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2022 Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

8 Ranked Colleges
115 Degrees Awarded
$9,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 5,693 people earned their degree in interior design, making the major the 158th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 415 interior design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 115 interior design graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,069 and $19,434 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in interior design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality interior design programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the interior design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Interior Design (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Metropolitan Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Omaha, Nebraska is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s interior design degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree interior design students whose families make $0-$30k list, MCC has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Metropolitan Community College is $2,894 for plains states region associate degree interior design students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Alexandria Technical & Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. ATCC is a small school located in Alexandria, Minnesota that handed out 11 associates’s interior design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region associate degree interior design students whose families make $0-$30k list, ATCC has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for ATCC is $10,676 for plains states region associate degree interior design students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#3

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, Missouri
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Saint Louis Community College is a fairly large public school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 15 associates’s interior design degrees in 2019-2020.

Saint Louis Community College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Saint Louis Community College is $5,930 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Interior Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#4

Century College

White Bear Lake, Minnesota
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Century College landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, and it awarded 24 associates’s interior design degrees in 2019-2020.

Century College also took the #4 spot in our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Century College is $9,460 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Interior Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

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#5

Kirkwood Community College

Cedar Rapids, Iowa
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kirkwood Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Kirkwood Community College is located in Cedar Rapids, Iowa and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 associates’s interior design degrees to qualified students.

Kirkwood Community College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Kirkwood Community College is $8,067 for plains states region associate degree interior design students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Interior Design at Kirkwood Community College

#6

Johnson County Community College

Overland Park, Kansas
#2 in overall quality

Johnson County Community College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Overland Park, Kansas, this fairly large public school handed out 19 degrees to qualified associates’s interior design students in 2019-2020.

JCCC also took the #2 spot in our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $11,063 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Interior Design students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend JCCC.

Read more about Interior Design at Johnson County Community College

#7

Dakota County Technical College

Rosemount, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

Dakota County Technical College ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Dakota County Technical College is located in Rosemount, Minnesota and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 associates’s interior design degrees to qualified students.

DCTC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $8,042 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Interior Design students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend DCTC.

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#8 in overall quality

Stevens - The Institute of Business & Arts ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Interior Design Schools for an Associate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. This small school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 2 associates’s interior design degrees in 2019-2020.

Siba also made our “Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $16,614 for Plains States Region Associate Degree Interior Design students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Stevens - The Institute of Business & Arts.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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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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