2024 Best Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in Tennessee
3Colleges in Tennessee
350Interdisciplinary Studies Degrees Awarded
$31,020Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in interdisciplinary studies, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #86 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Tennessee to determine which ones were the best for interdisciplinary studies students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 350 degrees in interdisciplinary studies during the 2021-2022 academic year.
The interdisciplinary studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Interdisciplinary Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for interdisciplinary studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
The interdisciplinary studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Interdisciplinary Studies Schools in Tennessee.
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Best Schools for Interdisciplinary Studies in Tennessee
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the interdisciplinary studies degree levels they offer.
Top Tennessee Schools in Interdisciplinary Studies
Any student who is interested in interdisciplinary studies has to look into Lipscomb University. Located in the large city of Nashville, Lipscomb is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #577 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Lipscomb is a great university overall.
There were about 12 interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at Lipscomb in the most recent year we have data available. Those interdisciplinary studies students who get their degree from Lipscomb University earn $4,430 more than the standard interdisciplinary studies grad.
The University of Tennessee - Martin is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in interdisciplinary studies. Located in the remote town of Martin, UT Martin is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 31st out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 150 interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at UT Martin in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga if you wish to pursue a degree in interdisciplinary studies. UT Chattanooga is a large public university located in the medium-sized city of Chattanooga. This university ranks 16th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of Tennessee.
There were roughly 13 interdisciplinary studies students who graduated with this degree at UT Chattanooga in the most recent year we have data available. After graduating, interdisciplinary studies degree recipients usually make around $26,590 at the beginning of their careers.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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The interdisciplinary studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Interdisciplinary Studies rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for interdisciplinary studies schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
