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Considering a degree in Interior Design?
These rankings show the most affordable colleges for Interior Design majors who live in Pennsylvania.
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 Pennsylvania.
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 | Stephen F Austin State University | 10000 | 27800 | 0.6392 | 9,905 | 1055 | 0.8339 | |
| 2 | Valdosta State University | 10500 | 24800 | 0.5775 | 7,199 | 1005 | 0.7769 | |
| 3 | California State University-Fresno | 11400 | 19600 | 0.4221 | 21,954 | 995 | 0.9526 | |
| 4 | Northern Arizona University | 11500 | 27900 | 0.5865 | 22,203 | 1129 | 0.8961 | |
| 5 | California State University-Sacramento | 11700 | 30700 | 0.6186 | 28,619 | 1015 | 0.9357 | |
| 6 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 12200 | 25700 | 0.5247 | 46,627 | 1366 | 0.492 | |
| 7 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 12400 | 29200 | 0.5745 | 39,193 | 1418 | 0.4081 | |
| 8 | Central Michigan University | 14500 | 37800 | 0.6157 | 10,238 | 1099 | 0.9104 | |
| 8 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 14500 | 26500 | 0.4515 | 23,003 | 1164 | 0.7367 | |
| 10 | Texas State University | 15300 | 25500 | 0.4002 | 39,353 | 1080 | 0.9118 | |
| 11 | Western Michigan University | 15400 | 26500 | 0.4193 | 13,714 | 1089 | 0.9121 | |
| 12 | University of Central Oklahoma | 15500 | 28700 | 0.46 | 10,777 | 1075 | 0.7812 | |
| 13 | Florida State University | 15600 | 22900 | 0.3184 | 34,271 | 1369 | 0.2383 | |
| 14 | Southern Illinois University-Carbondale | 15700 | 29300 | 0.4642 | 8,421 | 1054 | 0.9444 | |
| 15 | Indiana University of Pennsylvania | 15800 | 27600 | 0.4277 | 7,425 | 1074 | 0.9147 | |
| 16 | University of North Texas | 16000 | 26100 | 0.3876 | 34,414 | 1094 | 0.7089 | |
| 17 | Weber State University | 16100 | 23600 | 0.3174 | 31,672 | 1075 | 1 | |
| 18 | California State University-Long Beach | 16200 | 25800 | 0.3722 | 36,056 | 1135 | 0.4543 | |
| 19 | University of Florida | 16300 | 22500 | 0.2755 | 37,283 | 1406 | 0.2033 | |
| 20 | Ferris State University | 16500 | 31000 | 0.4685 | 8,980 | 1015 | 0.8237 | |
| 21 | Eastern Michigan University | 16600 | 36100 | 0.5404 | 10,034 | 1055 | 0.7772 | |
| 22 | Western Carolina University | 16900 | 19400 | 0.1289 | 10,268 | 1140 | 0.7076 | |
| 23 | Sam Houston State University | 17200 | 27000 | 0.3631 | 17,822 | 1035 | 0.9372 | |
| 24 | Middle Tennessee State University | 17300 | 23200 | 0.2543 | 18,042 | 1140 | 0.6909 | |
| 25 | University of Memphis | 17600 | 26400 | 0.334 | 15,538 | 1080 | 0.7878 | |
| 26 | Morgan State University | 17700 | 28500 | 0.3787 | 9,027 | 965 | 0.8223 | |
| 27 | Texas Tech University | 18400 | 27100 | 0.3216 | 34,021 | 1195 | 0.6906 | |
| 28 | University of Nebraska at Kearney | 18500 | 34100 | 0.458 | 4,056 | 1090 | 0.4151 | |
| 29 | Carson-Newman University | 19400 | 51900 | 0.6264 | 1,912 | 1075 | 0.6381 | |
| 30 | Olivet Nazarene University | 19700 | 79300 | 0.7513 | 2,704 | 1104 | 0.5586 | |
| 30 | University of Northern Iowa | 19700 | 24000 | 0.1786 | 7,800 | 1115 | 0.9313 | |
| 32 | Iowa State University | 19900 | 24200 | 0.179 | 26,346 | 1212 | 0.8793 | |
| 33 | Bay Path University | 20100 | 55400 | 0.637 | 1,178 | 1110 | 0.8514 | |
| 33 | SUNY Buffalo State University | 20100 | 39900 | 0.4965 | 5,196 | 1050 | 0.8422 | |
| 33 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 20100 | 45200 | 0.5559 | 31,536 | 1366 | 0.5457 | |
| 36 | North Dakota State University | 20800 | 25700 | 0.1902 | 9,762 | 1110 | 0.9496 | |
| 37 | Maryville University of Saint Louis | 21300 | 48900 | 0.564 | 5,274 | 1103 | 0.9513 | |
| 38 | University of Wisconsin-Stout | 22100 | 25900 | 0.1449 | 6,227 | 1184 | 0.9171 | |
| 39 | Virginia Commonwealth University | 22300 | 33600 | 0.336 | 21,469 | 1167 | 0.9061 | |
| 40 | The University of Alabama | 22700 | 31000 | 0.2675 | 35,621 | 1238 | 0.7117 | |
| 41 | San Jose State University | 23000 | 41100 | 0.4405 | 29,890 | 1135 | 0.8039 | |
| 41 | University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point | 23000 | 24700 | 0.0689 | 7,753 | 1140 | 0.9245 | |
| 43 | Brenau University | 23200 | 51700 | 0.5509 | 1,336 | 1105 | 0.9317 | |
| 44 | Abilene Christian University | 23500 | 59000 | 0.6013 | 5,101 | 1149 | 0.6615 | |
| 45 | East Tennessee State University | 23600 | 30600 | 0.2286 | 10,829 | 1124 | 0.8619 | |
| 46 | Judson University | 24100 | 49100 | 0.5087 | 697 | 1010 | 0.8905 | |
| 47 | Park University | 24500 | 31300 | 0.2176 | 4,657 | 1035 | 0.6904 | |
| 48 | Pennsylvania Western University | 25200 | 34400 | 0.2672 | 7,586 | 1045 | 0.9433 | |
| 49 | South Dakota State University | 25400 | 28700 | 0.1146 | 10,883 | 1115 | 0.9618 | |
| 50 | Michigan State University | 25800 | 28900 | 0.1089 | 41,415 | 1212 | 0.8324 | |
| 50 | Southeast Missouri State University | 25800 | 28600 | 0.0974 | 7,926 | 1070 | 0.6897 | |
| 52 | Seattle Pacific University | 25900 | 70000 | 0.63 | 1,657 | 1174 | 0.9301 | |
| 53 | Indiana University-Indianapolis | 26100 | 28400 | 0.0805 | 14,834 | 1149 | 0.7803 | |
| 54 | Ball State University | 26400 | 26400 | 0 | 15,950 | 1185 | 0.8625 | |
| 55 | University of the Incarnate Word | 27000 | 61400 | 0.5604 | 4,651 | 1010 | 0.9947 | |
| 56 | California State University-Northridge | 27100 | 36500 | 0.257 | 32,846 | 1005 | 0.9176 | |
| 56 | Mercyhurst University | 27100 | 65600 | 0.5869 | 2,214 | 1203 | 0.775 | |
| 58 | George Fox University | 27700 | 69400 | 0.6012 | 3,530 | 1168 | 0.9282 | |
| 59 | Mississippi Christian University | 27800 | 45100 | 0.3836 | 2,583 | 1222 | 0.8416 | |
| 60 | Winthrop University | 28300 | 38600 | 0.2665 | 4,289 | 1130 | 0.8281 | |
| 61 | Oregon State University | 28800 | 36700 | 0.2153 | 31,253 | 1272 | 0.773 | |
| 62 | Pittsburg State University | 29100 | 36200 | 0.1959 | 4,561 | 1055 | 0.5487 | |
| 63 | Columbus College of Art & Design | 29400 | 71800 | 0.5907 | 885 | 1080 | 0.6766 | |
| 64 | Cleveland Institute of Art | 29500 | 66500 | 0.5565 | 545 | 1176 | 0.6135 | |
| 65 | Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania | 29800 | 43900 | 0.3214 | 9,847 | 1090 | 0.9309 | |
| 66 | Salem College | 30200 | 55300 | 0.4538 | 464 | 1080 | 0.789 | |
| 67 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 30600 | 78100 | 0.608 | 14,267 | 1363 | 0.6693 | |
| 68 | Oklahoma Christian University | 30900 | 45000 | 0.3123 | 2,098 | 1129 | 0.9654 | |
| 68 | San Francisco State University | 30900 | 47700 | 0.3523 | 19,444 | 1035 | 0.9644 | |
| 70 | Kent State University at Kent | 31200 | 37500 | 0.1678 | 21,144 | 1104 | 0.7603 | |
| 71 | Lawrence Technological University | 32300 | 71900 | 0.5507 | 2,661 | 1149 | 0.8101 | |
| 72 | Belmont University | 32400 | 69900 | 0.5372 | 7,174 | 1273 | 0.9367 | |
| 73 | Marymount University | 32500 | 72600 | 0.5524 | 2,503 | 1095 | 0.9316 | |
| 74 | Samford University | 32700 | 64600 | 0.4939 | 4,210 | 1199 | 0.8236 | |
| 75 | Suffolk University | 32900 | 70300 | 0.5319 | 4,247 | 1209 | 0.8228 | |
| 76 | Liberty University | 33200 | 44600 | 0.2556 | 52,961 | 1174 | 0.9898 | |
| 77 | Baylor University | 33400 | 70300 | 0.5247 | 14,183 | 1302 | 0.5222 | |
| 78 | Adrian College | 33500 | 70200 | 0.5227 | 1,675 | 1045 | 0.7257 | |
| 78 | Harding University | 33500 | 47800 | 0.299 | 3,536 | 1184 | 0.7052 | |
| 78 | University of Central Missouri | 33500 | 35800 | 0.0639 | 10,397 | 1055 | 0.7439 | |
| 81 | George Washington University | 33700 | 81800 | 0.5881 | 11,495 | 1436 | 0.4713 | |
| 81 | University of Bridgeport | 33700 | 60500 | 0.4431 | 1,570 | 1000 | 0.8302 | |
| 83 | University of Cincinnati-Main Campus | 34000 | 36100 | 0.0581 | 34,447 | 1273 | 0.8804 | |
| 84 | Meredith College | 34500 | 64200 | 0.4628 | 1,212 | 1239 | 0.7506 | |
| 85 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | 34900 | 38700 | 0.0982 | 14,865 | 1175 | 0.9113 | |
| 86 | College for Creative Studies | 35400 | 89800 | 0.6061 | 1,376 | 1100 | 0.9194 | |
| 87 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | 36000 | 47500 | 0.2423 | 8,513 | 1160 | 0.9261 | |
| 87 | Converse University | 36000 | 37600 | 0.0425 | 1,182 | 1129 | 0.6787 | |
| 89 | East Carolina University | 36900 | 42700 | 0.1356 | 21,693 | 1065 | 0.9003 | |
| 90 | Chaminade University of Honolulu | 37500 | 57100 | 0.3435 | 1,732 | 1108 | 0.9117 | |
| 91 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | 37800 | 40100 | 0.0571 | 25,054 | 1225 | 0.7762 | |
| 92 | University of Central Arkansas | 38000 | 40200 | 0.0569 | 8,238 | 1110 | 0.9157 | |
| 93 | Queens University of Charlotte | 38100 | 68200 | 0.4411 | 1,210 | 1244 | 0.805 | |
| 93 | Washington State University | 38100 | 53900 | 0.2932 | 21,400 | 1131 | 0.861 | |
| 95 | Drexel University | 38400 | 83200 | 0.5384 | 12,318 | 1354 | 0.699 | |
| 96 | California Baptist University | 39900 | 65600 | 0.3917 | 8,707 | 1024 | 0.8139 | |
| 97 | Appalachian State University | 40200 | 40600 | 0.0099 | 19,732 | 1174 | 0.9388 | |
| 98 | University of New Haven | 41100 | 67300 | 0.3891 | 4,969 | 1219 | 0.5589 | |
| 99 | West Chester University of Pennsylvania | 42300 | 42400 | 0.0024 | 14,657 | 1190 | 0.7583 | |
| 100 | Kean University | 42400 | 48300 | 0.1222 | 11,932 | 1040 | 0.7811 | |
| 101 | Fashion Institute of Technology | 43300 | 75900 | 0.4298 | 7,880 | 0 | 0.6701 | |
| 102 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | 43900 | 67900 | 0.3534 | 4,182 | 1317 | 0.8783 | |
| 103 | Texas Christian University | 44200 | 87400 | 0.4945 | 11,152 | 1268 | 0.4809 | |
| 104 | Marist University | 44300 | 110500 | 0.5991 | 5,644 | 1279 | 0.5599 | |
| 105 | New England Institute of Technology | 44600 | 68200 | 0.3458 | 1,718 | 1030 | 0.6673 | |
| 106 | High Point University | 45300 | 72900 | 0.3785 | 5,135 | 1263 | 0.7531 | |
| 107 | Illinois State University | 45800 | 49100 | 0.067 | 19,513 | 1115 | 0.8555 | |
| 108 | The University of Texas at Arlington | 48000 | 55800 | 0.1398 | 32,545 | 1129 | 0.799 | |
| 109 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 48500 | 51200 | 0.0544 | 43,633 | 1342 | 0.4343 | |
| 110 | University of Kentucky | 49000 | 58000 | 0.1555 | 25,535 | 1193 | 0.9294 | |
| 111 | The University of Texas at Austin | 49600 | 59400 | 0.165 | 44,314 | 1356 | 0.2222 | |
| 112 | University of Minnesota Twin Cities | 53200 | 61000 | 0.1293 | 42,565 | 1339 | 0.7887 | |
| 113 | Moore College of Art and Design | 53500 | 80500 | 0.3354 | 535 | 1292 | 0.5646 | |
| 114 | Pratt Institute-Main | 57600 | 83800 | 0.3127 | 3,734 | 1249 | 0.8638 | |
| 115 | Auburn University | 58500 | 58500 | 0 | 27,907 | 1324 | 0.4593 | |
| 116 | Columbia College Chicago | 63300 | 68600 | 0.0773 | 4,346 | 0 | 0.738 | |
| 117 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 63700 | 63700 | 0 | 9,827 | 1329 | 0.6737 | |
| 118 | The New School | 68100 | 90100 | 0.2442 | 7,171 | 1268 | 0.5718 |
School data is from 2023–2024 (top 500 results shown) for schools with at least 100 undergraduate students.