Bachelor's · Fayette, Missouri

Is Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other at Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences 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 slowly: graduates typically recover the cost in about 8.8 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating: $38,533; Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating: $55,464; Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation: $20,834; NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families: $92k (likely $92k – $113k); AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4: $17k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in MO; 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback: 8.8 years (likely 6.2–13.7); Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return: −$133k (likely −$216k – −$49k); Today's dollars
20-year net return: $76k (likely −$86k – $275k); Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide): 49%; Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26