by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Southeast 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 Southeast region, there were 1,681 interior design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 88 interior design graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree interior design students.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Marymount University landed the #1 spot on the list. Marymount University is a small school located in Arlington, Virginia that handed out 24 masters’s interior design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Southeast Region. This fairly large school is located in Savannah, Georgia, and it awarded 47 masters’s interior design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brenau University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Gainesville, Georgia, and it awarded 2 masters’s interior design degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Southeast Region list. Florida State University is a large school located in Tallahassee, Florida that handed out 9 masters’s interior design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Southeast Region list. The University of Tennessee - Chattanooga is located in Chattanooga, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s interior design degrees to qualified students.
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University of Kentucky landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Southeast Region ranking. This large school is located in Lexington, Kentucky, and it awarded 2 masters’s interior design degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
University of Florida came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UF is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 3 masters’s interior design degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, 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%.
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