by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interiors Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 728 people earned their degree in interior architecture, making the major the 257th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, interior architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,215 and had an average of $24,409 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 110 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,343 and $24,466 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 46 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interiors Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in interior architecture. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their interior architecture program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interiors Major in the Far Western US Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree interiors students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Interior Designers Institute. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interiors Major in the Far Western US Region. Interior Designers Institute is a small private for-profit school situated in Newport Beach, California. It awarded 6 masters’s interiors degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Interior Architecture at Interior Designers Institute
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interiors Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Pomona, California, this large public school awarded 35 diplomas to qualified masters’s interiors students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Interior Architecture at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interiors Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Oregon landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Eugene, Oregon, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s interiors students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Woodbury University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interiors Major in the Far Western US Region list. Woodbury is a private not-for-profit institution located in Burbank, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interiors Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nevada - Las Vegas landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a public institution located in Las Vegas, Nevada. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.9% 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%.
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