2025 Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
7
Colleges in the Plains States Region
146
Associate Degrees
If you pursue a associate degree in
interior design, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #83 most popular program in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 146 associate degrees in interior design to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great Interior Design School for Your Associate Degree
Your choice of interior design for getting your associate degree school matters. Important measures of a quality interior design program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:
Overall Quality Is a Must
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a college's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a host of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to interior design students as compared to other majors.
- Major Demand - How many other interior design students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized interior design related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for interior design students working on their associate degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Interior Design Associate Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.