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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 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10100 | 27800 | 0.6356 | 9,129 | 1075 | 0.9399 | |
| 2 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5815 | 7,166 | 1015 | 0.7229 | |
| 3 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 11000 | 25700 | 0.5713 | 46,815 | 1378 | 0.6057 | |
| 4 | California State University-Northridge | 11500 | 22000 | 0.4753 | 32,756 | 1005 | 0.9345 | |
| 5 | Santa Monica College | 11700 | 33300 | 0.6478 | 23,453 | 0 | 0 | |
| 6 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 12000 | 28000 | 0.571 | 8,553 | 1045 | 0.8688 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 38,040 | 1418 | 0.452 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 12400 | 24700 | 0.4983 | 7,490 | 1140 | 0.918 | |
| 9 | Central Michigan University | 14200 | 37800 | 0.6236 | 10,193 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 10 | Pittsburg State University | 14600 | 23900 | 0.3885 | 4,472 | 1055 | 0.8942 | |
| 11 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14800 | 22400 | 0.3388 | 4,213 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 12 | Western Michigan University | 14900 | 26500 | 0.4381 | 13,027 | 1115 | 0.846 | |
| 13 | University of North Texas | 15400 | 26100 | 0.4106 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 14 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 15 | California State University-Sacramento | 15700 | 27700 | 0.4345 | 28,820 | 1035 | 0.9399 | |
| 15 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 17 | San Francisco State University | 15800 | 46700 | 0.6611 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 18 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 15900 | 28200 | 0.4356 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 18 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 27,248 | 0 | 0 | |
| 20 | Eastern Michigan University | 16000 | 36100 | 0.5559 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 20 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 16000 | 27700 | 0.4218 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 22 | California State University-Long Beach | 16400 | 25800 | 0.3645 | 36,082 | 1135 | 0.4627 | |
| 22 | University of Florida | 16400 | 22500 | 0.271 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 24 | Sam Houston State University | 16500 | 27000 | 0.389 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 25 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.8183 | |
| 26 | Ferris State University | 16900 | 31000 | 0.4555 | 8,991 | 1015 | 0.9139 | |
| 26 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16900 | 23200 | 0.2715 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 28 | University of Memphis | 17200 | 26400 | 0.3491 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 29 | Morgan State University | 17300 | 28500 | 0.3928 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 30 | San Jose State University | 19000 | 40800 | 0.5349 | 28,008 | 1124 | 0.8461 | |
| 31 | Carson-Newman University | 19200 | 51900 | 0.6303 | 1,596 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 31 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19200 | 62200 | 0.6917 | 2,711 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 31 | Southeast Missouri State University | 19200 | 30600 | 0.3722 | 7,926 | 945 | 0.7352 | |
| 34 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,177 | 1110 | 0.852 | |
| 35 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20200 | 39900 | 0.494 | 5,255 | 1109 | 0.7295 | |
| 35 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 45200 | 0.5537 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5478 | |
| 37 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 20800 | 48900 | 0.5742 | 5,692 | 1124 | 0.9508 | |
| 38 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1847 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 39 | The University of Alabama | 22400 | 31000 | 0.2772 | 34,389 | 1284 | 0.7665 | |
| 40 | Florida State University | 22600 | 32400 | 0.3029 | 32,720 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 41 | Brenau University | 22800 | 51700 | 0.5587 | 1,273 | 1060 | 0.8778 | |
| 42 | Northern Arizona University | 23100 | 34100 | 0.3221 | 22,990 | 1090 | 0.8961 | |
| 43 | East Tennessee State University | 23200 | 30600 | 0.2416 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 44 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5069 | 718 | 1015 | 0.4759 | |
| 44 | Park University | 24200 | 31300 | 0.2272 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 46 | Abilene Christian University | 24300 | 59000 | 0.5877 | 3,263 | 1189 | 0.6603 | |
| 47 | Seattle Pacific University | 25200 | 70000 | 0.64 | 1,776 | 1180 | 0.834 | |
| 48 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1097 | 10,719 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 49 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 50 | Georgia Southern University | 26500 | 26800 | 0.0112 | 23,541 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 51 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26600 | 61400 | 0.567 | 4,638 | 1030 | 0.9814 | |
| 52 | Iowa State University | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3829 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 53 | University of Central Arkansas | 27100 | 31200 | 0.1329 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 54 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,354 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 55 | Mississippi College | 27900 | 45100 | 0.3805 | 2,883 | 1110 | 0.2911 | |
| 56 | Texas State University | 28000 | 28000 | 0 | 36,236 | 1100 | 0.8932 | |
| 56 | University of Northern Iowa | 28000 | 36200 | 0.2253 | 7,711 | 1129 | 0.9274 | |
| 58 | Weber State University | 28100 | 33900 | 0.171 | 31,672 | 0 | 0 | |
| 59 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 29200 | 71800 | 0.5935 | 884 | 1080 | 0.6766 | |
| 60 | Cleveland Institute of Art | 29500 | 66500 | 0.5565 | 545 | 1176 | 0.6135 | |
| 61 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 62 | Salem College | 30300 | 55300 | 0.4525 | 464 | 1080 | 0.7667 | |
| 63 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6093 | 14,267 | 1381 | 0.6693 | |
| 64 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64800 | 0.5223 | 8,417 | 1070 | 0.8488 | |
| 65 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3092 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 66 | Kean University | 31400 | 39500 | 0.2051 | 11,758 | 1040 | 0.759 | |
| 67 | Baylor University | 31900 | 70300 | 0.546 | 14,915 | 1321 | 0.5128 | |
| 67 | Lawrence Technological University | 31900 | 71900 | 0.5562 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.559 | |
| 69 | Marymount University | 32000 | 72600 | 0.5593 | 2,503 | 1095 | 0.9316 | |
| 70 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32200 | 36700 | 0.1214 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 71 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.536 | 7,175 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 71 | Samford University | 32400 | 64600 | 0.4986 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 73 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 70300 | 0.5362 | 4,326 | 1209 | 0.8233 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32900 | 35000 | 0.0614 | 6,136 | 1159 | 0.8767 | |
| 75 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 76 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 33400 | 41000 | 0.186 | 22,364 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 76 | University of Bridgeport | 33400 | 60500 | 0.4481 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 78 | Adrian College | 33600 | 70200 | 0.5207 | 1,673 | 1045 | 0.7253 | |
| 79 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,677 | 1430 | 0.4709 | |
| 79 | Harding University | 33700 | 47800 | 0.296 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 81 | Winthrop University | 33800 | 52500 | 0.3559 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 82 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34500 | 34500 | 0 | 10,202 | 1140 | 0.8109 | |
| 83 | Meredith College | 34700 | 64200 | 0.4596 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 84 | Texas Tech University | 35300 | 38900 | 0.0926 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 85 | College for Creative Studies | 35400 | 89800 | 0.6061 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 86 | Converse University | 36000 | 37600 | 0.0425 | 1,173 | 1129 | 0.6774 | |
| 87 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36200 | 41600 | 0.1298 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 88 | University of New Haven | 36500 | 67300 | 0.4574 | 4,903 | 1164 | 0.6038 | |
| 89 | East Carolina University | 37000 | 42700 | 0.1324 | 21,445 | 1160 | 0.8921 | |
| 90 | California State University-Fresno | 37300 | 43800 | 0.1474 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 91 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57100 | 0.3435 | 1,831 | 1108 | 0.9143 | |
| 91 | Cornish College of the Arts | 37500 | 80200 | 0.5325 | 505 | 0 | 0.6221 | |
| 93 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37900 | 68200 | 0.444 | 1,225 | 1208 | 0.6208 | |
| 94 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38000 | 38700 | 0.0181 | 14,416 | 1210 | 0.8851 | |
| 95 | Washington State University | 38200 | 53900 | 0.2906 | 21,455 | 1125 | 0.8664 | |
| 96 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 39900 | 39900 | 0 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 97 | Appalachian State University | 40600 | 40600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1190 | 0.9014 | |
| 98 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 67900 | 0.3828 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 99 | Texas Christian University | 43900 | 87400 | 0.498 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 99 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2305 | 23,329 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 101 | New England Institute of Technology | 44100 | 68200 | 0.3532 | 1,796 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 102 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2746 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 103 | High Point University | 45600 | 72900 | 0.3744 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 104 | Illinois State University | 45900 | 49100 | 0.0642 | 19,107 | 1120 | 0.8815 | |
| 105 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1279 | 0.848 | |
| 106 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48600 | 51200 | 0.0517 | 44,819 | 1327 | 0.4987 | |
| 107 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83900 | 0.4184 | 13,309 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 108 | University of Kentucky | 49200 | 58000 | 0.1531 | 25,534 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 109 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49800 | 59400 | 0.1617 | 43,165 | 1356 | 0.2664 | |
| 110 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0406 | 14,504 | 1149 | 0.7637 | |
| 111 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 51300 | 52800 | 0.0284 | 21,210 | 1148 | 0.9262 | |
| 112 | Columbia College Chicago | 52300 | 68600 | 0.2378 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.8946 | |
| 113 | Moore College of Art and Design | 53300 | 81500 | 0.3461 | 535 | 1292 | 0.5646 | |
| 113 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 53300 | 53300 | 0 | 33,033 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 115 | Pratt Institute-Main | 54300 | 83800 | 0.3521 | 3,967 | 1272 | 0.7325 | |
| 116 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 54700 | 66400 | 0.1762 | 15,552 | 1174 | 0.8298 | |
| 117 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4592 | |
| 118 | Mercyhurst University | 60800 | 68000 | 0.1059 | 2,274 | 1090 | 0.8102 | |
| 119 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 10,200 | 1325 | 0.6507 | |
| 120 | The New School | 68000 | 90100 | 0.2453 | 6,591 | 1268 | 0.6347 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.