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2022 Best Value Interior Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

2 Ranked Colleges
15 Degrees Awarded
$26,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Interior Design Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Interior Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Interior Design is the 158th most popular major in the country with 5,693 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 746 interior design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 interior design graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interior Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in interior design. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great interior design programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the interior 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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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 “Best Value Interior Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Interior Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interior Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Interior Design (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Interior Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Ball State University is located in Muncie, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s interior design degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ball State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Interior Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State University are $26,204.

Read full report on Interior Design at Ball State University

#2

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Interior Design Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Michigan University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and it awarded 7 masters’s interior design degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan also made our “Best Interior Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list, coming in at #0. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Eastern Michigan Interior Design Report

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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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