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

8 Ranked Colleges
381 Degrees Awarded
$23,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Product Design Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Product Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 1,879 people earned their degree in industrial design, making the major the 290th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 485 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 381 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Product Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking analyzed 8 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the industrial design program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Industrial Design (Income $75-$110k) in the Southeast Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Product Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Georgia Tech is a public institution located in Atlanta, Georgia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Georgia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Industrial Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $17,846 for southeast region bachelor’s degree product design students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Georgia Tech.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus Industrial Design Report

#2

North Carolina State University

Raleigh, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Product Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Raleigh, North Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s product design degrees to 22 students in 2019-2020.

NC State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Industrial Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for NC State is $19,541 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Product Design students whose families make $75-$110k.

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 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Industrial Design at NC State

#3

Appalachian State University

Boone, North Carolina
#6 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Boone, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 44 degrees to qualified bachelors’s product design students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Appalachian State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Industrial Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Appalachian State is $18,376 for southeast region bachelor’s degree product design students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Read more about Industrial Design at Appalachian State University

#4

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Product Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 32 bachelors’s product design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree product design students whose families make $75-$110k list, Virginia Tech has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Industrial Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Virginia Tech is $23,808 for southeast region bachelor’s degree product design students whose families make $75-$110k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Industrial Design at Virginia Tech

#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Product Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Louisiana at Lafayette landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Lafayette, Louisiana, this fairly large public school handed out 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s product design students in 2019-2020.

UL Lafayette did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Industrial Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Louisiana at Lafayette is $15,202 for southeast region bachelor’s degree product design students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Industrial Design at UL Lafayette

#6

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Clemson University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Product Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Clemson is a large public school situated in Clemson, South Carolina. It awarded 82 bachelors’s product design degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Industrial Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Clemson is $22,937 for southeast region bachelor’s degree product design students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Industrial Design at Clemson

#7

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama
#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Auburn University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Product Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Auburn, Alabama is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s product design degrees to 47 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree product design students whose families make $75-$110k list, Auburn has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Industrial Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn is $26,518 for southeast region bachelor’s degree product design students whose families make $75-$110k.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Industrial Design at Auburn University

#7 in overall quality

Savannah College of Art and Design ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Product Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Savannah College of Art and Design is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Savannah, Georgia. It awarded 98 bachelors’s product design degrees in 2019-2020.

SCAD also made our “Best Industrial Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $45,370 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Product Design students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Savannah College of Art and Design.

Read full report on 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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