by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in Virginia” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 5,811 people earned their degree in interior design, making the major the 150th most popular in the United States.
Across Virginia, there were 198 interior design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 114 interior design graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,755 and $24,761 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in Virginia” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in interior design. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their interior design program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in Virginia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in Virginia”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The Art Institute of Virginia Beach. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in Virginia list. The Art Institute of Virginia Beach is a small school located in Virginia Beach, Virginia that handed out 1 bachelors’s interior design degrees in 2021-2022.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marymount University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in Virginia list. Marymount is a private not-for-profit institution located in Arlington, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 29 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #3 spot on the list. Virginia Commonwealth University is located in Richmond, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 33 bachelors’s interior design degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #4 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large public school situated in Blacksburg, Virginia. It awarded 35 bachelors’s interior design degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Interior Design Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Liberty University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Lynchburg, Virginia, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified bachelors’s interior design students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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