2024 Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in Virginia

If you pursue a associate degree in interior design, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #83 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Virginia to determine which ones were the best for associate degree seekers in the field of interior design. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 55 associate degrees in interior design during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Associate Degree Schools List

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to interior design students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other interior design students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized interior design related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for interior design students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in Virginia ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Interior Design in Virginia

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing an associate degree in interior design.

Top Virginia Schools for an Associate in Interior Design

1

Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

33 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Northern Virginia Community College if you want to pursue an associate degree in interior design. Northern Virginia Community College is a very large public college located in the suburb of Annandale.More information about a associate in interior design from Northern Virginia Community College

2

Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

22 Annual Graduates

Tidewater Community College is one of the best schools in the country for getting an associate degree in interior design. Located in the city of Norfolk, Tidewater Community College is a public college with a large student population.More information about a associate in interior design from Tidewater Community College

Best Interior Design Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Interior Design Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Mississippi	272	0
Florida	232	102
North Carolina	231	53
Georgia	217	45
West Virginia	180	0
Tennessee	170	29

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Rankings in Majors Related to Interior Design

One of 9 majors within the Design & Applied Arts area of study, Interior Design has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Interior Design

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Visual Communications	86

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.