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2025 Best Interior Design Schools in Illinois

3 Colleges in Illinois
128 Interior Design Degrees Awarded
Ranked #150 in popularity, interior design is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Interior Design Schools in Illinois ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 128 degrees in interior design annually.

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Choosing a Great Interior Design School

Best Interior Design Schools in Illinois Your choice of interior design school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Interior 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.

Interior Design Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Interior Design
Bachelor's Degrees in Interior Design

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 Best Interior Design Schools in Illinois list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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More information on how we come up with our rankings can be found here: College Factual's Data Methodology.

Best Schools for Interior Design in Illinois

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the interior design degree levels they offer.

Top Illinois Schools in Interior Design

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL
13.8% Growth in Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in interior design needs to check out Columbia College Chicago. Located in the city of Chicago, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 9th out of 85 schools for overall quality in the state of Illinois.

There were approximately 29 interior design students who graduated with this degree at Columbia in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in interior design from Columbia College Chicago

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COD crest
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In IL
27.6% Growth in Graduates

College of DuPage is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in interior design. COD is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Glen Ellyn. This college ranks 29th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.

There were approximately 29 interior design students who graduated with this degree at COD in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in interior design from College of DuPage

3
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IL
16.7% Growth in Graduates

Illinois State University is a great decision for students pursuing a degree in interior design. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #210 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Illinois State is a great university overall.

There were about 30 interior design students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in interior design from Illinois State University

Best Interior Design Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Interior Design Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Ohio 939 153
Michigan 915 157
Indiana 737 82
Wisconsin 672 189

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One of 9 majors within the Design & Applied Arts area of study, Interior Design has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Graphic Design 484
Visual Communications 138
Game & Interactive Media Design 109
Industrial Design 83
Fashion Design 69
Illustration 53
Commercial Photography 29
Other Design & Applied Arts 27
Commercial & Advertising Art 23

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