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2023 Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$32,593 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,255 Avg Salary

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

Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies is the #13 most popular major in the country with 16,258 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for multi / interdisciplinary studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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

Top 10 Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Union Institute & University to be the best value school for multi / interdisciplinary studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Great Lakes Region . Union is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Union are $16,211 per year.

Union also made our Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #3.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Oxford. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the town of Oxford, Miami University - Oxford is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Miami University - Oxford are $32,332 per year.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public college with a very large student population.

UW - Madison graduate students pay an average of $25,501 in tuition and fees each year.

UW - Madison excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University - Bloomington. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

IU Bloomington graduate students pay an average of $33,352 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UIUC are $30,862 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UIUC also is in the top 10% of our Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Cincinnati - Main Campus landed the # 5 spot on the list. UC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Cincinnati.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UC are $26,644 a year.

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#7

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 #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Notre Dame graduate students pay an average of $58,662 in tuition and fees each year.

Notre Dame did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Wright State University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Wright State University - Main Campus is a large public school located in the large suburb of Dayton.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Wright State University - Main Campus are $24,286 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee did quite well on this year’s best value schools for multi / interdisciplinary studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Milwaukee, UWM is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UWM are $25,651 a year.

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#10

Western Michigan University

Kalamazoo, MI

Western Michigan University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. WMU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Kalamazoo.

WMU graduate students pay an average of $26,248 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best multi / interdisciplinary studies colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 601
Indiana 1,024
Ohio 472
Wisconsin 249
Michigan 420

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 11 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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