2024 Best Interior Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in interior design, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #116 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.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Interior Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 96 bachelor's degrees in interior design during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Interior Design School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The interior design bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on interior design students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other interior design students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized interior design related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Interior Design Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Interior Design Bachelor's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list, to help you choose the best school for you.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Interior Design in Pennsylvania

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in interior design.

Top Pennsylvania Schools for a Bachelor's in Interior Design

1

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

35 Annual Graduates

Drexel University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in interior design. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in interior design from Drexel University

2

Moore College of Art and Design
Philadelphia, PA

14 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in interior design needs to take a look at Moore College of Art and Design. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Moore College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in interior design from Moore College of Art and Design

3

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus
Indiana, PA

34 Annual Graduates

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in interior design. Located in the town of Indiana, IUP is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in interior design from Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

4

Mercyhurst University
Erie, PA

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Mercyhurst University is a wonderful choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in interior design. Mercyhurst is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Erie.More information about a bachelor’s in interior design from Mercyhurst University

Best Interior Design Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Interior Design Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	255
Maryland	370	4
New Jersey	351	41
District of Columbia	226	27

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Interior Design Related Rankings by Major

Interior Design is one of 9 different types of Design & Applied Arts programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Interior Design

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Graphic Design	289
Visual Communications	117
Fashion Design	107
Commercial & Advertising Art	98
Other Design & Applied Arts	86
Illustration	83
Game & Interactive Media Design	67
Industrial Design	48

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.