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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 | California State University-Northridge | 8100 | 65100 | 0.8757 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 2 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 3 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 54800 | 0.7919 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 4 | Valdosta State University | 11500 | 25300 | 0.5447 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 5 | San Francisco State University | 13200 | 47700 | 0.7235 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 6 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 13700 | 61700 | 0.7784 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 7 | Western Carolina University | 14000 | 16600 | 0.1541 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 8 | Eastern Michigan University | 14300 | 33900 | 0.5774 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 8 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 14300 | 19400 | 0.2642 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 10 | University of Memphis | 14400 | 37800 | 0.6194 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 11 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 15100 | 26300 | 0.4255 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 12 | Central Michigan University | 15400 | 38700 | 0.6019 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 13 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 13 | University of Central Missouri | 15700 | 26600 | 0.4094 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 15 | Sam Houston State University | 15800 | 27100 | 0.4168 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 16 | Texas State University | 15900 | 25700 | 0.3819 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 17 | Weber State University | 16200 | 20300 | 0.2024 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 18 | California State University-Long Beach | 16700 | 33300 | 0.4986 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 18 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 16700 | 39900 | 0.5818 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 20 | University of Florida | 17100 | 22500 | 0.2399 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 21 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23200 | 0.2544 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 22 | East Carolina University | 17600 | 26100 | 0.3256 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 23 | Carson-Newman University | 17800 | 51900 | 0.6573 | 1,912 | 1075 | 0.6381 | |
| 24 | California State University-Sacramento | 17900 | 35700 | 0.4987 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 25 | University of Central Oklahoma | 18600 | 35500 | 0.4766 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 26 | San Jose State University | 18800 | 41100 | 0.5427 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 27 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 18900 | 71500 | 0.7352 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 28 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 19700 | 32300 | 0.3903 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 28 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19700 | 79300 | 0.7513 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 30 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 20400 | 43700 | 0.5333 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 31 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 20700 | 30600 | 0.326 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 32 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 33 | Ferris State University | 21000 | 30200 | 0.3046 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 34 | Salem College | 21400 | 55300 | 0.6125 | 464 | 1080 | 0.789 | |
| 35 | Western Michigan University | 22200 | 37800 | 0.413 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 36 | Florida State University | 22400 | 32200 | 0.3047 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 37 | Park University | 22500 | 31300 | 0.2816 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 38 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 36800 | 0.3832 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 39 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 22900 | 29600 | 0.2263 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 40 | Illinois State University | 23100 | 36400 | 0.3667 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 41 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 23200 | 36100 | 0.357 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 42 | Abilene Christian University | 23300 | 58800 | 0.6039 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 43 | Northern Arizona University | 23900 | 48800 | 0.5113 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 44 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 45 | Pittsburg State University | 24800 | 36200 | 0.3149 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 46 | Meredith College | 25000 | 61800 | 0.5962 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 47 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 48 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 49 | Seattle Pacific University | 25900 | 70000 | 0.63 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 50 | University of North Texas | 26000 | 36900 | 0.2956 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 51 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 52 | George Fox University | 26600 | 95400 | 0.7214 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 53 | University of Central Arkansas | 26900 | 31200 | 0.1373 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 54 | University of Bridgeport | 27700 | 60500 | 0.5423 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 55 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 27800 | 90300 | 0.6923 | 885 | 1080 | 0.6766 | |
| 55 | Mississippi Christian University | 27800 | 45100 | 0.3836 | 2,583 | 1222 | 0.8416 | |
| 57 | University of Northern Iowa | 27900 | 36200 | 0.2292 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 58 | Iowa State University | 28600 | 43300 | 0.34 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 59 | Morgan State University | 29200 | 41800 | 0.3014 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 60 | Baylor University | 30000 | 70400 | 0.5741 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 61 | Lawrence Technological University | 30100 | 99100 | 0.6966 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 62 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30500 | 78200 | 0.6097 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 63 | Brenau University | 30700 | 52500 | 0.4153 | 1,336 | 1105 | 0.9317 | |
| 64 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 65 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 31000 | 75900 | 0.592 | 7,880 | 0 | 0.6701 | |
| 66 | Suffolk University | 31100 | 110800 | 0.7192 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 67 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 68 | East Tennessee State University | 31300 | 31300 | 0 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 69 | Queens University of Charlotte | 31500 | 70100 | 0.551 | 1,210 | 1244 | 0.805 | |
| 70 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 32100 | 39900 | 0.1956 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 70 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 32100 | 36700 | 0.1252 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 72 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 73 | Marymount University | 32500 | 72900 | 0.5542 | 2,503 | 1095 | 0.9316 | |
| 74 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 32700 | 35000 | 0.0654 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 75 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44700 | 0.2573 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 76 | Adrian College | 33500 | 70200 | 0.5227 | 1,675 | 1045 | 0.7257 | |
| 76 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 78 | Winthrop University | 33700 | 52500 | 0.3585 | 4,289 | 1130 | 0.8281 | |
| 79 | College for Creative Studies | 33800 | 108300 | 0.6876 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 80 | Cleveland Institute of Art | 33900 | 66500 | 0.4902 | 545 | 1176 | 0.6135 | |
| 81 | University of the Incarnate Word | 34100 | 55300 | 0.3837 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 82 | George Washington University | 34300 | 81800 | 0.5808 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 83 | California Baptist University | 34500 | 69100 | 0.5009 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 84 | Samford University | 34700 | 93800 | 0.6301 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 85 | Bay Path University | 35400 | 70900 | 0.5009 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 86 | Texas Tech University | 35700 | 38900 | 0.0823 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 87 | Converse University | 36100 | 79400 | 0.5453 | 1,182 | 1129 | 0.6787 | |
| 88 | New England Institute of Technology | 36300 | 89400 | 0.5938 | 1,718 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 89 | Auburn University | 36400 | 85500 | 0.5741 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 90 | Kean University | 36700 | 45300 | 0.1898 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 91 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57700 | 0.3502 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 91 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 37500 | 66600 | 0.4367 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 93 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 94 | Drexel University | 39700 | 107600 | 0.6308 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 95 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 43700 | 53400 | 0.1818 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 96 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 103500 | 0.5757 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 97 | Marist University | 44200 | 75800 | 0.4168 | 5,644 | 1279 | 0.5599 | |
| 97 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 99 | Oregon State University | 44900 | 61900 | 0.2752 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 100 | High Point University | 45400 | 70300 | 0.3545 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 101 | Appalachian State University | 46100 | 46100 | 0 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 101 | University of New Haven | 46100 | 107200 | 0.57 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 103 | Michigan State University | 49200 | 56200 | 0.1245 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 104 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49700 | 58800 | 0.1547 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 105 | Moore College of Art and Design | 49800 | 114300 | 0.5643 | 535 | 1292 | 0.5646 | |
| 106 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 50500 | 58800 | 0.1411 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 107 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 50600 | 52900 | 0.0433 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 108 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 50700 | 72700 | 0.3025 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 109 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 51200 | 57000 | 0.1018 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 110 | University of Kentucky | 51400 | 74100 | 0.3059 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 111 | The New School | 61400 | 115700 | 0.4695 | 7,171 | 1268 | 0.5718 | |
| 112 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63000 | 65000 | 0.0308 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 113 | Columbia College Chicago | 63200 | 68500 | 0.0773 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 114 | Mercyhurst University | 66000 | 76400 | 0.136 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 115 | Pratt Institute-Main | 68500 | 89500 | 0.2346 | 3,734 | 1249 | 0.8638 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.