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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Interior Design in the Southeast Region

8 Ranked Colleges
270 Degrees Awarded
$7,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,583 interior design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 270 interior design graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,631 and $18,547 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the interior design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 an Associate in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region associate degree interior design students.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Interior Design in the Southeast Region

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chattahoochee Technical College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. This medium-sized school is located in Marietta, Georgia, and it awarded 26 associates’s interior design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree interior design students list, Chattahoochee Technical College has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $1,137 for southeast region associate degree interior design students per year to attend Chattahoochee Technical College.

Full Chattahoochee Technical College Interior Design Report

#2

Wake Technical Community College

Raleigh, North Carolina
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wake Technical Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Wake Technical Community College is a public institution located in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Wake Technical Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $6,876 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Interior Design students per year to attend Wake Technical Community College.

Read more about Interior Design at Wake Technical Community College

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Northern Virginia Community College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region. Northern Virginia Community College is a large school located in Annandale, Virginia that handed out 20 associates’s interior design degrees in 2019-2020.

Northern Virginia Community College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Northern Virginia Community College is $10,005 for southeast region associate degree interior design students.

Full Northern Virginia Community College Interior Design Report

#4

Central Piedmont Community College

Charlotte, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Piedmont Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 15 degrees to qualified associates’s interior design students in 2019-2020.

Central Piedmont Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $6,002 for southeast region associate degree interior design students per year to attend Central Piedmont Community College.

Read full report on Interior Design at Central Piedmont Community College

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seminole State College of Florida. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Sanford, Florida is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s interior design degrees to 46 students in 2019-2020.

Seminole State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Seminole State is $8,326 for southeast region associate degree interior design students.

Full Seminole State College of Florida Interior Design Report

#6

Gwinnett Technical College

Lawrenceville, Georgia
#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Gwinnett Technical College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. Lawrenceville, Georgia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s interior design degrees to 14 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region associate degree interior design students list, GTC has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $11,110 for southeast region associate degree interior design students per year to attend GTC.

Read full report on Interior Design at Gwinnett Technical College

#7

Daytona State College

Daytona Beach, Florida
#8 in overall quality

Daytona State College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region ranking. This fairly large school is located in Daytona Beach, Florida, and it awarded 2 associates’s interior design degrees in 2019-2020.

Daytona State College also made our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $8,789 for Southeast Region Associate Degree Interior Design students per year to attend Daytona State College.

Read more about Interior Design at Daytona State College

#8

Miami Dade College

Miami, Florida
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Miami Dade College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Miami, Florida, and it awarded 14 associates’s interior design degrees in 2019-2020.

MDC also made our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $4,842 for southeast region associate degree interior design students per year to attend Miami Dade College.

Read more about Interior Design at MDC

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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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