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2023 Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor's Degree Schools

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Finding the Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 16,258 people earned a degree or certificate in multi / interdisciplinary studies, making the major the #13 most popular in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 106 schools in the United States to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best for multi / interdisciplinary studies majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

Top 15% Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Keck Graduate Institute

Claremont, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Keck Graduate Institute the best school in the United States for multi / interdisciplinary studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Claremont, KGI is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Massachusetts Institute of Technology is a great place for multi / interdisciplinary studies students working on their doctor’s degree. MIT is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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#3

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Carnegie Mellon University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Carnegie Mellon is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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Out of the 106 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute landed the # 4 spot on the list. RPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Troy.

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#5

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Out of the 106 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

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With a ranking of #6, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill did quite well on this year’s best schools for multi / interdisciplinary studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Chapel Hill, UNC Chapel Hill is a public college with a very large student population.

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University of Southern California did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for multi / interdisciplinary studies students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.

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#8

Yale University

New Haven, CT

With a ranking of #8, Yale University did quite well on this year’s best schools for multi / interdisciplinary studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Worcester Polytechnic Institute did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for multi / interdisciplinary studies students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. WPI is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Worcester.

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#10

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN

University of Notre Dame did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for multi / interdisciplinary studies students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #11 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree multi / interdisciplinary studies programs. UW Seattle is a fairly large public school located in the city of Seattle.

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#12

Union Institute & University

Cincinnati, OH

Union Institute & University ranked #12 on this year’s Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Union is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cincinnati.

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With a ranking of #13, Texas A&M University - College Station did quite well on this year’s best schools for multi / interdisciplinary studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Texas A&M College Station is a very large public school located in the city of College Station.

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University of Alabama at Birmingham came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. UAB is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Birmingham.

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With a ranking of #15, Washington University in St Louis did quite well on this year’s best schools for multi / interdisciplinary studies students working on their doctor’s degree. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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Additional Noteworthy Schools

Here are some additional great schools for Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies students that almost earned our Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
16 Miami University - Oxford Oxford, OH
17 Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY
18 Rice University Houston, TX
19 Rutgers University - New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ
20 The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX
21 The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX

Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies by Region

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Region
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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 2,491
Sustainability Science 1,547
Nutrition Science 1,496
Behavioral Science 1,358
Computational Science 1,063
International Studies 918
Human Computer Interaction 822
Data Analytics 793
Museum Studies 696
Gerontology 655
Biological & Physical Science 639
Peace Studies & Conflict Resolution 522
Systems Theory 461
Dispute Resolution 416
Interdisciplinary Studies 402
Data Science 373
Mathematics & Computer Science 290
Historic Preservation 266
Science, Technology & Society 198
Multicultural & Diversity Studies 176
Cultural Studies & Analysis 161
Cognitive Science 123
Marine Science 104
Natural Sciences 76
Holocaust Studies 54
Medieval Studies 46
Cultural Studies and Comparative Literature 28
Human Biology 18
Classical & Ancient Studies 17
Earth Systems Science 13
Maritime Studies 9
Accounting & Computer Science 8
Environmental Geosciences 6
Linguistics and Computer Science 6
Linguistics and Anthropology 2

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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