Bachelor's · Bronx, New York
Is Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other at Fordham University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 9.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- Not enough graduates to report
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $62,346
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $24,125
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Net cost to graduate, all families
- $181k (likely $181k – $181k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $24k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 9.6 years (likely 6.5–15.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- −$140k (likely −$253k – −$8k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $145k (likely −$81k – $418k)
- Today's dollars
- Odds of finishing (school-wide)
- 81%
- 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 Fordham University
- Law (First professional)$232,595
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$150,150
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$143,127
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$141,860
- Educational Administration and Supervision (Doctoral)$140,055
- Taxation (Master's)$128,385
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$126,830
- Mathematics and Statistics, Other (Bachelor's)$117,344
- Legal Research and Advanced Professional Studies (Master's)$117,083
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$117,024
- Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology (Doctoral)$112,494
- Real Estate (Master's)$111,699
Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other at other schools in New York
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$83,958
- Binghamton University$72,955
- New York Institute of Technology$62,365
- Stony Brook University$61,888
- Empire State University$57,379
- D'Youville University$56,053
- Culinary Institute of America$48,525
- Long Island University$41,138