Most Popular Schools for Interior Design Major & Degree Program

A program in the applied visual arts that prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the professional planning, designing, equipping, and furnishing of residential and commercial interior spaces. Includes instruction in computer applications, drafting, and graphic techniques; principles of interior lighting, acoustics, systems integration, and color coordination; furniture and furnishings; textiles and their finishing; the history of interior design and period styles; basic structural design; building codes and inspection regulations; and applications to office, hotel, factory, restaurant and housing design.

Rank	School Name	Students	% of Total	Total On-Campus Cost
1	New York School of Interior Design	156	100%	$51,734
2	Savannah College of Art and Design	147	5%	$57,443
3	Pratt Institute-Main	127	9%	$67,742
4	Fashion Institute of Technology	113	3%	$24,220
5	The Art Institute of Pittsburgh-Online Division	106	14%	$15,540
6	Seminole State College of Florida	102	2%	$4,561
7	The New School	97	3%	$71,361
8	Bellevue College	91	3%	$20,584
9	Canada College	76	8%	$3,214
10	Interior Designers Institute	56	100%	$19,760
11	Oklahoma State University-Main Campus	55	1%	$24,105
12	FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Los Angeles	51	4%	$34,794
13	AI Miami International University of Art and Design	51	12%	$19,104
14	Iowa State University	50	1%	$21,186
15	Century College	48	3%	$6,635
16	Chattahoochee Technical College	47	1%	$3,866
17	The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale	47	18%	N/A
18	Tidewater Community College	47	1%	$7,061
19	Florida State University	44	0%	$22,168
20	University of Cincinnati-Main Campus	44	0%	$27,476
21	Wake Technical Community College	42	0%	$4,268
22	Clover Park Technical College	42	2%	$6,580
23	Johnson County Community College	40	1%	$4,350
24	Gwinnett Technical College	39	1%	$4,722
25	The University of Alabama	37	0%	$29,872
26	Colorado State University-Fort Collins	37	1%	$26,231
27	Salt Lake Community College	36	1%	$4,743
28	University of Wisconsin-Stout	36	2%	$19,973
29	Fox Valley Technical College	36	1%	$6,525
30	Texas State University	36	0%	$23,130
31	Drexel University	35	1%	$70,223
32	Front Range Community College	34	1%	$5,786
33	Saint Louis Community College	34	1%	$4,315
34	Orange Coast College	34	1%	$3,103
35	San Diego Mesa College	34	2%	$2,998
36	Kean University	33	1%	$30,475
37	Fullerton College	33	1%	$2,884
38	Mesa Community College	33	1%	$3,494
39	Marymount University	32	3%	$50,766
40	College of DuPage	32	1%	$5,464
41	Saddleback College	32	1%	$3,246
42	Northern Arizona University	32	0%	$27,266
43	California State University-Long Beach	32	0%	$24,738
44	University of North Carolina at Greensboro	31	1%	$21,297
45	Lanier Technical College	31	2%	$4,436
46	LDS Business College	31	6%	$3,790
47	California State University-Sacramento	31	0%	$26,454
48	Kent State University at Kent	31	0%	$25,886
49	Virginia Commonwealth University	31	0%	$32,041
50	Arizona State University-Tempe	30	0%	$28,048
51	University of Wisconsin-Madison	30	0%	$26,025
52	Ivy Tech Community College	30	0%	$5,788
53	George Washington University	30	0%	$71,930
54	Santa Monica College	30	0%	$2,888
55	Columbia College Chicago	29	2%	$45,644
56	Scottsdale Community College	29	2%	$3,494
57	College of the Canyons	28	1%	$3,073
58	San Jacinto Community College	28	0%	$3,114
59	Wichita State University-Campus of Applied Sciences and Technology	28	1%	$7,104
60	Indian River State College	28	1%	$3,764
61	Florida State College at Jacksonville	28	0%	$14,589
62	Sinclair Community College	28	0%	$3,830
63	Auburn University	27	0%	$31,590
64	Central Piedmont Community College	27	1%	$4,429
65	Design Institute of San Diego	26	100%	$24,851
66	University of Kentucky	26	0%	$30,101
67	Washington State University	26	0%	$27,484
68	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	26	0%	$27,898
69	Wentworth Institute of Technology	26	3%	$53,390
70	San Francisco State University	25	0%	$27,480
71	West Valley College	24	2%	$3,317
72	Georgia Southern University	24	0%	$23,014
73	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	24	0%	$26,834
74	American Institute of Interior Design	24	100%	N/A
75	Collin County Community College District	23	1%	$3,004
76	El Centro College	23	1%	$3,770
77	Endicott College	23	2%	$51,674
78	Athens Technical College	23	1%	$3,698
79	Oregon State University	23	0%	$26,892
80	Kansas State University	22	0%	$24,923
81	New England Institute of Technology	22	2%	$47,792
82	The Art Institute of Portland	22	14%	N/A
83	Utah State University	22	0%	$20,504
84	Meredith College	22	4%	$50,796
85	The University of Texas at Austin	21	0%	$26,506
86	University of Florida	20	0%	$21,211
87	Houston Community College	20	0%	$3,882
88	Eastern Michigan University	20	0%	$26,196
89	Metropolitan Community College Area	20	1%	$4,455
90	University of Arkansas	20	0%	$25,500
91	Chaffey College	20	0%	$3,089
92	Spokane Falls Community College	19	1%	$4,681
93	School of Visual Arts	19	2%	$66,768
94	San Jose State University	19	0%	$29,193
95	Michigan State University	19	0%	$28,862
96	EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Juan	19	4%	$6,800
97	The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga	19	1%	$23,614
98	Mt San Antonio College	19	0%	$3,267
99	Indiana University of Pennsylvania-Main Campus	18	1%	$28,595
100	The Art Institute of Houston	18	6%	$19,068

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Interior Design program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.