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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 | 6200 | 12900 | 0.5181 | 12,937 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2 | Santa Ana College | 6300 | 23100 | 0.7268 | 26,073 | 0 | 0 | |
| 3 | Santa Monica College | 7100 | 15500 | 0.5427 | 23,164 | 0 | 0.4384 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 10400 | 24800 | 0.5817 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 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 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 13300 | 19400 | 0.3145 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 8 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13600 | 23600 | 0.4235 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 10 | Texas Tech University | 14100 | 27000 | 0.4776 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14400 | 28000 | 0.4854 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 11 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 14400 | 25600 | 0.4367 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 13 | Pittsburg State University | 14500 | 25200 | 0.4241 | 4,491 | 1055 | 0.8727 | |
| 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 | |
| 15 | University of Central Missouri | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4125 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 15 | University of North Texas | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4141 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 18 | Western Carolina University | 15400 | 16500 | 0.0666 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 19 | California State University-Long Beach | 15700 | 25800 | 0.3918 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 20 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16100 | 30300 | 0.4669 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 20 | University of Florida | 16100 | 22300 | 0.2781 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 22 | Appalachian State University | 16200 | 19500 | 0.169 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 23 | Ferris State University | 16700 | 31000 | 0.462 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 24 | San Francisco State University | 17000 | 33400 | 0.4916 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 24 | Weber State University | 17000 | 22100 | 0.2309 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 26 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 17200 | 27200 | 0.3671 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 27 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 33600 | 0.4669 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 28 | Georgia Southern University | 18000 | 23800 | 0.2441 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 29 | Eastern Michigan University | 18300 | 36100 | 0.4928 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 30 | San Jose State University | 18900 | 30000 | 0.3702 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 30 | Texas State University | 18900 | 28900 | 0.3455 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 32 | Kansas State University | 19000 | 28800 | 0.3401 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 19100 | 27200 | 0.2981 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 34 | University of Memphis | 19300 | 26400 | 0.2694 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 35 | Carson-Newman University | 19500 | 51700 | 0.6227 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 36 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1697 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 37 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20200 | 43700 | 0.5382 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 37 | Western Michigan University | 20200 | 32300 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 39 | University of Central Oklahoma | 20500 | 22700 | 0.0969 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 40 | South Dakota State University | 20600 | 25200 | 0.1814 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 41 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 41 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20800 | 88800 | 0.7658 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 43 | Brenau University | 20900 | 50900 | 0.5896 | 1,273 | 1105 | 0.8778 | |
| 43 | Northern Arizona University | 20900 | 31200 | 0.3286 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 45 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1818 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 46 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 21800 | 33900 | 0.3567 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 47 | Ball State University | 22400 | 22400 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 48 | Florida State University | 22700 | 25000 | 0.0922 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 49 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 50 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 23400 | 33600 | 0.3037 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 51 | Meredith College | 23800 | 65900 | 0.6388 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 52 | Bay Path University | 24200 | 55400 | 0.563 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 53 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24900 | 32200 | 0.2266 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 54 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 25900 | 48900 | 0.47 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 54 | University of the Incarnate Word | 25900 | 59900 | 0.568 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
| 56 | California State University-Northridge | 26000 | 36600 | 0.2889 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 57 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26400 | 28400 | 0.073 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 58 | Iowa State University | 26800 | 43300 | 0.3812 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 58 | Winthrop University | 26800 | 29600 | 0.0944 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 60 | Seattle Pacific University | 27200 | 62600 | 0.5656 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 61 | Park University | 27500 | 30800 | 0.1072 | 6,238 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 62 | Marymount University | 28200 | 69500 | 0.5942 | 2,216 | 1095 | 0.8021 | |
| 63 | George Fox University | 28300 | 67100 | 0.5787 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 64 | Cleveland Institute of Art | 29900 | 65900 | 0.5462 | 566 | 1185 | 0.5628 | |
| 65 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 66 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 66 | Mississippi College | 30300 | 45400 | 0.3324 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 66 | Salem College | 30300 | 55300 | 0.4519 | 464 | 1080 | 0.789 | |
| 69 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30400 | 39500 | 0.2302 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 70 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6096 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 71 | East Tennessee State University | 30700 | 30700 | 0 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 72 | California Baptist University | 30900 | 64600 | 0.5216 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 73 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3076 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 74 | Sam Houston State University | 31400 | 39900 | 0.213 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 74 | Samford University | 31400 | 65200 | 0.5183 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 76 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31600 | 33700 | 0.0617 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 77 | Adrian College | 31700 | 67500 | 0.53 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
| 78 | University of Bridgeport | 32100 | 60500 | 0.4696 | 1,479 | 1065 | 0.6431 | |
| 79 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 80 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 81 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33200 | 42800 | 0.2243 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 82 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 83 | Morgan State University | 33900 | 37200 | 0.0887 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 84 | Auburn University | 34400 | 34400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 85 | California State University-Sacramento | 34500 | 44900 | 0.2317 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 85 | College for Creative Studies | 34500 | 79600 | 0.5665 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 87 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70800 | 0.5096 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 88 | Abilene Christian University | 35500 | 60700 | 0.4148 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 89 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 36100 | 56300 | 0.3586 | 1,817 | 1055 | 0.5187 | |
| 90 | University of Central Arkansas | 36300 | 38400 | 0.0541 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 91 | Converse University | 36600 | 37600 | 0.0266 | 852 | 1140 | 0.6424 | |
| 92 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37600 | 68200 | 0.4484 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 93 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 37800 | 39900 | 0.0526 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 94 | University of New Haven | 38000 | 64900 | 0.4142 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 95 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 96 | Suffolk University | 38700 | 73600 | 0.4744 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 97 | Endicott College | 40400 | 63200 | 0.3607 | 3,176 | 1255 | 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 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 41900 | 56200 | 0.2543 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 101 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 42000 | 61600 | 0.3182 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
| 102 | Kean University | 42400 | 48300 | 0.1222 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 103 | California College of the Arts | 42600 | 87800 | 0.5143 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 104 | Mercyhurst University | 42900 | 66400 | 0.3541 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 105 | Texas Christian University | 43900 | 81900 | 0.464 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 106 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 107 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 108 | Illinois State University | 45200 | 47300 | 0.0439 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 109 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 110 | High Point University | 46000 | 70500 | 0.3476 | 5,006 | 1209 | 0.7683 | |
| 111 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 112 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48700 | 64400 | 0.2439 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 113 | The University of Alabama | 48800 | 48800 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 114 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 115 | Drexel University | 51300 | 82600 | 0.3788 | 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 | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 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.