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Considering a degree in Interior Design?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Interior Design majors who live in California.
Rankings are calculated by estimating the net price at every college offering Interior Design degrees for a "typical" middle class family living in the state of California.
Note: Net price is the actual cost of college paid after factoring in financial aid.The net prices displayed in these rankings are College Raptor's estimates.
“Typical” middle class family values used in the Net Price estimates on this page are:
| Rank | Institution | Typical Net Price | Sticker Price | % Savings | Undergraduates | Est. Median SAT | Acceptance Rate | Save |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Santa Monica College | 7000 | 15500 | 0.5492 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 2 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 3 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 10900 | 20400 | 0.4644 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Northern Arizona University | 10900 | 25400 | 0.5699 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 5 | California State University-Fresno | 11300 | 19700 | 0.4249 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 6 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 7 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 9 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 10 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14200 | 23600 | 0.3981 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 11 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.454 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 11 | Pittsburg State University | 14500 | 25200 | 0.4256 | 4,491 | 1055 | 0.8727 | |
| 11 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14500 | 25600 | 0.4328 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 14 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14600 | 22700 | 0.3563 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 15 | Central Michigan University | 14900 | 40600 | 0.6331 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 16 | California State University-Long Beach | 15600 | 25800 | 0.3956 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 17 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16100 | 30300 | 0.4673 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 19 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 16300 | 28000 | 0.4176 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 19 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22300 | 0.2692 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 21 | Western Carolina University | 16500 | 19600 | 0.1582 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 22 | California State University-Sacramento | 16700 | 27400 | 0.389 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 23 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 24 | Bay Path University | 17000 | 55400 | 0.6929 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 24 | San Francisco State University | 17000 | 33400 | 0.4916 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 26 | Weber State University | 17100 | 22100 | 0.2264 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 27 | Sam Houston State University | 17300 | 23000 | 0.2478 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 28 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17800 | 33600 | 0.4699 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 29 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3394 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 30 | Eastern Michigan University | 19100 | 36100 | 0.4709 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 31 | Carson-Newman University | 19500 | 51700 | 0.6227 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 32 | Western Michigan University | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 33 | Iowa State University | 20300 | 24200 | 0.1626 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 34 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 34 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20800 | 88800 | 0.7659 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 36 | Brenau University | 20900 | 50900 | 0.5896 | 1,273 | 1105 | 0.8778 | |
| 37 | North Dakota State University | 21200 | 25700 | 0.1744 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 21700 | 24800 | 0.1281 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 39 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 21800 | 33900 | 0.3567 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 40 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 40 | University of Memphis | 22400 | 30000 | 0.2538 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 42 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 22500 | 32000 | 0.2967 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 43 | Florida State University | 22800 | 25000 | 0.0881 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 44 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23600 | 33600 | 0.2978 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 45 | Meredith College | 23700 | 77200 | 0.6927 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 46 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24600 | 32200 | 0.2359 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 47 | South Dakota State University | 25800 | 28700 | 0.1005 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 48 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25900 | 48900 | 0.47 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 48 | University of the Incarnate Word | 25900 | 59900 | 0.568 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
| 50 | California State University-Northridge | 26000 | 36600 | 0.2891 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 51 | Georgia Southern University | 26400 | 26700 | 0.0112 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 52 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26500 | 28400 | 0.0663 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 53 | Winthrop University | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0944 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 54 | University of North Texas | 27200 | 37400 | 0.2729 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 55 | Seattle Pacific University | 27300 | 62600 | 0.564 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 56 | Park University | 27600 | 30800 | 0.104 | 6,238 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 57 | Marymount University | 28100 | 69500 | 0.5956 | 2,216 | 1095 | 0.8021 | |
| 58 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 58 | University of Central Missouri | 28300 | 33200 | 0.1473 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 58 | University of Northern Iowa | 28300 | 36200 | 0.218 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 61 | Oklahoma Christian University | 29500 | 43100 | 0.3164 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 62 | Cleveland Institute of Art | 29900 | 65900 | 0.5462 | 566 | 1185 | 0.5628 | |
| 63 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 63 | San Jose State University | 30000 | 41000 | 0.2681 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 65 | Belmont University | 30400 | 67800 | 0.5512 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 65 | Salem College | 30400 | 55300 | 0.4501 | 464 | 1080 | 0.789 | |
| 67 | Mississippi College | 30500 | 45400 | 0.3282 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 68 | East Tennessee State University | 30700 | 30700 | 0 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 69 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6057 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 70 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 71 | University of Kentucky | 31000 | 36000 | 0.139 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 72 | Samford University | 31400 | 65200 | 0.5183 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 73 | Adrian College | 31900 | 67500 | 0.5272 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
| 73 | Harding University | 31900 | 43800 | 0.2712 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 75 | University of Bridgeport | 32100 | 60500 | 0.4696 | 1,479 | 1065 | 0.6431 | |
| 76 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 77 | Appalachian State University | 33200 | 35800 | 0.0726 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 77 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33200 | 42800 | 0.2243 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 79 | George Washington University | 33800 | 81800 | 0.587 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 80 | Morgan State University | 33900 | 37200 | 0.0887 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 81 | College for Creative Studies | 34500 | 79600 | 0.5665 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 82 | Baylor University | 34800 | 70800 | 0.5082 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 83 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 35200 | 42400 | 0.1698 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 84 | Abilene Christian University | 35500 | 60700 | 0.4148 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 85 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3586 | 1,817 | 1055 | 0.5187 | |
| 86 | Converse University | 36200 | 37600 | 0.0372 | 852 | 1140 | 0.6424 | |
| 87 | University of Central Arkansas | 36500 | 38400 | 0.0491 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 88 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 62000 | 0.4049 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 89 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37300 | 38500 | 0.0312 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 90 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37600 | 68200 | 0.4484 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 91 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 37700 | 39900 | 0.0551 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 92 | Illinois State University | 37800 | 45900 | 0.1782 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 93 | University of New Haven | 38000 | 64900 | 0.4142 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 94 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 95 | Washington State University | 38800 | 53900 | 0.2799 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 96 | Suffolk University | 38900 | 73600 | 0.4717 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 97 | Endicott College | 40500 | 63200 | 0.3591 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 98 | New England Institute of Technology | 41200 | 61100 | 0.3259 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
| 99 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 100 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 42000 | 61600 | 0.3182 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
| 101 | Kean University | 42500 | 48300 | 0.1201 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 102 | California College of the Arts | 42600 | 87800 | 0.5143 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 103 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43300 | 46200 | 0.0624 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 104 | Texas Christian University | 43900 | 81900 | 0.464 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 105 | Mercyhurst University | 44000 | 66400 | 0.3375 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 106 | Oregon State University | 45000 | 61900 | 0.2733 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 107 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 45200 | 57100 | 0.2083 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 108 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 109 | High Point University | 46100 | 70500 | 0.3462 | 5,006 | 1209 | 0.7683 | |
| 110 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 111 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48800 | 64400 | 0.2423 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 113 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 50700 | 56200 | 0.0978 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 114 | Drexel University | 51400 | 82600 | 0.3776 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 115 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 116 | Columbia College Chicago | 52600 | 67200 | 0.2172 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 117 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53600 | 61000 | 0.1226 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 118 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 119 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57900 | 83800 | 0.3091 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 120 | Moore College of Art and Design | 58400 | 85600 | 0.3179 | 390 | 1170 | 0.6051 | |
| 121 | Cornish College of the Arts | 59700 | 75100 | 0.2051 | 502 | 0 | 0.7046 | |
| 122 | The New School | 65200 | 104000 | 0.3731 | 1,449 | 1268 | 0.8333 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.