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2023 Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$11,735 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$60,255 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, multi / interdisciplinary studies students earned 313 degrees and certificates from an Iowa school, making the subject the 6th in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in Iowa ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Iowa 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

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

2023 Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Iowa Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best value school for multi / interdisciplinary studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Iowa. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $11,404 per year.

Iowa State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list.

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#2

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at University of Iowa helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value multi / interdisciplinary studies schools in Iowa. Located in the city of Iowa City, Iowa is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa are $12,065 per year.

Iowa also made our Best Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #4.

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Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Kansas 223
Missouri 467
Minnesota 179
North Dakota 1
Nebraska 59
South Dakota 17

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 2 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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