Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General

8,859 students earn a multi-/interdisciplinary studies, general credential each year across 301 US colleges. Earnings below are the median for each school's graduates one and five years after finishing; debt is the median federal loan balance at completion.

Typical earnings, 1 year out: $35,174
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $48,160

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 245 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania20$74,7341 year out$90,977$24,960 2Indiana University-EastRichmond, Indiana6$60,5131 year out——3Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, New York14$57,9061 year out$59,695$31,142 4Park UniversityParkville, Missouri68$50,4541 year out—$23,369 5University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma79$46,6141 year out$58,308$23,000 6The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama92$44,8381 year out$52,664$29,311 7Touro UniversityNew York, New York135$41,6921 year out$57,888$16,417 8Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach, Florida26$41,5241 year out—$29,319 9Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, Florida7$41,5241 year out—$29,319 10University of ToledoToledo, Ohio17$41,5131 year out$44,707$31,355 11Keiser University-Ft LauderdaleFort Lauderdale, Florida125$40,9751 year out$39,958$41,026 12Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia30$40,7171 year out—$27,832 13University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington25$39,7151 year out$44,430$15,215 14University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington—$39,7151 year out$44,430$15,215 15Fitchburg State UniversityFitchburg, Massachusetts35$39,5301 year out$52,167$26,000 16University of ArizonaTucson, Arizona260$39,4871 year out$53,789$25,000 17Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama21$39,4141 year out$49,480$23,000 18Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington60$39,3251 year out$54,564$24,750 19Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho123$38,8311 year out$53,063$31,613 20CUNY York CollegeJamaica, New York12$38,7181 year out——21University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida772$37,2821 year out$50,442$24,700 22Fairleigh Dickinson University-Florham CampusMadison, New Jersey27$37,1831 year out$48,160$25,000 23Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, New Jersey13$37,1831 year out$48,160$25,000 24University of ArkansasFayetteville, Arkansas44$36,5881 year out—$30,944 25Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida480$35,4761 year out—$24,025 26Trinity College of JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida—$35,2821 year out—$21,875 27Jackson State UniversityJackson, Mississippi—$35,1741 year out$41,366$42,752 28Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida330$34,9571 year out$50,873$22,324 29University of MississippiUniversity, Mississippi146$34,6071 year out—$24,525 30Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, Florida285$34,3281 year out—$19,500 31Western Washington UniversityBellingham, Washington58$34,1191 year out$48,524$24,055 32National UniversitySan Diego, California25$34,0121 year out$57,291$33,094 33Bethel UniversityMishawaka, Indiana6$33,5961 year out—$46,989 34Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths, New York6$33,3331 year out——35Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona84$32,4521 year out$47,828$26,899 36Utah Tech UniversitySaint George, Utah22$32,4501 year out—$25,996 37Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho833$32,2471 year out$38,086$13,730 38College of Coastal GeorgiaBrunswick, Georgia25$32,0491 year out—$24,725 39Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania77$31,9551 year out$46,977$26,264 40University of South AlabamaMobile, Alabama76$31,6301 year out$44,628$29,625 41Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, Illinois54$31,5701 year out—$30,357 42Eastern Oregon UniversityLa Grande, Oregon46$31,2911 year out—$37,568 43California State University-FresnoFresno, California—$30,8911 year out—$20,202 44Auburn University at MontgomeryMontgomery, Alabama83$30,6941 year out—$31,500 45Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas29$30,6871 year out—$27,000 46Florida Agricultural and Mechanical UniversityTallahassee, Florida110$30,1071 year out$40,260$31,000 47Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania46$30,0991 year out—$25,990 48University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky26$29,5291 year out—$26,000 49University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida119$29,0211 year out$51,720$22,500 50Wiley UniversityMarshall, Texas28$24,6291 year out$44,597$30,000 51Savannah State UniversitySavannah, Georgia15$23,6311 year out—$35,576 52College of the AtlanticBar Harbor, Maine—$23,0031 year out$38,763$25,475 53Coker UniversityHartsville, South Carolina9$21,5741 year out—$29,116 54The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas206—1 year out——55West Virginia UniversityMorgantown, West Virginia144—1 year out——56The University of Tennessee-MartinMartin, Tennessee125—1 year out——57Tennessee Technological UniversityCookeville, Tennessee104—1 year out——58Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut99—1 year out——59The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas97—1 year out——60Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania76—1 year out——61Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia76—1 year out——62Mississippi State UniversityMississippi State, Mississippi70—1 year out——63University of Massachusetts GlobalAliso Viejo, California67—1 year out——64Texas A & M International UniversityLaredo, Texas66—1 year out——65Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, Connecticut63—1 year out—$26,831 66Central State UniversityWilberforce, Ohio60—1 year out——67Houston Christian UniversityHouston, Texas57—1 year out$44,573$31,000 68Elizabeth City State UniversityElizabeth City, North Carolina52—1 year out—$32,021 69Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania42—1 year out——70East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina38—1 year out——71University of IowaIowa City, Iowa37—1 year out——72Howard UniversityWashington, District of Columbia36—1 year out——73Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityWeatherford, Oklahoma35—1 year out——74University of West FloridaPensacola, Florida32—1 year out——75Le Moyne-Owen CollegeMemphis, Tennessee32—1 year out——76Columbus State UniversityColumbus, Georgia30—1 year out——77Southern Utah UniversityCedar City, Utah27—1 year out——78Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, Michigan26—1 year out——79Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut25—1 year out—$26,000 80Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania24—1 year out——81Berry CollegeMount Berry, Georgia23—1 year out——82Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina21—1 year out——83University of West GeorgiaCarrollton, Georgia20—1 year out——84Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland20—1 year out——85Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island20—1 year out——86Mid-America Christian UniversityOklahoma City, Oklahoma20—1 year out——87Colorado State University GlobalDenver, Colorado18—1 year out——88Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey17—1 year out——89Augusta UniversityAugusta, Georgia17—1 year out——90Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, Connecticut16—1 year out——91Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana16—1 year out——92Georgian Court UniversityLakewood, New Jersey16—1 year out——93Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio16—1 year out——94East Central UniversityAda, Oklahoma16—1 year out——95University of Northern ColoradoGreeley, Colorado14—1 year out——96Shorter UniversityRome, Georgia14—1 year out——97George Fox UniversityNewberg, Oregon14—1 year out——98Hardin-Simmons UniversityAbilene, Texas14—1 year out——99Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, Texas14—1 year out——100Maranatha Baptist UniversityWatertown, Wisconsin14—1 year out$31,528—

Associate programs — 47 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Southern Arkansas University TechCamden, Arkansas32$43,7561 year out—$9,625 2Victoria CollegeVictoria, Texas158$32,2761 year out—$7,829 3Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, Oklahoma27$26,4511 year out—$14,250 4Brigham Young University-IdahoRexburg, Idaho190—1 year out——5Bellevue UniversityBellevue, Nebraska23—1 year out——6Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky18—1 year out——7College of Southern MarylandLa Plata, Maryland18—1 year out——8Fort Hays State University-Northwest Kansas Technical CollegeGoodland, Kansas15—1 year out——9Pellissippi State Community CollegeKnoxville, Tennessee13—1 year out——10University of St ThomasHouston, Texas12—1 year out——11College of Southern IdahoTwin Falls, Idaho11—1 year out——12Columbia State Community CollegeColumbia, Tennessee11—1 year out——13University of New Mexico-Valencia County CampusLos Lunas, New Mexico10—1 year out——14Anoka-Ramsey Community CollegeCoon Rapids, Minnesota9—1 year out——15Paul Smiths College of Arts and SciencePaul Smiths, New York8—1 year out——16University of Cincinnati-Clermont CollegeBatavia, Ohio8—1 year out——17Pennsylvania College of TechnologyWilliamsport, Pennsylvania8—1 year out——18Riverland Community CollegeAustin, Minnesota6—1 year out——19Cairn University-LanghorneLanghorne, Pennsylvania6—1 year out——20Arkansas Baptist CollegeLittle Rock, Arkansas5—1 year out——21Ohio Dominican UniversityColumbus, Ohio5—1 year out——22Redlands Community CollegeEl Reno, Oklahoma5—1 year out——23Maranatha Baptist UniversityWatertown, Wisconsin5—1 year out——24Butler Community CollegeEl Dorado, Kansas4—1 year out——25Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and TechnologyWichita, Kansas3—1 year out——26Nashville State Community CollegeNashville, Tennessee3—1 year out——27Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee3—1 year out——28Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin3—1 year out——29Kansas Christian CollegeOverland Park, Kansas2—1 year out——30Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio2—1 year out——31Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin2—1 year out——32Waukesha County Technical CollegePewaukee, Wisconsin2—1 year out——33Georgia Military CollegeMilledgeville, Georgia2—1 year out——34Des Moines Area Community CollegeAnkeny, Iowa1—1 year out——35Fort Scott Community CollegeFort Scott, Kansas1—1 year out——36Hutchinson Community CollegeHutchinson, Kansas1—1 year out——37Manhattan Area Technical CollegeManhattan, Kansas1—1 year out——38Gateway Community and Technical CollegeFlorence, Kentucky1—1 year out——39Garrett CollegeMcHenry, Maryland1—1 year out——40Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, New York1—1 year out——41Owens Community CollegePerrysburg, Ohio1—1 year out——42Waynesburg UniversityWaynesburg, Pennsylvania1—1 year out——43Bryan College-DaytonDayton, Tennessee1—1 year out——44Blackhawk Technical CollegeJanesville, Wisconsin1—1 year out——45Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin1—1 year out——46Northeast Wisconsin Technical CollegeGreen Bay, Wisconsin1—1 year out——47Northwood Technical CollegeRice Lake, Wisconsin1—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 23 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia26$48,4461 year out$74,599$22,250 2University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado—$43,1931 year out—$24,000 3Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana197—1 year out——4Ivy Tech Community CollegeIndianapolis, Indiana109—1 year out——5University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts21—1 year out——6Missouri Southern State UniversityJoplin, Missouri18—1 year out——7Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida16—1 year out——8Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah11—1 year out——9Skagit Valley CollegeMount Vernon, Washington11—1 year out——10Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California9—1 year out——11University of ToledoToledo, Ohio9—1 year out——12Eastern Kentucky UniversityRichmond, Kentucky7—1 year out——13Lorain County Community CollegeElyria, Ohio6—1 year out——14Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio5—1 year out——15University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky4—1 year out——16Calvin UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan4—1 year out——17Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas4—1 year out——18Southeastern UniversityLakeland, Florida3—1 year out——19University of KansasLawrence, Kansas3—1 year out——20Arapahoe Community CollegeLittleton, Colorado2—1 year out——21Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona1—1 year out——22Illinois Wesleyan UniversityBloomington, Illinois1—1 year out——23Redlands Community CollegeEl Reno, Oklahoma1—1 year out——

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data (4-digit CIP). Graduates are conferrals in the most recent IPEDS year; earnings cover federally-aided completers who are working and not enrolled; medians for small programs are privacy-suppressed (—).