Interior Design is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #150 most popular major in the country. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 4 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for interior design students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 107 degrees in interior design annually.
Your choice of interior design school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for interior design schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Interior Design Schools in Indiana list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the interior design degrees they offer, see the list below.
Purdue University - Main Campus is a good option for students pursuing a degree in interior design. Purdue is a fairly large public university located in the small city of West Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #65 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were about 19 interior design students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.
Ball State University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in interior design. Ball State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Muncie. A Best Colleges rank of #181 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Ball State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 23 interior design students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis if you want to pursue a degree in interior design. Located in the large city of Indianapolis, IUPUI is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 7th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were approximately 28 interior design students who graduated with this degree at IUPUI in the most recent data year.
Purdue University Fort Wayne is a great choice for students interested in a degree in interior design. Located in the large city of Fort Wayne, PFW is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 29th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.
There were roughly 11 interior design students who graduated with this degree at PFW 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).
Your choice of interior design school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for interior design schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
