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2022 Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
76 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 662 people earned their degree in interior architecture, making the major the 259th most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, interior architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $41,244 and had an average of $24,467 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Southwest region, there were 83 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,850 and $24,508 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 76 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,896 and $23,899 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in interior architecture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent interior architecture programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the interior architecture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interior Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 29 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech also took the #1 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $12,317 for southwest region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Texas Tech University Interior Architecture Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

UTSA also took the #4 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $10,516 for southwest region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio.

Read more about Interior Architecture at The University of Texas at San Antonio

#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Houston. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Houston is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 12 bachelors’s interiors degrees to qualified students.

UH also took the #3 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Houston is $10,203 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Interior Architecture at UH

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Arlington. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k. UT Arlington is a large school located in Arlington, Texas that handed out 10 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $0-$30k list, UT Arlington has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Arlington is $11,811 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full UT Arlington Interior Architecture Report

#5

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southwest Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Sam Houston State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Huntsville, Texas, this large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interiors students in 2019-2020.

SHSU also made our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $10,561 for Southwest Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SHSU.

Read more about Interior Architecture at Sam Houston State University

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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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