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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region

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In 2020-2021, 1,792 people earned their degree in industrial design, making the major the 304th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 456 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 78 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in industrial design. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their industrial design program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree product design students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Design in the Southeast Region

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Savannah, Georgia, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 47 degrees to qualified masters’s product design students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 Industrial Design at SCAD

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’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 #2 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school handed out 12 degrees to qualified masters’s product design students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Industrial Design at Georgia Tech

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North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region list. NC State is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full NC State Industrial Design Report

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Auburn University
Auburn, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Auburn University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region list. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s product design degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

Full Auburn Industrial Design Report

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Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #5 spot on the list. Clemson is a public institution located in Clemson, South Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Industrial Design at Clemson

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