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Virginia Tech

Interior Design (50.0408)
Bachelor's Degree
Enrollment, Awards, Wages, Debt, and Other Outcomes




Interior Design
Program Status: Active/Approved to Enroll Students and Confer Degrees
Degree Title: BS
2010 CIP Code: 500408

Credit HoursProgram Offered
On-Campus:YesYes
Off-Campus:YesNo

Date Progam Approved to Confer Degrees:  09/2003
Date of Last Council Action (mm/yyyy)  10/2003
Enrollments and Awards
Academic YearFall HeadcountAnnual FTEDegrees
2018-1913913631
2019-2014814028
2020-2115815434
2021-2215214635
2022-2316115935

Average time-to-completion in yearsAverage credits-to-completionAverage monthly earnings six months after graduation
4.07117$ 2,789

Average time-to-completion in years (transfer students)Average credits-to-completion (transfer students)
3.70110




The table to the right provides the degree award history of each the last five years, disaggregated by state residency. This breakout may may help explain why a relatively low percentage of program completers may appear to be working in Virginia.



Program Graduates by Domicile
YearIn-StateOut-of-StateTotal
2018-19191231
2019-20161228
2020-21241034
2021-2227835
2022-23251035
Five Year Summary11152163
Distribution by Gender and Race/Ethnicity within Five-year Totals,


YearForeign/ InternationalAfrican Am. or Black (NH)Am. Indian/ Native Am. (NH)Asian/ Pacific Islander (NH)HispanicWhite, Caucasian Am. (NH)Multi-Race (NH)Unknown/ Unreported (NH)Total
Sum of the Last 5 Years5508163161193163



Wages Earned in 2020

The table below shows the wage data for the select program and places it in the context of all wages at the same degree level of this institution by graduates with at least three (3) quarters of employment.





Post-Completion Wage Outcomes, Earnings in 2022
Graduation YearGrads (n)Grads w/Wages (n)25th PercentileMedian Wage75th Percentile
2011-12 (10 years)14224%$64,323$83,726$104,879
2013-14 (8 years)13625%$49,647$73,006$93,324
2016-17 (5 years)15021%$47,929$60,276$73,837
2018-19 (3 years)15026%$45,242$56,534$66,689
2020-21 (18 months)26220%$52,995$80,429$103,000



Student Debt of Graduates
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Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-187449.7%$ 22,500$ 29,000$ 34,231$ 36,700
2014-15 to 2018-197449.3%$ 23,000$ 28,000$ 34,114$ 32,944
2015-16 to 2019-206846.9%$ 21,250$ 27,750$ 34,263$ 32,972
2016-17 to 2020-216443.2%$ 17,945$ 27,000$ 32,293$ 31,000
2017-18 to 2021-227046.1%$ 14,922$ 26,998$ 32,025$ 30,980
Note: Student borrowing at graduation, excludes PLUS loans, in five-year rollups. Includes all known institutionally-processed borrowing occuring at all public and nonprofit institutions in Virginia. Debt accrued outside Virginia in prior postsecondary activity is not available.
Number of Borrowers and Known Debt at Graduation, Including Parent-PLUS and Grad-PLUS
Borrowers (n)Borrowers (%)25th PercentileMedianMean75th Percentile
2013-14 to 2017-187550.3%$ 26,000$ 31,000$ 42,169$ 50,020
2014-15 to 2018-197449.3%$ 24,000$ 29,000$ 41,817$ 45,280
2015-16 to 2019-206846.9%$ 21,625$ 29,000$ 43,489$ 49,760
2016-17 to 2020-216543.9%$ 17,723$ 28,000$ 40,638$ 44,819
2017-18 to 2021-227146.7%$ 14,922$ 27,500$ 41,623$ 43,500


More Details on Enrollment History.


More Details on Degree Awards History.


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