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2022 Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
140 Degrees Awarded
$20,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southeast region, there were 170 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,850 and $23,619 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 140 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in interior architecture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality interior architecture programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interior Architecture (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Louisiana Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Louisiana Tech University is a public institution located in Ruston, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Louisiana Tech is $14,574 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Louisiana Tech Interior Architecture Report

#2

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Mississippi State is a large public school situated in Mississippi State, Mississippi. It awarded 21 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also made our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for Mississippi State University is $19,558 for southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Interior Architecture at Mississippi State

#3

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Auburn is a large public school situated in Auburn, Alabama. It awarded 19 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

Auburn also took the #1 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn is $26,518 for southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $75-$110k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Interior Architecture at Auburn

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Louisiana at Lafayette. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Lafayette, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interiors degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $75-$110k list, UL Lafayette has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $15,202 for southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UL Lafayette.

Full UL Lafayette Interior Architecture Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #5 spot on the list. UT Knoxville is a large school located in Knoxville, Tennessee that handed out 37 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make $75-$110k list, UT Knoxville has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UT Knoxville is $24,901 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low student loan default rate of 4.3% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Interior Architecture at UT Knoxville

Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a public institution located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 35 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is $20,965 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College Interior Architecture Report

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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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