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What can you do with a
Interior Architecture degree?

Interior Architecture is mid-paying, AI barely touches it, but escape routes are thin.

Is this major worth the money?

Real graduate earnings vs. the debt you'd carry — and how long it takes to pay off.
23.4 yrs
to pay back the degree
+$5k
earnings premium vs no degree
Median earnings
$49,695
Typical debt
$22,254
4-yr net cost
$72,436
Monthly loan payment
$253/mo
If you earn:

Where this major actually leads

3 careers it opens — bar color = AI risk, tag = how hard the path is.
Architectural and Engineering Managerscommon
AI risk 3 → 47 future · +3.8% demand
$171,092
Architecture Teachers, Postsecondarystretch
AI risk 0 → 49 future · +2.0% demand
$80,000
Interior Designersstretch
AI risk 0 → 50 future · +3.2% demand
$65,000
● green = AI-safe · red = AI-exposed · click any career for the full breakdown
How this is built. We take every career this major leads to (CIP→SOC official crosswalk), then join each one's real salary (BLS/DOL), AI exposure (O*NET + model), demand growth, and skill-based escape routes. ROI from College Scorecard. Every figure here is joined from official sources, not estimated.