by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 5,840 people earned their degree in interior design, making the major the 150th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 744 interior design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 7 interior design graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,892 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in interior design. That schools that top this list have a program in interior design in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree interior design students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Ball State University is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 5 masters’s interior design degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified masters’s interior design students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Great Lakes Region. UC is located in Cincinnati, Ohio and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 44 masters’s interior design degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.7% 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%.
Full University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Interior Design Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Columbia College Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Great Lakes Region. Columbia College Chicago is a private not-for-profit institution located in Chicago, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 25 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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