Dispute Resolution
Add ComparisonIn 2021, the locations with the highest concentration of Dispute Resolution degree recipients are New York, NY, Cleveland Heights, OH, and Davie, FL. In 2021, the locations with a relatively high number of Dispute Resolution degree recipients are Cleveland Heights, OH, Los Alamitos, CA, and Davie, FL. The most common degree awarded to students studying Dispute Resolution is a masters degree.
Information about the types of higher education institutions that grant degrees in Dispute Resolution and the types of students that study this field. Pepperdine University awards the most degrees in Dispute Resolution in the US, but Lakewood University and Pepperdine University have the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Dispute Resolution.
Tuition costs for Dispute Resolution majors are, on average, $8,790 for in-state public colleges, and $39,620 for out of state private colleges.
The most common sector, by number of institutions, that offers Dispute Resolution programs are Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above institutions (20 total). The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (388 completions).
The most common sector, by number of degrees awarded in Dispute Resolution, is Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above (388 completions in 2021).
The following chart shows the share of universities that offer Dispute Resolution programs, by the total number of completions, colored and grouped by their sector.
Pepperdine University has the most Dispute Resolution degree recipients, with 116 degrees awarded in 2021.
The following bar chart shows the state tuition for the top 5 institutions with the most degrees awarded in Dispute Resolution.
Out of all institutions that offer Dispute Resolution programs and have at least 5 graduates in those programs, Lakewood University has the highest percentage of degrees awarded in Dispute Resolution, with 23.2%.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest number of degrees awarded in Dispute Resolution by year.
This map shows the counties in the United States colored by the highest growth in degrees awarded for Dispute Resolution.
Information on the businesses and industries that employ Interdisciplinary Studies graduates and on wages and locations for those in the field.
The average salary for Interdisciplinary Studies majors is $85,303 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Other managers, and Physicians.
The industry that employs the most Interdisciplinary Studies majors is Elementary & secondary schools, though the highest paying industry, by average wage, is Clay building material & refractories manufacturing.
The average salary for Interdisciplinary Studies majors is $85,303 and the most common occupations are Elementary & middle school teachers, Other managers, and Physicians.
This chart shows the average annual salaries of the most common occupations for Interdisciplinary Studies majors.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States colored by the average salary of Interdisciplinary Studies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Interdisciplinary Studies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
The most common occupations Interdisciplinary Studies majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & middle school teachers, Other managers, and Physicians.
Compared to other majors, there are an unusually high number of Interdisciplinary Studies majors working as Dietitians & nutritionists, Chiropractors, and Podiatrists.
The highest paid occupations by median income for Interdisciplinary Studies majors are Surgeons, Physicians, and Podiatrists.
The number of Interdisciplinary Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.48%, from 902,496 in 2020 to 942,921 in 2021.
The largest single share of Interdisciplinary Studies graduates go on to work as Elementary & middle school teachers (5.07%). This chart shows the various jobs filled by those with a major in Interdisciplinary Studies by share of the total number of graduates.
The most common industries that employ Interdisciplinary Studies majors, by number of employees, are Elementary & secondary schools, General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals, and Colleges, universities & professional schools, including junior colleges.
The highest paying industries of Interdisciplinary Studies majors, by average wage, are Clay building material & refractories manufacturing, Agricultural chemical manufacturing, and Metal ore mining.
The number of Interdisciplinary Studies graduates in the workforce has been growing at a rate of 4.48%, from 902,496 in 2020 to 942,921 in 2021.
The industry which employs the most Interdisciplinary Studies graduates by share is Elementary & secondary schools, followed by General medical and surgical hospitals, and specialty (except psychiatric and substance abuse) hospitals. This visualization shows the industries that hire those who major in Interdisciplinary Studies.
This map shows the public use micro areas (PUMAs) in the United States where there are a relatively high population of Interdisciplinary Studies majors.
Note that the census collects information tied to where people live, not where they work. It is possible that Interdisciplinary Studies majors live and work in the same place, but it is also possible that they live and work in two different places.
Demographic information for those who earn a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies in the United States.
The average age of a person in the workforce with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies is 41.5.
The most common degree type these workers hold is a Masters Degree. Female employees are more likely to hold Interdisciplinary Studies degrees, and White students are the most common race/ethnicty group awarded degrees in Interdisciplinary Studies (264 students).
This chart shows distribution of ages for employees with a degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. The most common ages of employees with this major are 27 and 30 years old, which represent 3.28% and 3.2% of the population, respectively.
The most common degree types awarded to students graduating in Dispute Resolution are Masters Degree, Postbaccalaureate Certificate, and Research Doctorate.
The most common degree types held by the working population in Interdisciplinary Studies are Bachelors Degree, Masters Degree, and Professional degree.
This chart shows the granted degrees by sex at the 5 institutions that graduate the most students in Dispute Resolution.
This chart shows the number of degrees awarded in Dispute Resolution for each race & ethnicity. White students earned the largest share of the degrees with this major.
This chart illustrates the differences by sex for each race & ethnicity of Masters Degree recipients in Dispute Resolution.
White Female students, who earn most of the degrees in this field, are the most common combination of race/ethnicity and sex.
There are a relatively high number of people that were born in Caribbean, Not Specified that hold Interdisciplinary Studies degrees (3.96 times more than expected), and the most common country of origin by total numbers for non-US students earning a degree in this field is India (25,270 degree recipients).
Data on the critical and distinctive skills necessary for those working in the Dispute Resolution field from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Dispute Resolution majors need many skills, but most especially Negotiation. The revealed comparative advantage (RCA) shows that Dispute Resolution majors need more than the average amount of Negotiation, Persuasion, Active Listening, Speaking, Writing, Critical Thinking, Judgment and Decision Making, Active Learning, Social Perceptiveness, Reading Comprehension, Complex Problem Solving, Service Orientation, Learning Strategies, Instructing, Coordination, Monitoring, Time Management, Systems Evaluation, Systems Analysis, Mathematics, Programming, Management of Personnel Resources, Operations Analysis, Technology Design, Science, Operation Monitoring, Management of Material Resources, Management of Financial Resources, Quality Control Analysis, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repairing.
These two visualizations, one a radial chart and one a bar chart, show the same information, a rating of how necessary the following skills are for Dispute Resolution majors. Toggle between "value" and "RCA" to see the absolute rating of that skill (value) and the revealed comparative advantage (RCA), or how much greater or lesser that skill's rating is than the average. The longer the bar or the closer the line comes to the circumference of the circle, the more important that skill is. The importance of Negotiation is very distinctive for majors, but the Negotiation, Active Listening, Speaking, Critical Thinking, Writing, Reading Comprehension, Judgment and Decision Making, Persuasion, Active Learning, Complex Problem Solving, Social Perceptiveness, Monitoring, Coordination, Service Orientation, Learning Strategies, Time Management, Instructing, Systems Analysis, Systems Evaluation, Mathematics, Management of Personnel Resources, Operations Analysis, Science, Programming, Technology Design, Operation Monitoring, Quality Control Analysis, Management of Financial Resources, Management of Material Resources, Equipment Selection, Installation, Operation and Control, Equipment Maintenance, Troubleshooting, and Repairing are the three most important skills for people in the field.
