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

4 Ranked Colleges
65 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Interior Architecture is the 259th most popular major in the country with 662 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, interior architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,244 and had an average of $24,467 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 100 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,700 and $26,980 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 65 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in interior architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality interior architecture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the interior architecture program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interior Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Syracuse University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Syracuse University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 18 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

Syracuse not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Syracuse University is $17,164 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors 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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Interior Architecture at Syracuse University

#2

Chatham University

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Chatham University landed the #2 spot on the list. Chatham University is a small school located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania that handed out 16 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $0-$30k list, Chatham has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Chatham University is $18,935 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $0-$30k.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Chatham Interior Architecture Report

#3

Marywood University

Scranton, Pennsylvania
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marywood University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Marywood University is located in Scranton, Pennsylvania and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s interiors degrees to qualified students.

Marywood also made our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Marywood University is $17,062 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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 Marywood University Interior Architecture Report

#4

Thomas Jefferson University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Thomas Jefferson University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 18 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interiors students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Thomas Jefferson University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $18,118 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Thomas Jefferson University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Thomas Jefferson University Interior Architecture Report

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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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