2025 Best Industrial Design Schools in the Southeast Region
7Colleges in the Southeast Region
353Product Design Degrees Awarded
A degree in industrial design is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #304 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of industrial design. Combined, these schools handed out 353 degrees in industrial design to qualified students.
The product design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Industrial Design rankings. We derive our Best Overall Industrial Design School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
The product design school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Industrial Design Schools in the Southeast Region.
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Best Schools for Industrial Design in the Southeast Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the product design degree levels they offer.
Virginia Tech is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in industrial design. Located in the city of Blacksburg, Virginia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #58 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Virginia Tech is a great school overall.
There were about 35 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at Virginia Tech in the most recent data year.
Auburn University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in industrial design. Auburn is a fairly large public university located in the city of Auburn. This university ranks 2nd out of 42 schools for overall quality in the state of Alabama.
There were about 65 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at Auburn in the most recent data year.
Every student pursuing a degree in industrial design needs to take a look at Clemson University. Clemson is a very large public university located in the suburb of Clemson. This university ranks 2nd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of South Carolina.
There were approximately 94 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at Clemson in the most recent data year.
North Carolina State University is a good option for students interested in a degree in industrial design. NC State is a fairly large public university located in the city of Raleigh. A Best Colleges rank of #122 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means NC State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 30 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at NC State in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Atlanta, Georgia Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #19 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Georgia Tech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 83 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at Georgia Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 11th out of 93 colleges for overall quality in the state of North Carolina.
There were about 32 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at Appalachian State in the most recent data year.
Located in the medium-sized city of Lafayette, UL Lafayette is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 30 colleges for overall quality in the state of Louisiana.
There were roughly 14 industrial design students who graduated with this degree at UL Lafayette in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
The product design program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Industrial Design rankings. We derive our Best Overall Industrial Design School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
