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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 | Antelope Valley Community College District | 4500 | 12900 | 0.6524 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Monica College | 6400 | 15500 | 0.5879 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 3 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 4 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12100 | 30700 | 0.6055 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 5 | California State University-Northridge | 12300 | 23200 | 0.4707 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 7 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 8 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14200 | 26500 | 0.463 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 14200 | 23600 | 0.3981 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 8 | Western Carolina University | 14200 | 19600 | 0.2756 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 11 | Pittsburg State University | 14500 | 25200 | 0.4241 | 4,491 | 1055 | 0.8727 | |
| 11 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14500 | 22700 | 0.3607 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 11 | University of North Texas | 14500 | 25400 | 0.4298 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 14 | Central Michigan University | 15000 | 40600 | 0.6307 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 15 | University of Florida | 15400 | 22300 | 0.3095 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 16 | Appalachian State University | 15700 | 19500 | 0.1946 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 17 | Santa Ana College | 15900 | 35300 | 0.5498 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 18 | Middle Tennessee State University | 16100 | 23200 | 0.3057 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 19 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16200 | 30300 | 0.4667 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 20 | California State University-Sacramento | 16700 | 27400 | 0.389 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 20 | Ferris State University | 16700 | 31000 | 0.462 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 20 | Weber State University | 16700 | 22100 | 0.2445 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 23 | San Francisco State University | 17000 | 33400 | 0.4916 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 24 | Georgia Southern University | 17700 | 23800 | 0.2567 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 25 | Eastern Michigan University | 18400 | 36100 | 0.4909 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 26 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3702 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 26 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 28 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3401 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 29 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2981 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 30 | Carson-Newman University | 19500 | 51700 | 0.6227 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 31 | University of Northern Iowa | 19800 | 24000 | 0.1751 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 32 | Western Michigan University | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 33 | South Dakota State University | 20500 | 25200 | 0.1866 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 34 | University of Central Oklahoma | 20600 | 22700 | 0.0925 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 35 | Brenau University | 20900 | 50900 | 0.5896 | 1,273 | 1105 | 0.8778 | |
| 35 | Northern Arizona University | 20900 | 31200 | 0.3284 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 35 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20900 | 88800 | 0.765 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 38 | Illinois State University | 21500 | 35200 | 0.3907 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 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 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 43 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23300 | 33600 | 0.3067 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 44 | Meredith College | 23800 | 65900 | 0.6388 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 45 | Bay Path University | 24100 | 55400 | 0.5648 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 45 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24100 | 32200 | 0.2515 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 47 | California State University-Fresno | 25500 | 35900 | 0.2896 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 47 | Michigan State University | 25500 | 28900 | 0.1193 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 49 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25900 | 48900 | 0.47 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 49 | University of the Incarnate Word | 25900 | 59900 | 0.568 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
| 51 | Iowa State University | 26700 | 43300 | 0.3842 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 52 | California State University-Long Beach | 26800 | 38400 | 0.3025 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 53 | Seattle Pacific University | 27300 | 62600 | 0.564 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 54 | Kent State University at Kent | 27400 | 28400 | 0.0352 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 54 | Park University | 27400 | 30800 | 0.1105 | 6,238 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 56 | North Dakota State University | 27800 | 30400 | 0.0858 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 57 | Marymount University | 28200 | 69500 | 0.5942 | 2,216 | 1095 | 0.8021 | |
| 58 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 59 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 28400 | 78100 | 0.6364 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 59 | Winthrop University | 28400 | 38600 | 0.2643 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 61 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2147 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 62 | Cleveland Institute of Art | 29900 | 65900 | 0.5462 | 566 | 1185 | 0.5628 | |
| 63 | Belmont University | 30200 | 67800 | 0.554 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 63 | Mississippi College | 30200 | 45400 | 0.3352 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 63 | Salem College | 30200 | 55300 | 0.453 | 464 | 1080 | 0.789 | |
| 66 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 67 | East Tennessee State University | 30700 | 30700 | 0 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 68 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 69 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31000 | 45000 | 0.3105 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 70 | Sam Houston State University | 31400 | 39900 | 0.213 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 70 | Samford University | 31400 | 65200 | 0.5183 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 72 | University of Bridgeport | 32100 | 60500 | 0.4696 | 1,479 | 1065 | 0.6431 | |
| 72 | University of Central Missouri | 32100 | 34300 | 0.0643 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32200 | 34400 | 0.064 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 75 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 32600 | 46200 | 0.2946 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 76 | Harding University | 32800 | 47000 | 0.3023 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 76 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 78 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33200 | 42800 | 0.2243 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 79 | Adrian College | 33600 | 70200 | 0.5215 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
| 80 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 81 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 33800 | 35900 | 0.0584 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 82 | Morgan State University | 34000 | 37200 | 0.086 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 83 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 83 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 85 | College for Creative Studies | 34500 | 79600 | 0.5665 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 86 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 87 | Abilene Christian University | 35500 | 60700 | 0.4148 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 88 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3586 | 1,817 | 1055 | 0.5187 | |
| 89 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0575 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 90 | Converse University | 36600 | 37600 | 0.0266 | 852 | 1140 | 0.6424 | |
| 91 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 36900 | 62000 | 0.4049 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 92 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 93 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37600 | 68200 | 0.4484 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 94 | University of New Haven | 38000 | 64900 | 0.4142 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 95 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38400 | 38400 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 96 | Washington State University | 38500 | 53900 | 0.2859 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 97 | Suffolk University | 38600 | 73600 | 0.4758 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 98 | Endicott College | 40600 | 63200 | 0.3575 | 3,176 | 1215 | 0.7229 | |
| 99 | New England Institute of Technology | 41200 | 61100 | 0.3259 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
| 100 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 41700 | 52100 | 0.1996 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 101 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 56200 | 0.2543 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 102 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 42000 | 61600 | 0.3182 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
| 103 | Kean University | 42200 | 48300 | 0.1264 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 104 | California College of the Arts | 42600 | 87800 | 0.5143 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 105 | Mercyhurst University | 42900 | 66400 | 0.3541 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 106 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43000 | 46200 | 0.0693 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 107 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43800 | 57100 | 0.2315 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 108 | Texas Christian University | 43900 | 81900 | 0.464 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 109 | High Point University | 45900 | 70500 | 0.349 | 5,006 | 1209 | 0.7683 | |
| 110 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48600 | 64400 | 0.2454 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 111 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 112 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 49800 | 52300 | 0.0478 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 113 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50700 | 52900 | 0.0417 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 114 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 115 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 116 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 117 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1279 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 118 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57500 | 83800 | 0.3139 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 119 | Moore College of Art and Design | 58300 | 85600 | 0.319 | 390 | 1170 | 0.6051 | |
| 120 | Cornish College of the Arts | 59700 | 75100 | 0.2051 | 502 | 0 | 0.7046 | |
| 121 | The New School | 65200 | 104000 | 0.3731 | 1,449 | 1268 | 0.8333 | |
| 122 | Columbia College Chicago | 67200 | 67200 | 0 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.