2024 Best Industrial Design Schools in the Southeast Region
7Colleges in the Southeast Region
456Product Design Degrees Awarded
A degree in industrial design is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #304 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Industrial Design Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 456 degrees in industrial design to qualified students.
The product design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Industrial Design rankings. We derive our Best Overall Industrial Design School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The product design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Industrial Design Schools in the Southeast Region.
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Best Schools for Industrial Design in the Southeast Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the product design degree levels they offer.
Virginia Tech is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in industrial design. Located in the small city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #62 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 28 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in industrial design. Located in the city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #24 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were approximately 73 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent data year.
Auburn University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in industrial design. Auburn is a very large public university located in the small city of Auburn. This university ranks 3rd out of 40 colleges for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 45 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent data year.
North Carolina State University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in industrial design. NC State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Raleigh. A Best Colleges rank of #92 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were about 25 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent data year.
Any student pursuing a degree in industrial design has to check out Savannah College of Art and Design. SCAD is a fairly large private not-for-profit college located in the city of Savannah.
There were roughly 129 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at SCAD in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 99 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were roughly 39 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at Appalachian State in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 29 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were approximately 18 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at UL Lafayette in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).