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Considering a degree in Interior Design?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Interior Design majors who live in North Carolina.
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 North Carolina.
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 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5776 | 7,206 | 1015 | 0.7214 | |
| 2 | The University of Texas at Austin | 12200 | 30700 | 0.6023 | 43,165 | 1335 | 0.2664 | |
| 3 | Texas State University | 13200 | 23200 | 0.4313 | 36,268 | 1100 | 0.8908 | |
| 4 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 32200 | 0.5744 | 39,083 | 1412 | 0.4517 | |
| 5 | Northern Arizona University | 13800 | 25400 | 0.4562 | 22,991 | 1145 | 0.8961 | |
| 5 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 13800 | 23600 | 0.415 | 7,557 | 1140 | 0.9037 | |
| 7 | Texas Tech University | 14000 | 27000 | 0.4813 | 32,580 | 1200 | 0.7265 | |
| 8 | Kansas State University | 14200 | 26100 | 0.4563 | 15,650 | 1164 | 0.8199 | |
| 9 | Pittsburg State University | 14500 | 25200 | 0.4241 | 4,491 | 1055 | 0.8727 | |
| 10 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 14600 | 22700 | 0.3563 | 4,214 | 1090 | 0.8949 | |
| 11 | University of Central Missouri | 14900 | 25400 | 0.4125 | 7,584 | 1055 | 0.638 | |
| 12 | Central Michigan University | 15300 | 40600 | 0.6233 | 10,219 | 1095 | 0.8982 | |
| 12 | Western Carolina University | 15300 | 16600 | 0.0757 | 10,112 | 1130 | 0.818 | |
| 14 | Southeast Missouri State University | 16700 | 30300 | 0.4493 | 7,926 | 1080 | 0.6897 | |
| 14 | Weber State University | 16700 | 22100 | 0.2445 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 16 | Ferris State University | 16800 | 31000 | 0.4588 | 8,989 | 1015 | 0.9151 | |
| 17 | Appalachian State University | 16900 | 19600 | 0.1347 | 19,560 | 1159 | 0.9014 | |
| 18 | San Francisco State University | 17500 | 33300 | 0.4744 | 20,756 | 1035 | 0.9615 | |
| 19 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus | 18000 | 28800 | 0.3752 | 7,353 | 1085 | 0.9077 | |
| 20 | Georgia Southern University | 18200 | 23800 | 0.2357 | 23,618 | 1065 | 0.8789 | |
| 21 | Eastern Michigan University | 18700 | 36100 | 0.4817 | 10,470 | 1055 | 0.7964 | |
| 22 | University of Northern Iowa | 19900 | 24000 | 0.1697 | 7,716 | 1115 | 0.8713 | |
| 23 | Carson-Newman University | 20200 | 51700 | 0.6092 | 1,606 | 1110 | 0.9045 | |
| 23 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 20200 | 27200 | 0.2576 | 31,112 | 1130 | 0.8129 | |
| 25 | Western Michigan University | 20700 | 32300 | 0.3592 | 13,860 | 1104 | 0.846 | |
| 26 | East Carolina University | 20800 | 23800 | 0.1258 | 21,445 | 1120 | 0.8922 | |
| 27 | North Dakota State University | 21000 | 25700 | 0.1818 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 28 | Brenau University | 21200 | 50900 | 0.5837 | 1,273 | 1105 | 0.8778 | |
| 29 | Olivet Nazarene University | 21300 | 88800 | 0.7602 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 30 | Salem College | 21400 | 55300 | 0.6125 | 464 | 1080 | 0.789 | |
| 31 | Florida State University | 22600 | 25000 | 0.0962 | 32,711 | 1360 | 0.2422 | |
| 32 | Sam Houston State University | 22700 | 23000 | 0.013 | 17,787 | 1030 | 0.9026 | |
| 33 | University of Memphis | 22800 | 26400 | 0.1366 | 15,770 | 1075 | 0.7203 | |
| 34 | Washington State University | 22900 | 36800 | 0.3783 | 14,346 | 1139 | 0.8797 | |
| 35 | The University of Alabama | 23300 | 29900 | 0.2211 | 34,389 | 1233 | 0.7665 | |
| 36 | Bay Path University | 24200 | 55400 | 0.563 | 1,278 | 1110 | 0.7381 | |
| 37 | Meredith College | 24400 | 59600 | 0.5913 | 1,206 | 1237 | 0.7418 | |
| 37 | University of Central Arkansas | 24400 | 29500 | 0.1719 | 8,268 | 1110 | 0.8949 | |
| 39 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 24700 | 32200 | 0.2328 | 10,200 | 1346 | 0.6507 | |
| 40 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 25000 | 36600 | 0.3173 | 65,450 | 1203 | 0.8989 | |
| 41 | California State University-Fresno | 25400 | 35900 | 0.2924 | 21,430 | 995 | 0.9638 | |
| 42 | South Dakota State University | 25600 | 28700 | 0.1071 | 10,728 | 1120 | 0.9834 | |
| 43 | Ball State University | 26000 | 26000 | 0 | 15,189 | 1170 | 0.855 | |
| 43 | California State University-Northridge | 26000 | 36600 | 0.2889 | 32,499 | 1005 | 0.9219 | |
| 45 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26400 | 28400 | 0.073 | 14,504 | 1145 | 0.7637 | |
| 45 | University of the Incarnate Word | 26400 | 59900 | 0.5596 | 4,638 | 1035 | 0.9813 | |
| 47 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 26500 | 48900 | 0.4578 | 5,692 | 1090 | 0.9508 | |
| 48 | East Tennessee State University | 26900 | 30700 | 0.124 | 10,633 | 1124 | 0.8706 | |
| 49 | Park University | 27600 | 30800 | 0.104 | 6,238 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 50 | University of North Texas | 27700 | 37400 | 0.2595 | 34,458 | 1114 | 0.7223 | |
| 51 | Seattle Pacific University | 27800 | 62600 | 0.556 | 1,776 | 1188 | 0.8339 | |
| 52 | California State University-Long Beach | 28100 | 38400 | 0.2686 | 35,843 | 1135 | 0.4628 | |
| 53 | Marymount University | 28700 | 69500 | 0.587 | 2,216 | 1095 | 0.8021 | |
| 54 | George Fox University | 28800 | 67100 | 0.5712 | 3,401 | 1193 | 0.9351 | |
| 54 | Iowa State University | 28800 | 43300 | 0.3351 | 25,628 | 1207 | 0.8866 | |
| 56 | Queens University of Charlotte | 29600 | 65500 | 0.5479 | 1,225 | 1235 | 0.5651 | |
| 57 | Cleveland Institute of Art | 29900 | 65900 | 0.5462 | 566 | 1185 | 0.5628 | |
| 58 | Kent State University at Kent | 30000 | 37500 | 0.2 | 20,841 | 1105 | 0.8634 | |
| 59 | Belmont University | 30300 | 67800 | 0.5529 | 7,167 | 1273 | 0.9528 | |
| 59 | Mississippi College | 30300 | 45400 | 0.3324 | 2,724 | 1110 | 0.4928 | |
| 61 | San Jose State University | 30400 | 41000 | 0.2583 | 28,008 | 0 | 0.8461 | |
| 62 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78100 | 0.6096 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 62 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 30500 | 39500 | 0.2277 | 5,205 | 1118 | 0.744 | |
| 64 | Baylor University | 31000 | 70800 | 0.5618 | 14,915 | 1277 | 0.5128 | |
| 65 | Oklahoma Christian University | 31100 | 45000 | 0.3076 | 2,012 | 1159 | 0.9707 | |
| 66 | Kean University | 31600 | 39600 | 0.2021 | 11,758 | 1035 | 0.7688 | |
| 66 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 31600 | 33700 | 0.0617 | 6,124 | 1159 | 0.8747 | |
| 68 | Adrian College | 31700 | 67500 | 0.53 | 1,678 | 1060 | 0.6843 | |
| 69 | Samford University | 32000 | 65200 | 0.5091 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 70 | University of Bridgeport | 32400 | 60500 | 0.4646 | 1,479 | 1065 | 0.6431 | |
| 71 | Liberty University | 32800 | 43900 | 0.2528 | 52,823 | 1181 | 0.9932 | |
| 71 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 32800 | 38400 | 0.146 | 14,416 | 1205 | 0.8851 | |
| 73 | Harding University | 32900 | 47000 | 0.2995 | 3,523 | 1193 | 0.3942 | |
| 74 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5882 | 11,677 | 1421 | 0.4709 | |
| 74 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 33700 | 46200 | 0.2708 | 8,553 | 1054 | 0.8688 | |
| 76 | Stephen F Austin State University | 33800 | 42800 | 0.2103 | 9,129 | 1060 | 0.7445 | |
| 77 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 33900 | 35900 | 0.0556 | 7,924 | 0 | 0.6024 | |
| 78 | California State University-Sacramento | 34400 | 44900 | 0.234 | 28,226 | 1015 | 0.9343 | |
| 78 | The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga | 34400 | 34500 | 0.0029 | 9,982 | 1125 | 0.7702 | |
| 80 | Morgan State University | 34500 | 37200 | 0.0726 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 81 | College for Creative Studies | 34700 | 79600 | 0.564 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 82 | California Baptist University | 35200 | 65200 | 0.4601 | 8,417 | 1069 | 0.8535 | |
| 83 | Abilene Christian University | 35800 | 60700 | 0.4099 | 3,233 | 1129 | 0.6604 | |
| 84 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 36200 | 56300 | 0.3569 | 1,817 | 1055 | 0.5187 | |
| 85 | Converse University | 36600 | 37600 | 0.0266 | 852 | 1140 | 0.6424 | |
| 86 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37600 | 62000 | 0.3936 | 31,035 | 1366 | 0.5499 | |
| 87 | University of Central Oklahoma | 37700 | 38500 | 0.0208 | 10,454 | 1095 | 0.8176 | |
| 88 | University of New Haven | 38400 | 64900 | 0.4081 | 4,903 | 1180 | 0.6038 | |
| 89 | Suffolk University | 38500 | 73600 | 0.4771 | 4,324 | 1209 | 0.822 | |
| 90 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 38600 | 44600 | 0.1345 | 22,351 | 1159 | 0.7504 | |
| 91 | Endicott College | 40800 | 63200 | 0.3544 | 3,176 | 1255 | 0.7229 | |
| 92 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 42000 | 61600 | 0.3182 | 893 | 1124 | 0.7174 | |
| 92 | New England Institute of Technology | 42000 | 61100 | 0.3128 | 1,718 | 995 | 0.6673 | |
| 94 | Mercyhurst University | 42400 | 66400 | 0.3616 | 2,274 | 1189 | 0.8102 | |
| 95 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 42800 | 52100 | 0.1785 | 46,815 | 1339 | 0.6057 | |
| 96 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 43200 | 46200 | 0.0665 | 44,170 | 1327 | 0.4979 | |
| 97 | California College of the Arts | 43300 | 87600 | 0.5056 | 1,004 | 1079 | 0.911 | |
| 98 | University of Florida | 43600 | 45600 | 0.0438 | 36,567 | 1399 | 0.242 | |
| 99 | Texas Christian University | 43700 | 81900 | 0.4664 | 11,049 | 1283 | 0.4449 | |
| 100 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 44000 | 57100 | 0.2292 | 23,351 | 1239 | 0.766 | |
| 100 | Winthrop University | 44000 | 44000 | 0 | 3,969 | 1130 | 0.7925 | |
| 102 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2742 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 103 | Illinois State University | 45200 | 47300 | 0.0439 | 19,107 | 1115 | 0.8815 | |
| 104 | High Point University | 45800 | 69700 | 0.3434 | 5,006 | 1209 | 0.7683 | |
| 104 | Middle Tennessee State University | 45800 | 45800 | 0 | 17,668 | 1124 | 0.68 | |
| 106 | Michigan State University | 47200 | 56200 | 0.1601 | 41,234 | 1223 | 0.848 | |
| 107 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 47800 | 56200 | 0.1494 | 3,965 | 1229 | 0.9121 | |
| 108 | Savannah College of Art and Design | 48700 | 64400 | 0.2439 | 14,657 | 1180 | 0.8368 | |
| 109 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 50300 | 52300 | 0.0382 | 21,210 | 1171 | 0.9232 | |
| 110 | University of Kentucky | 51000 | 56000 | 0.0893 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 111 | Drexel University | 51200 | 82600 | 0.38 | 13,169 | 1339 | 0.7944 | |
| 112 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 51700 | 51700 | 0 | 33,572 | 1264 | 0.8529 | |
| 113 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53400 | 61000 | 0.1257 | 41,303 | 1338 | 0.7975 | |
| 114 | Auburn University | 55400 | 55400 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 115 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57300 | 83800 | 0.3163 | 3,967 | 1266 | 0.7325 | |
| 116 | Moore College of Art and Design | 58100 | 85600 | 0.3214 | 390 | 1170 | 0.6051 | |
| 117 | Cornish College of the Arts | 59700 | 75100 | 0.2051 | 502 | 0 | 0.7046 | |
| 118 | The New School | 65400 | 104000 | 0.3711 | 1,449 | 1268 | 0.8333 | |
| 119 | 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.