2023 Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$39,630
Avg Salary
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
In 2020-2021, 728 people earned their degree in interior architecture, making the major the 257th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, interior architecture graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $40,215 and had an average of $24,409 in loans still to pay off.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 545 interior architecture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,682 and $26,217 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 18 colleges that offer a degree in interior architecture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent interior architecture programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the interior architecture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 18 Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mississippi State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s list. Mississippi State, Mississippi is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interiors degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Mississippi State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Mississippi State supports 22,986 students, and 1,170 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 676 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,684. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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 University Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s. Miami University - Oxford is located in Oxford, Ohio and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s interiors degrees to qualified students.
Miami University - Oxford also took the #5 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 18,880 students enrolled at Miami University - Oxford, 405 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 259 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,877. To help with additional expenses, 6 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Miami University - Oxford offers credit for military training for eligible students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
Full Miami University - Oxford Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 18 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the #3 spot on the list. Auburn is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s interiors degrees to qualified students.
Auburn also made our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #6.Of the 30,737 students enrolled at Auburn University, 1,499 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 746 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,423. During this same period, 68 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, 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 undergraduate students.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Auburn University]](/colleges/auburn-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a public institution located in Lincoln, Nebraska. The school has a large population, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UNL also made our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3.Of the 25,108 students enrolled at UNL, 690 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 344 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,374. In addition to receiving other benefits, 79 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. UNL offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Knoxville, Tennessee, this large public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s interiors students in 2020-2021.
UT Knoxville also made our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7.Our most recent data shows that 1,122 of the 30,559 students enrolled at UT Knoxville were GI Bill® students, of which 739 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $10,650. In addition to receiving other benefits, 8 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. UT Knoxville does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UT Knoxville]](/colleges/the-university-of-tennessee/student-life/veterans/)
Marywood University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Marywood University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Scranton, Pennsylvania. It awarded 17 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2020-2021.
Marywood also took the #4 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Marywood University supports 2,613 students, and 60 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 33 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $19,240. On top of their other funding sources, 16 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
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University of Houston ranked #7 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s list. UH is located in Houston, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s interiors degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UH, the school also landed the #11 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 47,090 students enrolled at University of Houston, 1,382 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 730 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,264. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Syracuse University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Syracuse is located in Syracuse, New York and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 15 bachelors’s interiors degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying interiors list, Syracuse has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Syracuse University supports 21,322 students, and 385 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 250 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $20,840. During this same period, 217 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
Full Syracuse University Veteran Student Life Report
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and it awarded 37 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying interiors list, Louisiana State University has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 34,285 students enrolled at Louisiana State University, 1 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Oregon landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in Eugene, Oregon, and it awarded 16 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying interiors list, UO has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 21,752 students enrolled at University of Oregon, 582 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 314 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $11,688. On top of their other funding sources, 25 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Woodbury University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #11. Located in Burbank, California, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 10 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s interiors students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying interiors list, Woodbury has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, Woodbury University supports 1,132 students, and 45 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 29 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,671. On top of their other funding sources, 11 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Woodbury]](/colleges/woodbury-university/student-life/veterans/)
With a ranking of #12, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s list. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this large public school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s interiors students in 2020-2021.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree vets studying interiors list, UTSA has also earned the #16 rank in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, UTSA supports 34,742 students, and 3,565 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1,847 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,531. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at UTSA]](/colleges/the-university-of-texas-at-san-antonio/student-life/veterans/)
Louisiana Tech University did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #13. Louisiana Tech University is a public institution located in Ruston, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Louisiana Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #18 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 11,126 students enrolled at Louisiana Tech, 29 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 26 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $2,493. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Louisiana Tech offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Full Louisiana Tech Veteran Student Life Report
With a ranking of #14, Utah State University did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2020-2021.
USU also took the #13 spot in our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Of the 27,691 students enrolled at Utah State University, 3 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 1 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $285. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 full report on veteran student life at Utah State University]](/colleges/utah-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
Bowling Green State University - Main Campus ranked #15 on this year’s Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s list. Bowling Green, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s interiors degrees to 22 students in 2020-2021.
BGSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #15 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, Bowling Green State University - Main Campus supports 18,142 students, and 577 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 258 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,808. To help with additional expenses, 3 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Bowling Green State University - Main Campus]](/colleges/bowling-green-state-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #16. UL Lafayette is a public institution located in Lafayette, Louisiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
UL Lafayette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #17 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Among the 16,450 students enrolled at University of Louisiana at Lafayette, 604 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 224 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,336. On top of their other funding sources, 4 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full UL Lafayette Veteran Student Life Report
Lawrence Technological University came in at #17 in this year’s edition of the Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s ranking. Southfield, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s interiors degrees to 6 students in 2020-2021.
Lawrence Tech also made our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12.Among the 2,812 students enrolled at Lawrence Tech, 70 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 19 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $13,401. In addition to receiving other benefits, 1 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Idaho did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Interiors for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #18. U of I is a fairly large public school situated in Moscow, Idaho. It awarded 14 bachelors’s interiors degrees in 2020-2021.
U of I not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #14 on our “Best Interior Architecture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 382 of the 10,791 students enrolled at U of I were GI Bill® students, of which 248 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,784. During this same period, 29 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 full report on veteran student life at U of I]](/colleges/university-of-idaho/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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