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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interior Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
140 Degrees Awarded
$13,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students 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 “Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking.

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 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 $30-$48k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in interior architecture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent interior architecture programs, but they also cost less that 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interior Architecture (Income $30-$48k) 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 $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Knoxville, Tennessee, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is $13,745 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $30-$48k.

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 UT Knoxville

#2

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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,799 for southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Mississippi State University.

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

Full Mississippi State University Interior Architecture Report

#3

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This fairly large school is located in Ruston, Louisiana, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $30-$48k list, Louisiana Tech has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $9,834 for southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Louisiana Tech.

Full Louisiana Tech Interior Architecture Report

#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interiors degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Auburn is $20,326 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $30-$48k.

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 Interior Architecture Report

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, this large public school handed out 35 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interiors students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Louisiana State University, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,126 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read full report on Interior Architecture at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

#5 in overall quality

University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. This fairly large school is located in Lafayette, Louisiana, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

UL Lafayette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for UL Lafayette is $10,726 for southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Interior Architecture at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

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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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