Bachelor's · Stockton, California
Is Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other at University of the Pacific worth it?
Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.4 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $114,073
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $183,955
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $12,000
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $103k (likely $103k – $132k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $144k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in CA
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.4 years (likely 1.2–1.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $1.09M (likely $924k – $1.27M)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $2.75M (likely $2.37M – $3.19M)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 73%
- Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Change income, residency or loans Compare Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other at other schools
Other majors at University of the Pacific
- Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Sciences, and Administration (First professional)$170,067
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$162,982
- Dentistry (First professional)$156,198
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$147,511
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$128,376
- Engineering, General (Master's)$123,810
- Law (First professional)$114,281
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (First professional)$110,095
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$100,222
- Mechanical Engineering (Bachelor's)$99,573
- Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions (First professional)$96,221
- Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Master's)$95,081
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other at other schools in California
- University of California-Berkeley$87,791
- University of California-Los Angeles$75,504
- California Lutheran University$70,409
- University of California-Irvine$60,242
- Claremont McKenna College$59,984
- University of Southern California$59,455
- California Institute of Integral Studies$59,036
- San Diego State University$55,072
- University of California-Riverside$54,090
- University of Redlands$53,260