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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interior Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
140 Degrees Awarded
$11,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interior Architecture Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Interior Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Interior Architecture is the 515th most popular major in the country with 662 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 170 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 140 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interior Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in interior architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality interior architecture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the interior architecture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The interior architecture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Interior Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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Best Value Interior Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interior Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interior Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Interior Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also took the #2 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Knoxville is $10,224 for southeast region bachelor’s degree interior architecture students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full UT Knoxville Interior Architecture Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interior Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large public school situated in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. It awarded 35 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also made our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana State University is $8,433 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interior Architecture students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Interior Architecture at Louisiana State University

#3

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Interior Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Mississippi State University is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 21 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State University is $13,986 for southeast region bachelor’s degree interior architecture students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Mississippi State Interior Architecture Report

#4

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interior Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana Tech University landed the #4 spot on the list. Louisiana Tech University is a public institution located in Ruston, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree interior architecture students whose families make $0-$30k list, Louisiana Tech has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana Tech University is $8,889 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interior Architecture students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Interior Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $18,394 for southeast region bachelor’s degree interior architecture students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Auburn.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Interior Architecture at Auburn University

#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interior Architecture Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Louisiana at Lafayette is a fairly large school located in Lafayette, Louisiana that handed out 8 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees in 2019-2020.

UL Lafayette also made our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for UL Lafayette is $9,621 for southeast region bachelor’s degree interior architecture students whose families make $0-$30k.

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Notes and References

References

  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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