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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Interior Architecture (Income Over $110k) in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
140 Degrees Awarded
$20,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Interiors Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $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 Vallue Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Vallue Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k” list to help you make the college decision.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

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Best Vallue Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make more than $110k.

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

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Mississippi State University is a large school located in Mississippi State, Mississippi that handed out 21 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Mississippi State University is $16,173 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make more than $110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Mississippi State Interior Architecture Report

#2

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #2 spot on the list. Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 19 bachelors’s interiors degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make more than $110k list, Auburn has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $24,104 for southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Auburn.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Interior Architecture at Auburn

#3

Louisiana Tech University

Ruston, Louisiana
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana Tech University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. Ruston, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interiors degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Louisiana Tech also made our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #6. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana Tech is $12,084 for southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make more than $110k.

Full Louisiana Tech University Interior Architecture Report

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Vallue Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this large public school handed out 37 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interiors students in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $18,825 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UT Knoxville.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full The University of Tennessee - Knoxville Interior Architecture Report

#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 #5 for the Best Vallue Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k. UL Lafayette is a fairly large public school situated in Lafayette, Louisiana. It awarded 8 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

UL Lafayette not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Louisiana at Lafayette is $12,487 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Interiors students whose families make more than $110k.

Read more about Interior Architecture at University of Louisiana at Lafayette

With a ranking of #6, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College did quite well on the 2022 Best Vallue Interiors Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making Over $110k list. 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 also took the #3 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is $15,465 for southeast region bachelor’s degree interiors students whose families make more than $110k.

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

Read more about Interior Architecture at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College

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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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