Interdisciplinary studies

International/Global Studies

Pacific Lutheran University · Tacoma, WA

Medium evidenceMatched peers11 institutions · same subjectSee the evidence

The degree in numbers

Cost & earnings.

Annual tuition$50,964Institution-level tuition; programme fees may differ · before aid
Grouped debt estimate$26,054Same subject at 10 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

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$30,771
Same subject · national$31,364
Interdisciplinary studies · national$32,747

Behind the number

Your comparison group.

Medium evidence

Same subject at 11 matched peer institutions · bachelor's

Grouped estimate. Middle half of comparison values: $24,614–$35,954.

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
Willamette UniversityInternational/Global Studies$22,667
Seattle UniversityInternational/Global Studies$35,060
Arcadia UniversityInternational/Global Studies$24,035
Saint Edward's UniversityInternational/Global Studies$28,236
Luther CollegeInternational/Global Studies$20,140
Hofstra UniversityInternational/Global Studies$36,848
Concordia College at MoorheadInternational/Global Studies$30,771
The New SchoolInternational/Global Studies$25,194
St Lawrence UniversityInternational/Global Studies$35,060
University of DaytonInternational/Global Studies$41,565
Southern Methodist UniversityInternational/Global Studies$42,682
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.

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