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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Design in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

5 Ranked Colleges
104 Degrees Awarded
$30,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

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Industrial Design is the 290th most popular major in the country with 1,879 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 485 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 104 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality industrial design programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the industrial design program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Design in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified masters’s product design students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Georgia Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus are $31,334, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 masters’s product design degrees to qualified students.

NC State also made our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Industrial Design at North Carolina State University

#3

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. Clemson University is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clemson, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #4 spot on the list. Auburn University is a large school located in Auburn, Alabama that handed out 15 masters’s product design degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also made our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn University are $31,956.

Read more about Industrial Design at Auburn

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 45 masters’s product design degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD also took the #2 spot in our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Savannah College of Art and Design are $38,975, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Industrial Design at SCAD

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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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