees Awarded
$29,000
Avg Cost*
Veterans have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Interdisciplinary Studies for an Associate” ranking.
Interdisciplinary Studies is the 86th most popular major in the country with 9,074 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, interdisciplinary studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $32,077 and had an average of $27,069 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 798 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,150 and $26,864 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 78 interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,164 and $17,633 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality interdisciplinary studies programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the interdisciplinary studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Interdisciplinary Studies for an Associate” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Interdisciplinary Studies for an Associate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Interdisciplinary Studies for an Associate”.
Top 1 Best Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans 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 #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Interdisciplinary Studies for an Associate list. Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science is located in Paul Smiths, New York and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 associates’s interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.
Paul Smith’s College also made our “Best Interdisciplinary Studies Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #1.Our most recent data shows that 45 of the 681 students enrolled at Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science were GI Bill® students, of which 30 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,948. During this same period, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Paul Smiths College of Arts and Science offers credit for military training for eligible students.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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