2022 Best Value Colleges for Industrial Design in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

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

Across the Southwest region, there were 80 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Product Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Product Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid

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

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for Industrial Design in the Southwest Region (With Aid)

#1

Arizona State University - Tempe

Tempe, Arizona

#1 in overall quality

$11,706 Average Net Price

$46,397 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Product Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #1 spot on the list. ASU - Tempe is a public institution located in Tempe, Arizona. The school has a large population, and it awarded 51 ’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ASU - Tempe did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Industrial Design Schools in the Southwest Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Arizona State University - Tempe is $11,706 for Southwest Region Product Design students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read full report on Industrial Design at ASU - Tempe

#2

University of Houston

Houston, Texas

#2 in overall quality

$12,838 Average Net Price

$46,964 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Product Design Schools in the Southwest Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Houston landed the #2 spot on the list. Houston, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s product design degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

UH not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Industrial Design Schools in the Southwest Region” list. It costs about $12,838 for Southwest Region Product Design students with aid per year to attend UH.

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

Read more about Industrial Design at University of Houston

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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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