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2022 Best Value Colleges for Interior Architecture in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
83 Degrees Awarded
$14,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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 in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

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.

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Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Interior Architecture in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified ’s interiors students 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 yearly cost to attend UTSA is $13,853 for southwest region interiors students with aid.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 29 ’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

Texas Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Interior Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech is $17,571 for southwest region interiors students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#3

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Houston, Texas, and it awarded 12 ’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Interior Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,838 for Southwest Region Interiors students with aid per year to attend University of Houston.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Arlington. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid list. UT Arlington is a large public school situated in Arlington, Texas. It awarded 10 ’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Arlington did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Interior Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The University of Texas at Arlington is $14,246 for Southwest Region Interiors students with aid.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Arizona State University - Tempe. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid. ASU - Tempe is a large school located in Tempe, Arizona that handed out 7 ’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southwest region interiors students with aid list, ASU - Tempe has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for southwest region interiors students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#6

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

Sam Houston State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Interiors Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #6. SHSU is a large school located in Huntsville, Texas that handed out 3 ’s interiors degrees in 2019-2020.

SHSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Interior Architecture Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $14,617 for Southwest Region Interiors students with aid per year to attend SHSU.

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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%.

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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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