Interdisciplinary studies

Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other

Grinnell College · Grinnell, IA

Medium evidenceMatched peers7 institutions · same subjectSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$64,862Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$19,000Same subject at 7 matched peer institutions · bachelor's
Annual credentials awarded5Average of available recent award years; not the earnings sample size.

Earnings context

One career stage.
A clearer comparison.

USD · Bachelor's · 2 years after completion
Same source release. National references exclude this degree.

Selected degree estimate$42,682
Same subject · national$34,309
Interdisciplinary studies · national$32,747

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Same subject at 7 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $39,938–$47,094.

Historical earnings archive. College Scorecard legacy FOS archive (file dated 2022-01-19; cohorts vary). Do not interpret this as today's graduate salary. Further study and career changes are not modelled by this early-career figure.

Bachelor's outcomes · 2 years after completion
Institution & subjectReported earnings
College of the Holy CrossMulti/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other$42,309
Barnard CollegeMulti/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other$49,646
University of RichmondMulti/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other$44,542
Franklin and Marshall CollegeMulti/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other$42,682
Reed CollegeMulti/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other$30,409
Bucknell UniversityMulti/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other$63,005
Brandeis UniversityMulti/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other$37,568
How matching & uncertainty work

We first look for the same subject code (or exact subject name), qualification, country, currency, source release and earnings horizon. Peer institutions are matched using admissions selectivity, completion rates, undergraduate size and institution type, with a small preference for the same region. These are institutional proxies, not a ranking of programme quality.

If subject-matched peers are sparse, we try related subjects at closely matched universities, related degrees at this university, then an explicitly labelled national reference. We never multiply a salary by a university prestige score.

Peer and national estimates give each reporting institution one vote, after taking the median of its related programmes. Shared branch-campus outcomes count once. The middle-half range describes variation between reporting institutions. It is not an individual salary range or a statistical confidence interval.

Evidence labels describe match quality and coverage, not validated prediction accuracy. Admissions and size are undergraduate institutional measures, so graduate-degree comparisons are especially approximate.

Historical cohort outcomes are not promised salaries or a causal effect of attending this programme. College Scorecard earnings cover eligible federal-aid recipients, not every graduate or international student. Source definitions ↗