by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Schools Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
Industrial Design is the 304th most popular major in the country with 1,714 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.
Across the Southeast region, there were 353 industrial design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in industrial design. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their industrial design program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region product design students.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Savannah College of Art and Design landed the #1 spot on the list. SCAD is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Savannah, Georgia. It awarded 0 ’s product design degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Clemson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Clemson, South Carolina is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s product design degrees to 94 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Georgia Institute of Technology - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region list. Georgia Tech is a large school located in Atlanta, Georgia that handed out 83 ’s product design degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.4%, 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 undergraduate students.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region. Appalachian State is a large school located in Boone, North Carolina that handed out 32 ’s product design degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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 Industrial Design at Appalachian State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region. This large school is located in Auburn, Alabama, and it awarded 65 ’s product design degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
With a ranking of #6, University of Louisiana at Lafayette did quite well on the 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region list. Lafayette, Louisiana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s product design degrees to 14 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Industrial Design at University of Louisiana at Lafayette
Virginia Tech came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 35 ’s product design degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.5% 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.
North Carolina State University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools Highly Focused on Product Design Major in the Southeast Region list. North Carolina State University is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 30 ’s product design degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.0%, 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 undergraduate students.
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