MA in Interdisciplinary Research

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Next Start Dates: January 19, 2026 | February 16, 2026 | March 23, 2026

Gain Valuable, Research-Related Skills with an Online Master’s in Interdisciplinary Research Degree

Does your dream career require a wide range of knowledge and skills that are hard to confine to just 1 discipline? Liberty’s Master of Arts (MA) in Interdisciplinary Research is customizable, allowing you to tailor your degree around 2 areas of study instead of just 1. After graduating with a master’s degree in interdisciplinary research, you can be prepared for collegiate teaching, doctoral-level studies, and a variety of careers that are unique to you.

Whatever your career goals, this degree can help give you the ability to apply new skills and knowledge to many unique and cutting-edge fields. Liberty’s program integrates the specific areas of study you need into a flexible program that can maximize your opportunities. If you are working in the healthcare industry, military, or government, you may find this degree especially useful, as it can allow you to bring together your unique talents and areas of study. With our interdisciplinary research degree, you can advance your career goals with an outside-the-box degree plan.

Your officially conferred degree name will be Master of Arts (MA) in Interdisciplinary Research.

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Why Choose Liberty’s Master’s in Interdisciplinary Research Online Degree?

Interdisciplinary research is a great degree for using available credits and knowledge to quickly finish your studies. Liberty University has created an interdisciplinary research program that will allow you to gain enough credit hours for further academic study in a particular discipline. Here are some of the benefits of this program:

Bring together 2 disciplines that may not always have been viewed as vocational partners and, in doing so, increase your marketability in the workforce.
Gain 18 credit hours in 1 field and 12 in another.
Lay a foundation for future doctoral research in 1 or both areas of study.
Meet the minimum requirements for most collegiate teaching.
Write a thesis that ties your 2 fields together.

Furthermore, Liberty is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). A quality degree program from an accredited institution means you can be confident that the training and education we provide meet the highest level of academic standards. Whether you choose to continue to doctoral studies or utilize this degree to advance your career, having an accredited degree can help you pursue your chosen path.

What Will You Study with Our MA in Interdisciplinary Research Online Degree?

When you begin our online interdisciplinary research degree, you can choose 2 areas of study to customize your program. This can be done solely through Liberty or by utilizing transfer credit from outside colleges, military training, work experience, or on-the-job training. You can choose from areas of study such as:

American Legal Studies
Apologetics
Church History
Criminal Justice
Economics
English
Ethnomusicology
Geographic Information Systems

Geography
Government
History
International Legal Studies
International Relations
Linguistics
Military and National Security

New Testament
Nutrition
Old Testament
Psychology
Public Administration
Strategic Communications
Theology

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At Liberty University, a private Christian education is less expensive than you think. Over the last 10 years, Liberty University’s Online Program has only raised its standard tuition costs by less than 5% – and most of our online tuition rates rank in the top 35% for affordability for 2025 when compared to our leading online competitors.

Graduate Full Time	$580/Credit
Graduate Part Time	$645/Credit
Military Graduate	$290/Credit

These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.

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Apply online or over the phone with an admissions counselor by calling (800) 424-9596.
- A non-refundable, non-transferable $50 application fee will be posted on the current application upon enrollment (waived for qualifying service members, veterans, and military spouses – documentation verifying military status is required).
Send official college transcripts (mailed as sealed, unopened copies or sent via a direct electronic transcript system). A regionally or nationally accredited bachelor’s degree with at least a 3.0 GPA is required for admission in good standing. Students with a GPA less than 3.0 may be considered for admission on caution. Applicants who have earned a master’s degree or at least 12 graduate credits from an accredited institution will be assessed on the basis of the master’s-level degree work.
- Unofficial transcripts can be used for acceptance purposes with the submission of a Transcript Request Form.
Applicants whose native language is other than English must submit official scores for the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or an approved alternative assessment. For information on alternative assessments or TOEFL waivers, please call Admissions or view the official International Admissions policy.

Preliminary Acceptance

If you are sending in a preliminary transcript for acceptance, you must:

Be in your final term and planning to start your master’s degree after the last day of class for your bachelor’s degree.
Complete a Bachelor’s Self-Certification Form confirming your completion date. You may download the form from the Forms and Downloads page or contact an admissions counselor to submit the form on your behalf.
Submit an official/unofficial transcript to confirm that you are in your final term. The preliminary transcript must show a minimum of 105 completed credit hours.
If you are a current Liberty University student completing your undergraduate degree, you will need to submit a Degree/Certificate Completion Application.
Send in an additional, final official transcript with a conferral date on it by the end of your first semester of enrollment in the new master’s degree.

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Unofficial College Transcript Policy

Unofficial transcripts combined with a Transcript Request Form can be used for admission. Official transcripts are required within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first, and will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.

Before sending unofficial college transcripts, please make sure they include the following:

Your previous school’s name or logo printed on the document
Cumulative GPA
A list of completed courses and earned credit broken down by semester
Degree and date conferred (if applicable)

Official College Transcript Policy

An acceptable official college transcript is one that has been issued directly from the institution and is in a sealed envelope. If you have one in your possession, it must meet the same requirements. If your previous institution offers electronic official transcript processing, they can send the document directly to luoverify@liberty.edu.

If the student uses unofficial transcripts with a Transcript Request Form to gain acceptance, all official transcripts must be received within 60 days of the admissions decision or before non-attendance drops for the first set of matriculated classes, whichever comes first. Failure to send all official transcripts within the 60-day period will prevent enrollment into future terms until all official transcripts have been received.

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Available Benefits:

Tuition discounts – $290 per credit hour for graduate courses
Additional discount for veterans who serve in a civilian capacity as a First Responder*
8-week courses, 8 different start dates each year, and no set login times (may exclude certain courses such as practicums, internships, or field experiences)

*Not applicable to certificates.

These rates are reflective of academic year 2025-2026. Tuition rates may change annually. For the most current information, please visit our LU Tuition Cost page.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is interdisciplinary research?

You may be wondering, “What is interdisciplinary research, how is it different from interdisciplinary studies, and why should I get a degree in it?” Most jobs require a specific combination of education, training, and experience. Multidisciplinary studies programs attempt to meet this need by stitching together the skills of several traditional degrees into 1 if an existing degree doesn’t fit.

An interdisciplinary research degree is, as the name suggests, a more research-focused degree, while an interdisciplinary studies degree is more practitioner focused. We have refined the interdisciplinary master’s research program to focus on 2 areas of study. One area consists of 18 hours and the other 12, with a thesis that will tie the 2 areas together. This can give you greater flexibility for doctoral-level studies or college-level teaching.

What skills can I learn in interdisciplinary research?

No matter which areas of study you choose, Liberty can help you prepare for your next career move with practical, professional skills, such as:

Academic qualifications to continue to doctoral studies
Comprehensive introduction to graduate interdisciplinary research and writing skills to help you know how to use your special mix of studies
Problem-solving and critical thinking skills
Research methods

Our goal is to help you apply your unique background and education to create a degree that suits you best. Your studies will culminate in a thesis that will tie your 2 fields together. This interdisciplinary research master’s degree can help prepare you for further study at the doctoral level or teaching at the collegiate level.

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