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2022 Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 662 people earned their degree in interior architecture, making the major the 259th most popular in the United States. 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 Southeast region, there were 170 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,850 and $23,619 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 Interiors 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. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great interior architecture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the interior architecture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Interiors 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 Interiors 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 be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville also made our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend UT Knoxville is $10,224 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.

Read more about Interior Architecture at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school handed out 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interiors students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University also took the #3 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is $8,433 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors 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.

Full Louisiana State University Interior Architecture Report

#3

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 21 bachelors’s interiors degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $0-$30k list, Mississippi State has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi State University is $13,986 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Interior Architecture at Mississippi State University

#4

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interiors 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 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.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Louisiana Tech, the school also landed the #6 spot 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 interiors students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Louisiana Tech Interior Architecture Report

#5

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s interiors degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Auburn, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn is $18,394 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Auburn University Interior Architecture Report

#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UL Lafayette is located in Lafayette, Louisiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 bachelors’s interiors degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $0-$30k list, UL Lafayette has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette is $9,621 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full UL Lafayette 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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