2023 Best Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Interdisciplinary Studies for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies is the 24th most popular major in the country with 34,975 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 2,358 other multi/interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Interdisciplinary Studies for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in other multi/interdisciplinary studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other multi/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 other multi/interdisciplinary studies program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Interdisciplinary Studies for a Doctorate
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree vets studying other interdisciplinary studies.
Top 2 Best Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Interdisciplinary Studies for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s other interdisciplinary studies degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.
UMN Twin Cities not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, UMN Twin Cities supports 52,017 students, and 752 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 436 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,020. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UMN Twin Cities does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
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Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Other Interdisciplinary Studies for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the #2 spot on the list. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 5 doctorate’s other interdisciplinary studies degrees in 2020-2021.
WUSTL not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, Washington University in St Louis supports 15,449 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 14 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,972. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Washington University in St Louis]](/colleges/washington-university-in-st-louis/student-life/veterans/)
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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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