Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other

27,119 students earn a multi/interdisciplinary studies, other credential each year across 656 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: $38,654
Typical earnings, 5 years out: $54,353

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Bachelor's programs — top 100 of 496 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1University of the PacificStockton, California92$104,8031 year out$182,091$15,500 2Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey414$88,6291 year out$102,164$11,474 3University of Arkansas GranthamLIttle Rock, Arkansas62$74,4321 year out$74,329$9,625 4Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania—$72,1741 year out$93,676$25,878 5University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan8$59,1051 year out$106,619$19,000 6Texas Southern UniversityHouston, Texas33$57,5111 year out$62,503$37,125 7Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana241$57,0051 year out—$26,000 8University of HoustonHouston, Texas269$56,9041 year out$58,563$21,500 9University of Houston-Clear LakeHouston, Texas282$56,6451 year out$57,855$20,904 10Rogers State UniversityClaremore, Oklahoma14$56,4391 year out$57,683$31,827 11Montana State University BillingsBillings, Montana8$55,9181 year out—$34,680 12University of Minnesota-CrookstonCrookston, Minnesota13$54,6561 year out$62,058$31,000 13Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts19$54,4561 year out$116,242$22,625 14Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, Texas—$54,0381 year out$56,249$21,668 15University of North TexasDenton, Texas540$53,7331 year out$58,140$23,573 16Northwestern State University of LouisianaNatchitoches, Louisiana6$53,4421 year out—$31,000 17The University of Texas Permian BasinOdessa, Texas12$53,1091 year out$54,906$17,750 18Sam Houston State UniversityHuntsville, Texas31$52,7921 year out$54,796$27,000 19University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia53$52,4631 year out$73,091$26,700 20The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas75$52,1621 year out$58,397$24,092 21Prairie View A & M UniversityPrairie View, Texas6$52,1481 year out$55,009$31,000 22Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts10$51,6151 year out——23Texas A&M University-Central TexasKilleen, Texas10$51,3981 year out$57,683$19,212 24The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas149$51,1071 year out$56,657$21,500 25Eastern Illinois UniversityCharleston, Illinois42$50,8621 year out$59,275$22,033 26Texas Tech UniversityLubbock, Texas215$50,6641 year out$56,016$22,800 27Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas595$50,2351 year out$56,370$20,500 28Texas A & M University-Corpus ChristiCorpus Christi, Texas151$50,0401 year out$51,541$24,816 29Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota140$49,7511 year out$61,930$35,110 30The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas8$49,7481 year out$58,562$19,500 31University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas428$49,7341 year out$59,058$28,237 32American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia125$49,4861 year out$69,087$23,000 33University of Hawaii-West OahuKapolei, Hawaii74$49,4641 year out$75,755$17,820 34University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia44$49,4211 year out$81,521$24,750 35East Texas A&M UniversityCommerce, Texas337$49,3651 year out$51,684$25,250 36The University of Texas at El PasoEl Paso, Texas3$49,3511 year out$54,209$22,512 37Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas195$49,2401 year out$53,495$25,000 38Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia186$49,1111 year out$51,371$25,125 39Virginia Wesleyan UniversityVirginia Beach, Virginia1$48,8411 year out$49,588$31,000 40Tarleton State UniversityStephenville, Texas170$48,3811 year out$50,554$24,562 41Texas A&M University-San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas288$48,2391 year out—$21,000 42University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado—$48,2291 year out—$23,831 43Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut—$47,9521 year out—$23,927 44Texas A&M University-VictoriaVictoria, Texas125$47,8031 year out$52,913$25,930 45University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts265$47,7621 year out$57,091$29,309 46Stephen F Austin State UniversityNacogdoches, Texas270$46,8711 year out$51,172$25,000 47West Texas A & M UniversityCanyon, Texas109$46,6141 year out$49,680$24,804 48Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland—$46,4551 year out—$13,750 49Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia191$46,3591 year out$49,302$27,000 50University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California2$46,1541 year out$85,005$15,000 51Texas A&M University-KingsvilleKingsville, Texas7$46,1231 year out$53,674$19,581 52Lamar UniversityBeaumont, Texas280$46,0641 year out$50,109$31,000 53Texas Wesleyan UniversityFort Worth, Texas28$45,9521 year out$53,953$29,711 54Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona216$45,8751 year out$63,362$25,000 55Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona166$45,8751 year out$63,362$25,000 56Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut78$45,7691 year out$130,467$13,500 57College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina30$45,6131 year out—$39,037 58California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtArcata, California32$45,4901 year out$45,421$18,196 59University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California70$45,4611 year out$93,915$14,500 60Boise State UniversityBoise, Idaho100$45,3691 year out$54,169$26,000 61Southwestern Oklahoma State UniversityWeatherford, Oklahoma—$44,8181 year out——62The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas0$44,5631 year out$53,919$23,984 63University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio229$44,4381 year out$57,856$27,000 64University of Cincinnati-Clermont CollegeBatavia, Ohio9$44,4381 year out$57,856$27,000 65University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash CollegeBlue Ash, Ohio7$44,4381 year out$57,856$27,000 66North Dakota State University-Main CampusFargo, North Dakota76$44,0641 year out$52,303$21,500 67Keene State CollegeKeene, New Hampshire5$43,7521 year out——68Midwestern State UniversityWichita Falls, Texas145$43,6671 year out$48,686$27,375 69Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania92$43,5931 year out$78,260$19,875 70Northeastern State UniversityTahlequah, Oklahoma30$43,3681 year out$59,214$30,750 71The University of Texas at TylerTyler, Texas252$43,3591 year out$47,658$26,658 72University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota455$42,3391 year out$66,786$20,500 73Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia1,356$42,2841 year out$52,839$28,375 74Metropolitan State University of DenverDenver, Colorado72$42,1961 year out$46,218$30,700 75Saint Cloud State UniversitySaint Cloud, Minnesota106$42,1921 year out$49,852$28,551 76College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts3$41,8201 year out$70,234$27,000 77The University of Texas Rio Grande ValleyEdinburg, Texas364$41,7571 year out$54,523$15,465 78Southern Oregon UniversityAshland, Oregon9$41,4541 year out—$29,271 79Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, New York63$41,4241 year out—$27,708 80Emmanuel CollegeBoston, Massachusetts3$41,3461 year out$54,902$27,000 81University of Wisconsin-SuperiorSuperior, Wisconsin44$41,2071 year out$46,724$31,000 82Texas A&M University-TexarkanaTexarkana, Texas47$41,1971 year out$41,768$23,690 83Indiana University-IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana—$40,5881 year out—$14,842 84LeTourneau UniversityLongview, Texas20$40,5061 year out—$24,188 85Winona State UniversityWinona, Minnesota42$40,4061 year out$51,281$29,750 86Utah Valley UniversityOrem, Utah26$40,2901 year out—$20,575 87Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland55$40,1501 year out$68,938$27,000 88University of North Carolina at PembrokePembroke, North Carolina209$39,9251 year out—$30,479 89Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah192$39,8701 year out$44,439$21,932 90University of New Hampshire College of Professional Studies OnlineManchester, New Hampshire28$39,8521 year out$54,353$27,000 91University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire9$39,8521 year out$54,353$27,000 92Radford UniversityRadford, Virginia111$39,5621 year out$50,527$25,000 93Miami University-OxfordOxford, Ohio21$39,4841 year out——94Emerson CollegeBoston, Massachusetts19$39,1831 year out—$25,987 95Angelo State UniversitySan Angelo, Texas145$39,1211 year out$45,627$23,556 96University of Alaska FairbanksFairbanks, Alaska45$39,1031 year out—$33,469 97National Louis UniversityChicago, Illinois52$38,7651 year out$47,095$28,202 98Western Michigan UniversityKalamazoo, Michigan171$38,7541 year out$45,373$31,000 99University of North Carolina at GreensboroGreensboro, North Carolina72$38,6541 year out—$28,537 100University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut54$38,6471 year out$62,769$23,307

Associate programs — top 100 of 164 colleges by graduate earnings

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Central Carolina Technical CollegeSumter, South Carolina33$59,4561 year out$55,751—2Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey71$58,8271 year out$85,754$11,312 3Tri-County Technical CollegePendleton, South Carolina24$51,3301 year out$64,143—4Bluegrass Community and Technical CollegeLexington, Kentucky68$48,3071 year out$63,608$13,077 5Aiken Technical CollegeGraniteville, South Carolina19$45,2361 year out——6Black River Technical CollegePocahontas, Arkansas—$43,0561 year out$36,800$13,360 7Maysville Community and Technical CollegeMaysville, Kentucky72$42,7181 year out$34,441$14,078 8Jefferson Community and Technical CollegeLouisville, Kentucky34$42,5491 year out—$15,503 9York Technical CollegeRock Hill, South Carolina51$42,1431 year out$53,327$8,250 10Midlands Technical CollegeWest Columbia, South Carolina67$41,7301 year out$42,294$16,000 11West Kentucky Community and Technical CollegePaducah, Kentucky41$39,9181 year out$34,140$10,000 12Liberty UniversityLynchburg, Virginia341$38,8051 year out$41,367$21,500 13Lawson State Community CollegeBirmingham, Alabama18$37,8551 year out——14Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma CityOklahoma City, Oklahoma208$37,0791 year out$43,143$15,659 15Northwest Shoals Community CollegeMuscle Shoals, Alabama43$35,9791 year out—$9,625 16Piedmont Technical CollegeGreenwood, South Carolina52$34,5171 year out$34,849$15,551 17Bishop State Community CollegeMobile, Alabama20$34,3061 year out$25,139—18Tulsa Community CollegeTulsa, Oklahoma264$34,2131 year out$40,703$14,014 19Trident Technical CollegeCharleston, South Carolina66$32,7251 year out—$12,000 20Greenville Technical CollegeGreenville, South Carolina28$31,7831 year out$57,914$17,814 21Somerset Community CollegeSomerset, Kentucky51$31,6431 year out$31,828$13,023 22University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical CollegeNorth Little Rock, Arkansas18$31,3601 year out—$9,125 23Spartanburg Community CollegeSpartanburg, South Carolina62$31,3531 year out$48,371—24University of Arkansas at MonticelloMonticello, Arkansas61$30,5231 year out$30,459$15,333 25Ashland Community and Technical CollegeAshland, Kentucky72$29,6381 year out$40,261$12,719 26Hazard Community and Technical CollegeHazard, Kentucky9$29,0241 year out——27Cossatot Community College of the University of ArkansasDe Queen, Arkansas21$27,5021 year out$46,527—28Brookdale Community CollegeLincroft, New Jersey70$27,1931 year out$45,171$13,000 29Sinclair Community CollegeDayton, Ohio0$27,0361 year out—$10,089 30Fullerton CollegeFullerton, California1,184—1 year out——31Raritan Valley Community CollegeBranchburg, New Jersey142—1 year out$59,578$8,178 32Hinds Community CollegeRaymond, Mississippi114—1 year out—$9,848 33Irvine Valley CollegeIrvine, California101—1 year out——34Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana68—1 year out——35Arkansas State University-NewportNewport, Arkansas64—1 year out——36Chaffey CollegeRancho Cucamonga, California53—1 year out——37County College of MorrisRandolph, New Jersey51—1 year out$57,993$9,500 38University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio44—1 year out——39Palo Verde CollegeBlythe, California40—1 year out——40Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, New York31—1 year out—$14,239 41Horry-Georgetown Technical CollegeConway, South Carolina30—1 year out$42,903—42Eastern Arizona CollegeThatcher, Arizona27—1 year out——43Orangeburg Calhoun Technical CollegeOrangeburg, South Carolina26—1 year out$53,441—44College of the DesertPalm Desert, California25—1 year out——45Technical College of the LowcountryBeaufort, South Carolina25—1 year out——46University of Arkansas Community College Rich MountainMena, Arkansas22—1 year out——47Milwaukee Area Technical CollegeMilwaukee, Wisconsin22—1 year out$36,883—48Southern Union State Community CollegeWadley, Alabama21—1 year out——49Trinity College of JacksonvilleJacksonville, Florida20—1 year out——50Bellevue CollegeBellevue, Washington20—1 year out——51University of Arkansas GranthamLIttle Rock, Arkansas20—1 year out—$8,364 52South Seattle CollegeSeattle, Washington18—1 year out——53Western Iowa Tech Community CollegeSioux City, Iowa17—1 year out——54Eastern Maine Community CollegeBangor, Maine17—1 year out——55Dakota County Technical CollegeRosemount, Minnesota17—1 year out$39,674$12,000 56Hennepin Technical CollegeBrooklyn Park, Minnesota17—1 year out—$35,439 57Oklahoma State University Institute of TechnologyOkmulgee, Oklahoma17—1 year out——58Central Alabama Community CollegeAlexander City, Alabama15—1 year out——59Inver Hills Community CollegeInver Grove Heights, Minnesota15—1 year out$69,116—60Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri13—1 year out——61Northeastern Technical CollegeCheraw, South Carolina13—1 year out——62West Virginia University at ParkersburgParkersburg, West Virginia13—1 year out——63Fox Valley Technical CollegeAppleton, Wisconsin10—1 year out——64Eastern Iowa Community College DistrictDavenport, Iowa9—1 year out——65Fort Hays Tech North CentralBeloit, Kansas9—1 year out——66Highlands College of Montana TechButte, Montana9—1 year out——67Central Wyoming CollegeRiverton, Wyoming9—1 year out——68Southeast Kentucky Community & Technical CollegeCumberland, Kentucky8—1 year out——69Arkansas State University-BeebeBeebe, Arkansas7—1 year out——70Mt San Jacinto Community College DistrictSan Jacinto, California7—1 year out——71Salina Area Technical CollegeSalina, Kansas7—1 year out——72Harford Community CollegeBel Air, Maryland7—1 year out——73Redlands Community CollegeEl Reno, Oklahoma7—1 year out——74Murray State CollegeTishomingo, Oklahoma7—1 year out——75Florence-Darlington Technical CollegeFlorence, South Carolina7—1 year out——76Williamsburg Technical CollegeKingstree, South Carolina7—1 year out——77Mid-State Technical CollegeWisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin7—1 year out——78Bismarck State CollegeBismarck, North Dakota6—1 year out——79Rogers State UniversityClaremore, Oklahoma6—1 year out——80Northcentral Technical CollegeWausau, Wisconsin6—1 year out——81Arkansas State University Mid-SouthWest Memphis, Arkansas5—1 year out——82City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California5—1 year out——83Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical CollegeBowling Green, Kentucky5—1 year out——84Alexandria Technical & Community CollegeAlexandria, Minnesota5—1 year out——85State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri5—1 year out——86Austin Community College DistrictAustin, Texas5—1 year out——87Del Mar CollegeCorpus Christi, Texas5—1 year out——88Renton Technical CollegeRenton, Washington5—1 year out——89Lakeshore Technical CollegeCleveland, Wisconsin5—1 year out——90Arkansas Northeastern CollegeBlytheville, Arkansas4—1 year out——91Flint Hills Technical CollegeEmporia, Kansas4—1 year out——92Rochester Community and Technical CollegeRochester, Minnesota4—1 year out$53,657$21,175 93Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and SciencesFayette, Missouri4—1 year out——94Wright State University-Lake CampusCelina, Ohio4—1 year out——95Dallas Christian CollegeDallas, Texas4—1 year out——96Chippewa Valley Technical CollegeEau Claire, Wisconsin4—1 year out——97Rio Salado CollegeTempe, Arizona3—1 year out——98University of Arkansas-East Arkansas Community CollegeForrest City, Arkansas3—1 year out——99University of Arkansas Hope-TexarkanaHope, Arkansas3—1 year out——100Hopkinsville Community CollegeHopkinsville, Kentucky3—1 year out——

Certificate programs — 47 colleges

CollegeGrads / yearEarnings 1 yearEarnings 5 yearsDebt

1Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana0$88,0141 year out—$14,000 2American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia63$45,2071 year out—$22,673 3University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania275$29,5851 year out$67,854$25,308 4Northeast Alabama Community CollegeRainsville, Alabama301$27,8901 year out—$5,439 5Citrus CollegeGlendora, California583—1 year out——6George C Wallace State Community College-HancevilleHanceville, Alabama369—1 year out——7Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida153—1 year out——8The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas152—1 year out——9Rio Salado CollegeTempe, Arizona124—1 year out——10Full Sail UniversityWinter Park, Florida111—1 year out——11State Technical College of MissouriLinn, Missouri86—1 year out——12Fresno City CollegeFresno, California54—1 year out——13Northeast State Community CollegeBlountville, Tennessee53—1 year out——14Cabrillo CollegeAptos, California39—1 year out——15North Arkansas CollegeHarrison, Arkansas37—1 year out——16University of Cincinnati-Main CampusCincinnati, Ohio24—1 year out——17Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia20—1 year out——18University of FloridaGainesville, Florida19—1 year out——19Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts19—1 year out——20Jacksonville UniversityJacksonville, Florida17—1 year out——21Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia13—1 year out——22University of Southern MississippiHattiesburg, Mississippi12—1 year out——23Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona11—1 year out——24Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts10—1 year out——25City College of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California9—1 year out——26Judson UniversityElgin, Illinois9—1 year out——27Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey6—1 year out——28The University of AlabamaTuscaloosa, Alabama5—1 year out——29Camden County CollegeBlackwood, New Jersey4—1 year out——30University of Wisconsin-ParksideKenosha, Wisconsin3—1 year out——31Northern Arizona UniversityFlagstaff, Arizona2—1 year out——32University of KentuckyLexington, Kentucky2—1 year out——33Northern Maine Community CollegePresque Isle, Maine2—1 year out——34Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon2—1 year out——35Western Oregon UniversityMonmouth, Oregon2—1 year out——36College of the CanyonsSanta Clarita, California1—1 year out——37Georgia Southwestern State UniversityAmericus, Georgia1—1 year out——38Pittsburg State UniversityPittsburg, Kansas1—1 year out——39University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland1—1 year out——40Delta CollegeUniversity Center, Michigan1—1 year out——41Highlands College of Montana TechButte, Montana1—1 year out——42The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana1—1 year out——43Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey1—1 year out——44Ohio University-Main CampusAthens, Ohio1—1 year out——45Utah State UniversityLogan, Utah1—1 year out——46University of IowaIowa City, Iowa——1 year out—$16,500 47Northeastern Technical CollegeCheraw, South Carolina——1 year out$39,581—

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 (—).