2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interior Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Plains States region, there were 50 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,800 and $26,710 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent interior architecture programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the interior architecture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Interior Architecture Schools

The interiors school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

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. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

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

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interior Architecture (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#1 in overall quality

$12,216 Average Net Price

$43,426 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $12,216 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interior Architecture (Income $0-$30k)

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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