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Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies

Science, Technology and Society

Focuses on the contemporary social and public policy ramifications of science and technology, the interrelationship of science and engineering with the public policy process, and the social and ethical dimensions of scientific and technological enterprises.

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All work is projected to grow 3.5% between 2025 and 2035; read every hiring-change figure against it. The figures beside each career are the pay of that work, across everyone doing it. Graduates of this field earn $37,598 one year after completing the program, which is the start of a career rather than the shape of one.

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College options

Where to study it

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College Degrees a year Earnings, first year out Admit rate Average annual cost after aid
Farmingdale State College NY 199 $34,561 69% $12,000
James Madison University VA 71 $42,067 76% $16,000
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA 45 $33,322 16% $11,000
North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC 44 $37,598 40% $13,000
Wesleyan University CT 35 17% $6,000
Stanford University CA 27 4% $3,000
Vanderbilt University TN 21 6% $4,000
Vassar College NY 17 $38,747 18% $14,000
Arizona State University Campus Immersion AZ 16 90% $17,000
Michigan State University MI 15 84% $17,000
University of Washington-Bothell Campus WA 15 92% $8,000
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK 14 77% $15,000
Brown University RI 14 5% $6,000
University of California-Davis CA 12 42% $12,000
Colby College ME 12 7% $4,000
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus PA 12 54% $26,000
Tufts University MA 8 10% $15,000
Cornell University NY 8 8% $7,000
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY 7 58% $28,000
Pomona College CA 5 7%
University of Puget Sound WA 5 76% $35,000
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona CA 4 74% $11,000
Northwestern University IL 4 7% $8,000
New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ 4 67% $16,000
Arizona State University Digital Immersion AZ 4 64%
Butler University IN 3 86% $33,000
Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA 2 59% $32,000
Le Moyne College NY 2 75% $21,000
Harvey Mudd College CA 1 13%
Scripps College CA 1 34%
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA 1 5% $1,000
Carnegie Mellon University PA 1 11% $14,000

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