2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies in District of Columbia

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 114,246 people earned their degree in multi / interdisciplinary studies, making the major the 13th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, multi / interdisciplinary studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,000 and had an average of $26,490 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 644 multi / interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,067 and $50,912 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 268 multi / interdisciplinary studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,525 and $61,455 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in multi / interdisciplinary studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality multi / interdisciplinary studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the multi / interdisciplinary studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies in District of Columbia

#1

George Washington University

Washington, District of Columbia

#1 in overall quality

$31,824 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia list. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 47 degrees to qualified masters’s multi / interdisciplinary studies students in 2019-2020.

GWU also made our “Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at George Washington University are $31,824, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies at George Washington University

#2

American University

Washington, District of Columbia

#3 in overall quality

$35,524 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend American University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia list. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s multi / interdisciplinary studies degrees to 47 students in 2019-2020.

The American University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at American University are $35,524.

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#3

Georgetown University

Washington, District of Columbia

#2 in overall quality

$53,591 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Schools for a Master’s in District of Columbia that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgetown University landed the #3 spot on the list. Georgetown University is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 169 masters’s multi / interdisciplinary studies degrees to qualified students.

Georgetown also made our “Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgetown are $53,591, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies at Georgetown University

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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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