Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Interior Architecture

Find Schools Near

2022 Best Value Colleges for Interior Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

6 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Interior Architecture is the 259th most popular major in the country with 662 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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.

This year’s “Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in interior architecture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great interior architecture programs and 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

When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.

Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region interiors students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Interior Architecture (Income $30-$48k) in the Southwest Region

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #1 spot on the list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s interiors degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Interior Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $13,326 for southwest region interiors students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Texas Tech University.

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

Read more about Interior Architecture at Texas Tech University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at San Antonio. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UTSA is a large school located in San Antonio, Texas that handed out 22 ’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UTSA, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UTSA is $11,109 for southwest region interiors students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full UTSA Interior Architecture Report

#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 in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. University of Houston is a large school located in Houston, Texas that handed out 12 ’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

UH also made our “Best Interior Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend University of Houston is $9,925 for Southwest Region Interiors students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

Full University of Houston Interior Architecture Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Arizona State University - Tempe. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Arizona State University - Tempe is a large public school situated in Tempe, Arizona. It awarded 7 ’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe also made our “Best Interior Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $8,921 for southwest region interiors students whose families make $30-$48k.

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 more about Interior Architecture at ASU - Tempe

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 #5 for the Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Arlington, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s interiors degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Arlington, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. It costs about $12,974 for southwest region interiors students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend The University of Texas at Arlington.

Full UT Arlington Interior Architecture Report

#6

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

Sam Houston State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s interiors degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region interiors students whose families make $30-$48k list, SHSU has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SHSU is $11,634 for southwest region interiors students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read full report on Interior Architecture at SHSU

Switch to a Different Ranking Method

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.

Credits

Featured Architecture / Urban Planning Schools

Find Schools Near You