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2022 Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
104 Degrees Awarded
$30,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Industrial Design is the 290th most popular major in the country with 1,879 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 485 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 104 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in industrial design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent industrial design programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the industrial design 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Design (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, this large public school awarded 22 degrees to qualified masters’s product design students in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Georgia Tech are $31,334.

Read more about Industrial Design at Georgia Tech

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 12 masters’s product design degrees in 2019-2020.

NC State also made our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina State University are $28,999, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Industrial Design at North Carolina State University

#3

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 10 masters’s product design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Clemson, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Clemson University Industrial Design Report

#4

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Auburn, Alabama, this large public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified masters’s product design students in 2019-2020.

Auburn not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Auburn are $31,956, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Industrial Design at Auburn University

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Savannah College of Art and Design. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Savannah College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit institution located in Savannah, Georgia. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 45 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region master’s degree product design students whose families make $0-$30k list, SCAD has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Industrial Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at SCAD are $38,975, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Industrial Design at Savannah College of Art and Design

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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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