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CIP 30.9999 Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other

IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education · 2025

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Total graduates

26,515

2025 · 628 schools

International share

4.9%

1,291 international students

Bachelor's degrees

18,969

3.1% international

Master's degrees

1,994

29.6% international

Overview

Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other is a versatile academic field that encourages students to explore and integrate knowledge from various disciplines. This program is designed for those who are interested in addressing complex issues that cannot be fully understood through a single disciplinary lens. Students in this field often draw from areas such as social sciences, humanities, natural sciences, and engineering to develop a comprehensive understanding of multifaceted problems.

The curriculum typically involves a combination of core courses and electives that allow students to tailor their educational experience according to their interests. This flexibility enables students to engage with a wide range of topics, such as environmental issues, public health, technology, and cultural studies. By fostering critical thinking and innovative problem-solving skills, this program prepares graduates to tackle contemporary challenges in a holistic manner.

Career opportunities for graduates in Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies are diverse, ranging from roles in education, research, and policy analysis to positions in non-profits, healthcare, and technology sectors. Employers value the ability to think across disciplines and apply interdisciplinary approaches to real-world problems.

Moreover, the growing emphasis on collaboration and teamwork in today’s job market makes this degree particularly relevant. Graduates are equipped not only with specialized knowledge but also with the adaptability and creativity necessary to thrive in dynamic environments. Overall, Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other offers a unique educational experience that prepares students for a wide array of career paths while promoting a deeper understanding of the interconnectedness of different fields of study.

Graduates by year

Graduates by degree level (first and second majors)

AssociateBachelor'sMaster'sDoctoral

From 2002 to 2025, graduates fell 21% and the international share went from 3.1% to 4.9%.

International share (%)
Graduates by group, 2025
White
46.4%
Asian
5.6%
Hispanic
18.2%
Black
14.5%
Other
10.6%
Intl.
4.9%

Colleges that award this degree

In 2025, 628 schools awarded this degree as a first major. The table lists those in the 2027 U.S. News National or Liberal Arts rankings, plus the unranked schools with the most graduates.

RankSchoolStateGraduatesInternational
#4 Yale University Connecticut 117 8
#8 Duke University North Carolina 339 271
#12 Dartmouth College New Hampshire 4 1
#16 Washington University in St Louis Missouri 51 0
#16 Vanderbilt University Tennessee 207 7
#20 University of California-Berkeley California 77 9
#20 University of California-Los Angeles California 4 2
#20 University of Notre Dame Indiana 5 1
#23 Georgetown University D.C. 10 2
#23 Emory University Georgia 3 0
#25 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Michigan 38 13
#26 University of Virginia-Main Campus Virginia 75 0
#27 University of Southern California California 45 4
#29 University of California-San Diego California 70 8
#31 Boston College Massachusetts 1 0
#31 Tufts University Massachusetts 6 1
#34 University of California-Davis California 2 0
#34 University of California-Irvine California 65 6
#34 University of Florida Florida 34 4
#34 Boston University Massachusetts 17 0
#34 The University of Texas at Austin Texas 147 2
#34 University of Wisconsin-Madison Wisconsin 23 7
#44 University of California-Santa Barbara California 1 0
#44 Ohio State University-Main Campus Ohio 3 0
#44 Lehigh University Pennsylvania 2 0
#49 University of Maryland-College Park Maryland 212 33
#49 University of Rochester New York 1 0
#49 University of Washington-Seattle Campus Washington 3 1
#52 College of William and Mary Virginia 48 4
#55 Purdue University-Main Campus Indiana 11 0
#59 Tulane University of Louisiana Louisiana 1 1
#59 Brandeis University Massachusetts 16 1
#59 University of Massachusetts-Amherst Massachusetts 220 1
#59 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minnesota 139 5
#59 Stony Brook University New York 51 0
#59 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Pennsylvania 1 0
#59 Texas A & M University-College Station Texas 302 4
#69 Michigan State University Michigan 31 0
#69 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute New York 4 0
#73 University of Connecticut Connecticut 31 2
#73 Worcester Polytechnic Institute Massachusetts 19 0
#73 Binghamton University New York 151 2
#73 North Carolina State University at Raleigh North Carolina 11 4
#80 Pepperdine University California 1 0
#80 Drexel University Pennsylvania 10 0
#85 University of Delaware Delaware 3 0
#85 Fordham University New York 18 2
#85 Southern Methodist University Texas 1 0
#90 Yeshiva University New York 26 1
#90 Baylor University Texas 66 2
#90 Texas Christian University Texas 4 1
#90 Marquette University Wisconsin 1 0
#95 American University D.C. 97 0
#95 University of Missouri-Columbia Missouri 38 1
#95 Rutgers University--Camden New Jersey 15 2
#95 Rochester Institute of Technology New York 27 3
#100 University of Iowa Iowa 92 3
#109 University of California-Santa Cruz California 3 0
#109 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville Tennessee 65 1
#116 Iowa State University Iowa 1 0
#116 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Oklahoma 5 0
#121 Arizona State University-Tempe Arizona 186 4
#121 University of Arizona Arizona 8 1
#121 University of the Pacific California 37 0
#121 Loyola University Chicago Illinois 2 0
#121 SUNY at Albany New York 38 0
#121 University of Dayton Ohio 3 2
#121 The University of Texas at Dallas Texas 83 1
#121 George Mason University Virginia 12 0
#133 Clark University Massachusetts 3 1
#133 Miami University-Oxford Ohio 16 1
#133 University of Vermont Vermont 20 0
#137 University of Alabama at Birmingham Alabama 21 0
#137 San Diego State University California 160 4
#137 San Jose State University California 50 1
#137 University of Maryland-Baltimore County Maryland 536 423
#137 Clarkson University New York 3 0
#137 St John's University (NY) New York 5 0
#137 University of Houston Texas 209 1
#137 James Madison University Virginia 9 2
#148 California State University-Los Angeles California 1 0
#148 Catholic University of America D.C. 1 0
#148 Mercer University Georgia 1 0
#148 University of Kentucky Kentucky 2 0
#148 University of Rhode Island Rhode Island 17 1
#156 Montclair State University New Jersey 134 0
#156 Oregon State University Oregon 21 0
#156 Virginia Commonwealth University Virginia 167 3
#169 DePaul University Illinois 2 0
#169 University of North Carolina at Charlotte North Carolina 4 0
#179 University of Louisville Kentucky 10 1
#179 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus Ohio 239 6
#186 California Lutheran University California 10 1
#186 University of Detroit Mercy Michigan 1 0
#186 Texas Tech University Texas 329 9
#191 Florida Atlantic University Florida 14 0
#191 Georgia State University Georgia 566 11
#191 Adelphi University New York 1 0
#202 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Louisiana 166 6
#202 Ohio University-Main Campus Ohio 1 0
#208 California State University--Fresno California 70 4
#208 California State University-Sacramento California 16 1
#208 University of Idaho Idaho 28 0
#208 Mississippi State University Mississippi 242 5
#208 University of North Carolina at Greensboro North Carolina 52 1
#208 Willamette University Oregon 2 0
#208 Belmont University Tennessee 7 0
#208 University of North Texas Texas 790 31
#219 New York Institute of Technology New York 10 0
#219 North Carolina A&T State University North Carolina 11 0
#219 University of North Carolina--Wilmington North Carolina 31 0
#227 San Francisco State University California 1 0
#227 Ball State University Indiana 1 0
#227 West Virginia University West Virginia 64 2
#236 University of Colorado Denver Colorado 4 0
#236 Bethel University Minnesota 8 0
#236 University of Nevada--Las Vegas Nevada 51 3
#236 North Dakota State University-Main Campus North Dakota 58 0
#236 Kent State University at Kent Ohio 9 0
#236 University of Texas-Arlington Texas 4 0
#250 University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth Massachusetts 2 0
#250 D'Youville University New York 43 5
#250 Lipscomb University Tennessee 6 0
#250 University of Texas-Rio Grande Valley Texas 270 5
#262 University of Alabama--Huntsville Alabama 32 1
#262 University of Maine Maine 8 1
#262 Suffolk University Massachusetts 10 0
#262 Andrews University Michigan 1 0
#262 University of Texas--El Paso Texas 53 3
#262 Seattle Pacific University Washington 3 0
#276 California Baptist University California 10 0
#276 Regis University Colorado 3 0
#276 Western Michigan University Michigan 152 5
#276 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus Ohio 10 0
#288 University of Hartford Connecticut 1 0
#288 Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Illinois 6 0
#288 University of Indianapolis Indiana 1 0
#288 Wichita State University Kansas 1 0
#288 University of Memphis Tennessee 171 0
#288 Texas State University Texas 168 3
#288 Utah State University Utah 204 3
#288 University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee Wisconsin 6 0
#299 Azusa Pacific University California 8 0
#299 Boise State University Idaho 73 0
#299 Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Minnesota 5 0
#299 University of Nebraska--Omaha Nebraska 21 0
#299 Tennessee Technological University Tennessee 2 0
#299 Concordia University Wisconsin Wisconsin 20 0
#308 University of Southern Mississippi Mississippi 18 0
#308 Abilene Christian University Texas 15 1
#308 University of the Incarnate Word Texas 70 0
#317 Morgan State University Maryland 19 0
#328 Old Dominion University Virginia 187 2
#328 University of North Texas at Dallas Texas 107 0
#332 Jacksonville University Florida 4 0
#332 University of Baltimore Maryland 7 0
#332 Point Park University Pennsylvania 24 1
#332 Texas A&M University--Kingsville Texas 1 0
#332 Texas Woman's University Texas 8 0
#342 Mississippi College Mississippi 10 0
#342 University of Akron Ohio 54 0
#342 University of Texas--Tyler Texas 200 0
#353 Arkansas State University Arkansas 4 0
#353 University of Michigan--Flint Michigan 19 0
#353 Plymouth State University New Hampshire 34 0
#353 Trevecca Nazarene University Tennessee 4 0
#353 University of Houston--Clear Lake Texas 147 0
#353 University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras Puerto Rico 14 0
#365 Troy University Alabama 250 1
#365 University of Central Arkansas Arkansas 12 0
#365 Indiana State University Indiana 3 0
#365 Jackson State University Mississippi 82 1
#365 The University of Montana Montana 8 0
#365 Liberty University Virginia 1,769 10
#376 University of Arkansas--Little Rock Arkansas 17 0
#376 Belhaven University Mississippi 14 0
#382 University of Alaska Fairbanks Alaska 60 2
#382 National University California 17 0
#382 Palm Beach Atlantic University Florida 1 0
#382 Southeastern University Florida 7 0
#382 National Louis University Illinois 52 0
#382 University of New Orleans Louisiana 62 2
#382 Southern University and A&M College Louisiana 37 0
#382 Wright State University-Main Campus Ohio 17 0
#382 Northeastern State University Oklahoma 27 0
#382 Angelo State University Texas 127 1
#382 Texas A&M University--Corpus Christi Texas 107 1
#382 Dallas Baptist University Texas 85 47
#382 East Texas A&M University Texas 494 0
#382 Lamar University Texas 344 4
#382 Tarleton State University Texas 68 0
#382 Texas Southern University Texas 8 0
#382 Texas Wesleyan University Texas 21 2
#382 Regent University Virginia 16 0
LAC #1 Williams College Massachusetts 3 0
LAC #2 Amherst College Massachusetts 2 0
LAC #3 Claremont McKenna College California 30 1
LAC #3 Pomona College California 7 0
LAC #8 Harvey Mudd College California 3 0
LAC #10 Wellesley College Massachusetts 1 0
LAC #12 Vassar College New York 2 0
LAC #16 Grinnell College Iowa 5 1
LAC #16 Davidson College North Carolina 15 1
LAC #19 Barnard College New York 18 2
LAC #21 University of Richmond Virginia 40 2
LAC #22 College of the Holy Cross Massachusetts 19 0
LAC #22 Smith College Massachusetts 3 0
LAC #26 Bates College Maine 3 0
LAC #28 Macalester College Minnesota 2 0
LAC #29 Bucknell University Pennsylvania 3 1
LAC #30 Lafayette College Pennsylvania 1 0
LAC #31 Bryn Mawr College Pennsylvania 10 0
LAC #34 Colorado College Colorado 6 1
LAC #34 Spelman College Georgia 4 0
LAC #34 Mount Holyoke College Massachusetts 2 0
LAC #34 Franklin and Marshall College Pennsylvania 75 9
LAC #38 Scripps College California 2 0
LAC #44 Pitzer College California 2 0
LAC #47 Connecticut College Connecticut 6 1
LAC #49 DePauw University Indiana 8 1
LAC #49 The University of the South Tennessee 4 0
LAC #54 Gettysburg College Pennsylvania 17 2
LAC #57 Wheaton College (IL) Illinois 1 0
LAC #57 Furman University South Carolina 4 0
LAC #59 Oberlin College Ohio 3 0
LAC #60 Reed College Oregon 8 1
LAC #62 Agnes Scott College Georgia 9 0
LAC #62 Berea College Kentucky 8 1
LAC #62 Gustavus Adolphus College Minnesota 4 0
LAC #68 Lawrence University Wisconsin 1 0
LAC #72 Bard College New York 2 0
LAC #78 Saint Mary's College Indiana 7 0
LAC #78 Hope College Michigan 5 0
LAC #81 Wheaton College (MA) Massachusetts 2 0
LAC #85 Drew University New Jersey 28 1
LAC #91 College of Wooster Ohio 8 0
LAC #97 Austin College Texas 7 0
LAC #100 Hendrix College Arkansas 17 0
LAC #106 St. Mary's College of Maryland Maryland 1 0
LAC #106 Pacific Lutheran University Washington 2 0
LAC #111 Luther College Iowa 1 0
LAC #119 Christopher Newport University Virginia 36 0
LAC #125 Goucher College Maryland 11 0
LAC #125 Emmanuel College Massachusetts 5 0
LAC #128 University of Minnesota-Morris Minnesota 6 0
LAC #138 Truman State University Missouri 4 0
LAC #140 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts Massachusetts 14 0
LAC #158 Bryn Athyn College of the New Church Pennsylvania 6 0
LAC #170 Western Oregon University Oregon 62 1
LAC #172 Guilford College North Carolina 1 0
LAC #180 Alabama State University Alabama 50 3
LAC #181 Bethany College West Virginia 2 0
LAC #184 Louisiana State University at Alexandria Louisiana 12 0
LAC #184 Lane College Tennessee 8 0
LAC #184 Texas A&M University-Texarkana Texas 50 0
LAC #184 Utah Tech University Utah 19 0
LAC #184 Glenville State University West Virginia 2 0
— Fullerton College California 1,190 18
— Tulsa Community College Oklahoma 635 1
— Pasadena City College California 498 39
— Thomas Edison State University New Jersey 452 1
— Purdue University Global Indiana 353 2
— University of Maryland Global Campus Maryland 312 4
— Middle Tennessee State University Tennessee 265 3
— University of North Carolina at Pembroke North Carolina 262 1
— Stephen F. Austin State University Texas 260 0
— Texas A&M University-San Antonio Texas 249 1
— Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City Oklahoma 183 5
— Eastern Michigan University Michigan 165 7
— Raritan Valley Community College New Jersey 160 3
— College Unbound Rhode Island 144 0
— Nicholls State University Louisiana 132 0
— SUNY Buffalo State University New York 125 0
— College of the Sequoias California 115 0
— Midwestern State University Texas 115 5
— University of West Alabama Alabama 112 3
— Western Washington University Washington 111 0
— Metropolitan State University Minnesota 105 1
— Texas A&M University-Victoria Texas 102 0
— Arizona State University Digital Immersion Arizona 102 0
— Radford University Virginia 101 2
— Arkansas State University-Newport Arkansas 100 0
— University of Arkansas at Monticello Arkansas 85 0
— West Texas A & M University Texas 78 0
— Fort Hays State University Kansas 75 0
— Midlands Technical College South Carolina 74 0
— Trident Technical College South Carolina 73 0

Purple: international students are 25% or more of the school's graduates.

Graduate counts: IPEDS Completions, US Department of Education, 2002–2025. Rankings: 2027 U.S. News.