2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s
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Ranked Colleges
545
Degrees Awarded
$32,200
Avg Cost*
With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 728 people earned their degree in interior architecture, making the major the 493rd most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 545 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 18 colleges that offered a degree in interior architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality interior architecture programs as well as strong veteran support.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the interior architecture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran satisfaction. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree vets studying interior architecture.
Top 18 Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
Out of the 18 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Mississippi State is a public institution located in Mississippi State, Mississippi. The school has a large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Mississippi State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,170 of the 22,986 students enrolled at Mississippi State were GI Bill® students, of which 676 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,684. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
Full Mississippi State University Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 18 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Miami University - Oxford landed the #2 spot on the list. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large school located in Oxford, Ohio that handed out 23 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees in 2020-2021.
Miami University - Oxford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 405 of the 18,880 students enrolled at Miami University - Oxford were GI Bill® students, of which 259 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,877. In addition to receiving other benefits, 6 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.
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Out of the 18 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s interior architecture students in 2020-2021.
Auburn also took the #6 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 30,737 students enrolled at Auburn, 1,499 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 746 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,423. In addition to receiving other benefits, 68 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Auburn does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Auburn University]](/colleges/auburn-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #4 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interior architecture degrees to 20 students in 2020-2021.
UNL also made our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, UNL supports 25,108 students, and 690 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 344 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,374. To help with additional expenses, 79 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full UNL Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. The school came in at #5 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees to qualified students.
UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 1,122 of the 30,559 students enrolled at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville were GI Bill® students, of which 739 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,650. On top of their other funding sources, 8 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Veteran Student Life Report
Marywood University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s list. Marywood is a small school located in Scranton, Pennsylvania that handed out 17 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees in 2020-2021.
Marywood not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 2,613 students enrolled at Marywood, 60 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 33 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,240. On top of their other funding sources, 16 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Marywood does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Marywood Veteran Student Life Report
University of Houston came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s ranking. UH is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UH also took the #11 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, UH supports 47,090 students, and 1,382 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 730 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $8,264. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UH does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Houston]](/colleges/university-of-houston/student-life/veterans/)
Syracuse University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Syracuse is a large school located in Syracuse, New York that handed out 15 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Syracuse, the school also landed the #10 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 21,322 students enrolled at Syracuse University, 385 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 250 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,840. On top of their other funding sources, 217 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s ranking. Louisiana State University is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Louisiana State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #9 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 34,285 students enrolled at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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University of Oregon ranked #10 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Eugene, Oregon, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying interior architecture list, UO has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 582 of the 21,752 students enrolled at University of Oregon were GI Bill® students, of which 314 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,688. To help with additional expenses, 25 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UO Veteran Student Life Report
Woodbury University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s ranking. Located in Burbank, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interior architecture students in 2020-2021.
Woodbury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Woodbury University supports 1,132 students, and 45 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 29 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $16,671. In addition to receiving other benefits, 11 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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With a ranking of #12, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s list. San Antonio, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interior architecture degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying interior architecture list, UTSA has also earned the #16 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 34,742 students enrolled at The University of Texas at San Antonio, 3,565 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1,847 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,531. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. The University of Texas at San Antonio does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Louisiana Tech University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s ranking. Ruston, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interior architecture degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying interior architecture list, Louisiana Tech has also earned the #18 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Louisiana Tech supports 11,126 students, and 29 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 26 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,493. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Louisiana Tech offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Louisiana Tech University Veteran Student Life Report
With a ranking of #14, Utah State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s list. Utah State University is located in Logan, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 14 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees to qualified students.
USU also took the #13 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, USU supports 27,691 students, and 3 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $285. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Bowling Green State University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #15. Bowling Green State University - Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Ohio. It awarded 22 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying interior architecture list, BGSU has also earned the #15 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 577 of the 18,142 students enrolled at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 258 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,808. In addition to receiving other benefits, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Bowling Green State University - Main Campus does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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With a ranking of #16, University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s list. This fairly large school is located in Lafayette, Louisiana, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees in 2020-2021.
UL Lafayette also took the #17 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 604 of the 16,450 students enrolled at University of Louisiana at Lafayette were GI Bill® students, of which 224 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,336. During this same period, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
Full University of Louisiana at Lafayette Veteran Student Life Report
Lawrence Technological University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s ranking. Lawrence Tech is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Southfield, Michigan. It awarded 6 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lawrence Tech, the school also landed the #12 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 2,812 students enrolled at Lawrence Technological University, 70 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $13,401. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Lawrence Technological University offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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University of Idaho ranked #18 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Interior Architecture for a Bachelor’s list. U of I is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 14 bachelors’s interior architecture degrees in 2020-2021.
U of I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #14 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, U of I supports 10,791 students, and 382 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 248 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,784. In addition to receiving other benefits, 29 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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