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Considering a degree in Interior Design?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Interior Design majors who live in Illinois.
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 Illinois.
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 | California State University-Northridge | 9300 | 36500 | 0.7454 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.881 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10200 | 27800 | 0.632 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 3 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 4 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 5 | California State University-Fresno | 12300 | 45900 | 0.7327 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 6 | Northern Illinois University | 13200 | 29000 | 0.5435 | 11,349 | 1070 | 0.6979 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13200 | 28000 | 0.5291 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 8 | Middle Tennessee State University | 13400 | 23200 | 0.4223 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 9 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 51900 | 0.7365 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 10 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 13800 | 26000 | 0.469 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 11 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 14300 | 28100 | 0.4911 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 12 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14400 | 26500 | 0.4563 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 13 | Southeast Missouri State University | 14500 | 28200 | 0.4865 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 14 | Central Michigan University | 14600 | 37400 | 0.6102 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 15 | Ball State University | 15500 | 22400 | 0.3085 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 15 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 15500 | 25600 | 0.3938 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 15 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,454 | 1055 | 0.8176 | |
| 18 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 19 | University of Memphis | 15700 | 29900 | 0.4745 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 20 | Sam Houston State University | 16000 | 30300 | 0.4716 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 21 | University of Florida | 16200 | 22500 | 0.2799 | 36,573 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 22 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 32000 | 0.4795 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 23 | Texas State University | 16800 | 26800 | 0.3727 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 23 | Western Carolina University | 16800 | 19400 | 0.1341 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 25 | Ferris State University | 17000 | 31000 | 0.4523 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 26 | Weber State University | 17300 | 41300 | 0.5806 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 27 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 17800 | 44900 | 0.6031 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 28 | Georgia Southern University | 17900 | 26800 | 0.3326 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 28 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 17900 | 52500 | 0.659 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 30 | Morgan State University | 18000 | 19700 | 0.0864 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 31 | Bay Path University | 18200 | 55400 | 0.6713 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 32 | Carson-Newman University | 18300 | 51900 | 0.6476 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 33 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18400 | 28200 | 0.3471 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 34 | The University of Texas at Austin | 19400 | 27600 | 0.2966 | 43,165 | 1348 | 0.2664 | |
| 35 | Western Michigan University | 19500 | 31200 | 0.3747 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 36 | Iowa State University | 20100 | 24200 | 0.1726 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 37 | Olivet Nazarene University | 20300 | 71400 | 0.7159 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 38 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.3258 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 39 | University of Northern Iowa | 20900 | 24000 | 0.1305 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 39 | University of the Incarnate Word | 20900 | 73100 | 0.7143 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9815 | |
| 41 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1841 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 42 | Brenau University | 21100 | 51700 | 0.5915 | 1,273 | 1105 | 0.8778 | |
| 43 | South Dakota State University | 22100 | 25200 | 0.1243 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 44 | San Jose State University | 22200 | 41100 | 0.46 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 45 | San Francisco State University | 22700 | 55400 | 0.5903 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 46 | Columbia College Chicago | 23500 | 63200 | 0.6285 | 5,422 | 0 | 0.7549 | |
| 47 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 23900 | 48900 | 0.5109 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 48 | Northern Arizona University | 24100 | 43700 | 0.4487 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 49 | Judson University | 24200 | 49100 | 0.5067 | 793 | 985 | 0.6233 | |
| 50 | University of Central Missouri | 24400 | 35800 | 0.3181 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 51 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 25300 | 69500 | 0.6363 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 51 | Marymount University | 25300 | 81500 | 0.6898 | 2,216 | 1095 | 0.8021 | |
| 53 | University of Bridgeport | 25600 | 65800 | 0.611 | 1,479 | 1000 | 0.6431 | |
| 54 | East Tennessee State University | 25900 | 30600 | 0.1535 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 55 | Seattle Pacific University | 26100 | 77000 | 0.6614 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 56 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 27400 | 29500 | 0.0724 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 57 | Park University | 27500 | 31300 | 0.1216 | 5,376 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 58 | George Fox University | 27700 | 76800 | 0.6393 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 59 | Mississippi College | 27900 | 45100 | 0.3802 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 60 | Oregon State University | 28900 | 36700 | 0.2142 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 61 | Pittsburg State University | 29200 | 36300 | 0.1956 | 4,491 | 1055 | 0.8727 | |
| 62 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 63 | Salem College | 30300 | 55300 | 0.4524 | 464 | 1080 | 0.789 | |
| 64 | Meredith College | 30500 | 64200 | 0.5251 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 64 | University of North Texas | 30500 | 37400 | 0.1844 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 66 | Samford University | 30600 | 78000 | 0.6074 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 67 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30800 | 78100 | 0.6056 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 68 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 31100 | 33200 | 0.0643 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 68 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3089 | 2,012 | 1138 | 0.9707 | |
| 70 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 31700 | 66800 | 0.5257 | 1,817 | 1055 | 0.5187 | |
| 71 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 31900 | 86800 | 0.6328 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
| 71 | Liberty University | 31900 | 44300 | 0.2799 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 73 | Cleveland Institute of Art | 32100 | 66500 | 0.5174 | 566 | 1185 | 0.5628 | |
| 74 | Belmont University | 32500 | 69900 | 0.5359 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 75 | Suffolk University | 32600 | 69700 | 0.5326 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 76 | College for Creative Studies | 32800 | 89100 | 0.6322 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 77 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.3008 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 78 | Lawrence Technological University | 33300 | 82500 | 0.5961 | 2,579 | 1159 | 0.7403 | |
| 79 | California Baptist University | 33600 | 65600 | 0.4876 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 80 | Adrian College | 33700 | 70200 | 0.5205 | 1,678 | 1025 | 0.6843 | |
| 80 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 82 | Winthrop University | 33800 | 52500 | 0.3556 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 83 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34100 | 36100 | 0.0554 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 84 | Baylor University | 34700 | 70300 | 0.5063 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 85 | New England Institute of Technology | 34900 | 77700 | 0.5511 | 1,718 | 1055 | 0.6673 | |
| 86 | University of New Haven | 35400 | 67100 | 0.4725 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 87 | Abilene Christian University | 35700 | 60700 | 0.4115 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 88 | University of Central Arkansas | 36200 | 38400 | 0.0556 | 8,268 | 1124 | 0.8949 | |
| 89 | Converse University | 36800 | 37600 | 0.0213 | 852 | 1145 | 0.6424 | |
| 90 | East Carolina University | 37100 | 40100 | 0.0748 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 91 | California State University-Long Beach | 37400 | 38600 | 0.0311 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 91 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37400 | 66500 | 0.4373 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 93 | Cornish College of the Arts | 37500 | 80700 | 0.5352 | 502 | 0 | 0.7046 | |
| 94 | Queens University of Charlotte | 37800 | 68200 | 0.4455 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 95 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 38600 | 38600 | 0 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 96 | Texas Tech University | 38700 | 41000 | 0.0561 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 97 | Kean University | 38900 | 48300 | 0.1947 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.759 | |
| 98 | Washington State University | 40700 | 56300 | 0.2775 | 21,455 | 1131 | 0.8664 | |
| 99 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 41500 | 47200 | 0.1206 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 100 | Illinois State University | 41700 | 47300 | 0.1191 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 101 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 42100 | 67900 | 0.3799 | 3,965 | 1335 | 0.9121 | |
| 102 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 43400 | 53700 | 0.1917 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 103 | Appalachian State University | 43600 | 43600 | 0 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 104 | Mercyhurst University | 43800 | 66400 | 0.3405 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 104 | Texas Christian University | 43800 | 82400 | 0.4686 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 106 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 43900 | 57100 | 0.2302 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 107 | Moore College of Art and Design | 44600 | 99400 | 0.5514 | 390 | 1317 | 0.6051 | |
| 108 | High Point University | 45700 | 72900 | 0.373 | 5,006 | 1237 | 0.7683 | |
| 109 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 110 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48300 | 60000 | 0.1949 | 31,112 | 1114 | 0.8129 | |
| 111 | Drexel University | 48800 | 83800 | 0.4176 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 112 | University of Kentucky | 48900 | 56600 | 0.1362 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 113 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53300 | 61000 | 0.1267 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 114 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 57000 | 66500 | 0.1429 | 14,657 | 1183 | 0.8368 | |
| 115 | The University of Alabama | 57100 | 57100 | 0 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 116 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57400 | 83800 | 0.3151 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 117 | Auburn University | 58700 | 58700 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 118 | The New School | 62600 | 118000 | 0.4697 | 1,449 | 1268 | 0.8333 | |
| 119 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63500 | 63500 | 0 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 |
School data is from 2022–2023 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.