Highest Job Growth Doctoral Interdisciplinary Studies Programs

These are the highest job growth doctoral interdisciplinary studies programs, ranked by projected career job growth. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Worcester Polytechnic Institute leading at 18.3%.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Growth	Completers
1	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Data Science	MA	18.3%	10
2	California Institute of Technology	Cognitive Science	CA	17.7%	7
3	George Mason University	Cognitive Science	VA	17.7%	7
4	University of Missouri-Columbia	Human Computer Interaction	MO	17.5%	10
5	Iowa State University	Human Computer Interaction	IA	17.5%	6
6	Michigan State University	Computational Science	MI	10.7%	25
7	The University of Texas at El Paso	Computational Science	TX	10.7%	14
8	The University of Texas at Austin	Computational Science	TX	10.7%	11
9	Florida State University	Computational Science	FL	10.7%	8
10	Chapman University	Computational Science	CA	10.7%	7
11	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	Computational Science	TN	10.7%	7
12	San Diego State University	Computational Science	CA	10.7%	6
13	University of California-Irvine	Computational Science	CA	10.7%	5
14	Concordia University-Chicago	Gerontology	IL	9%	5
15	University of Massachusetts-Boston	Gerontology	MA	9%	5
16	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Behavioral Sciences	NC	6%	22
17	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	Behavioral Sciences	TX	6%	9
18	Teachers College at Columbia University	Behavioral Sciences	NY	6%	8
19	University of Iowa	Behavioral Sciences	IA	6%	7
20	University of Chicago	Behavioral Sciences	IL	6%	6
21	University of Kansas	Behavioral Sciences	KS	6%	6
22	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	Behavioral Sciences	MD	6%	6
23	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	Behavioral Sciences	WA	6%	6
24	Emory University	Behavioral Sciences	GA	6%	5
25	Tufts University	Nutrition Sciences	MA	5%	16
26	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	Nutrition Sciences	IL	5%	12
27	Purdue University-Main Campus	Nutrition Sciences	IN	5%	12
28	University of California-Davis	Nutrition Sciences	CA	5%	9
29	Cornell University	Nutrition Sciences	NY	5%	9
30	University of Wisconsin-Madison	Nutrition Sciences	WI	5%	8
31	University of Alabama at Birmingham	Nutrition Sciences	AL	5%	7
32	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Nutrition Sciences	MI	5%	6
33	University of Kentucky	Nutrition Sciences	KY	5%	5
34	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	Nutrition Sciences	NC	5%	5
35	Texas Tech University	Nutrition Sciences	TX	5%	5
36	University of California-San Diego	Cognitive Science	CA	4%	15
37	George Mason University	Peace Studies	VA	4%	14
38	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	Science, Technology and Society	AZ	4%	10
39	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Cognitive Science	MA	4%	10
40	Virginia Commonwealth University	Natural Sciences	VA	4%	9
41	Indiana University-Bloomington	Cognitive Science	IN	4%	8
42	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	Human Biology	NV	4%	8
43	Ball State University	Human Biology	IN	4%	7
44	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Cognitive Science	NY	4%	7
45	University of California-Merced	Cognitive Science	CA	4%	7
46	University of Colorado Colorado Springs	Natural Sciences	CO	4%	6
47	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Science, Technology and Society	MA	4%	6
48	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Science, Technology and Society	VA	4%	6
49	Johns Hopkins University	Cognitive Science	MD	4%	5
50	New York University	Cognitive Science	NY	4%	5

Methodology

Programs ranked by average projected job growth rate across related occupations (via CIP-SOC crosswalk). Only includes doctoral programs with at least 10 completers and matched BLS occupation data. Data from the BLS Occupational Outlook Handbook and College Scorecard.