by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Industrial Design is the 304th most popular major in the country with 1,714 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 353 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 304 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,436 and $23,790 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial design. That schools that top this list have a program in industrial design in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Savannah College of Art and Design. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region list. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s product design degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region. Located in Clemson, South Carolina, this large public school awarded 84 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s product design students in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region. Appalachian State University is a large public school situated in Boone, North Carolina. It awarded 32 bachelors’s product design degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s product design degrees to 75 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Full Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Industrial Design Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region list. UL Lafayette is a fairly large school located in Lafayette, Louisiana that handed out 14 bachelors’s product design degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full University of Louisiana at Lafayette Industrial Design Report
Auburn University ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region list. Auburn University is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 47 bachelors’s product design degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Virginia Tech ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region list. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 35 bachelors’s product design degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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%.
North Carolina State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region ranking. NC State is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s product design degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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