Bachelor of Fine Arts in Interior Design

Job Placement Rates

Employment data for recent graduates will become available soon!

Acceptance into Graduate Programs

No students from the 2025 graduating class applied to graduate school.

Retention/Attrition

• Fourth-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2024/25 Fourth-Year ID Class continued from the previous third year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Third-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2024/25 Third-Year ID Class continued from the previous second year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Second-Year ID Class: 52% of the students in the 2024/25 Second-Year ID Class continued from the previous first year (52% retention/48% attrition rate).
  • One student transferred into interior design from the architecture program within our department.
  • Two students transferred into the architecture program within our department; seven students transferred into another major at Miami University; one student transferred to another institution.

Graduation Rates

• 100% of the graduates earned their degree within 4 years of declaring the Interior Design major.

Job Placement Rates

55% of students in the 4th-Year Interior Design class began full-time, professional jobs in a field related to interior design and architecture within one month of graduation. 

• 90% of graduates secured discipline-related employment or were accepted to graduate school within 4 months of their graduation.

• Some of the employing firms include VSWC Architects (Mason, OH), RCF Group (West Chester, OH), Champlin EOP (Cincinnati), Laura Ashley Allen (Chicago), Aumen Asner (Baltimore, MD), Caroline Turner Interiors (Chicago), Kaage Homes (Winnetka, IL), D&G Construction & Real Estate (Denver, CO).

Acceptance into Graduate Programs

5% of students from the 2024 graduating class applied to graduate school, and 100% were accepted.

Retention/Attrition

• Fourth-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2023/24 Fourth-Year ID Class continued from the previous third year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Third-Year ID Class: 95% of the students in the 2023/24 Third-Year ID Class continued from the previous second year (95% retention/5% attrition rate).
• Second-Year ID Class: 79% of the students in the 2023/24 Second-Year ID Class continued from the previous first year (79% retention/21% attrition rate).
  • Two students transferred into interior design from the architecture program within our department.
  • Two students transferred into the architecture program within our department; Five students transferred into another major at Miami University.

Graduation Rates

• 100% of the graduates earned their degree within 4 years of declaring the Interior Design major.

Job Placement Rates

55% of students in the 4th-Year Interior Design class began full-time, professional jobs in a field related to interior design and architecture within one month of graduation.

• 91% of graduates secured discipline-related employment or were accepted to graduate school within 6 months of their graduation.

• Some of the employing firms include Corgan (Dallas), RCF Group (Cincinnati), Element Design (Hudson, OH), Marshall Watson Interiors (New York City), McGill Smith Punshon, Inc (Cincinnati). SHP (Columbus, OH), Michael Abrams Interiors (Chicago). Barbara Stough Interiors (Cincinnati), Mary Nigh Design (Kenilworth, IL), Wendy Labrum Interiors (Chicago), Elevar Design Group (Cincinnati), Community Design Alliance (Hamilton, OH), Santini Studio (Chicago), LCH Interiors (Columbus)

Acceptance into Graduate Programs

4% of students from the 2023 graduating class applied to graduate school, and 100% were accepted.

Retention/Attrition

• Fourth-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2022/23 Fourth-Year ID Class continued from the previous third year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Third-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2022/23 Third-Year ID Class continued from the previous second year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Second-Year ID Class: 89% of the students in the 2022/23 Second-Year ID Class continued from the previous first year (89% retention/11% attrition rate).
  • Five students transferred into interior design from the architecture program within our department.
  • One student transferred into another major at Miami University; Two students transferred to another institution.

Graduation Rates

• 96% of the graduates earned their degree within 4 years of declaring the Interior Design major. 100% of the graduates earned their degree within 4.25 years of declaring the ID major.

Job Placement Rates

47% of students in the 4th-Year Interior Design class began full-time, professional jobs in a field related to interior design and architecture within one month of graduation.

• 89% of graduates secured discipline-related employment or were accepted to graduate school within 5 months of their graduation.

• Some of the employing firms include CannonDesign (Dallas), Design Evolution Group (Cincinnati), Wight & Company (Chicago), Kirii Design (Cincinnati), EYP (Boston), Stantec (Denver), MSA Design (Cincinnati), Bromley Caldari Architects (New York), MODA4 (Dayton)

Acceptance into Graduate Programs

20% of students from the 2022 graduating class applied to graduate school, and 100% were accepted.

Retention/Attrition

• Fourth-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2021/22 Fourth-Year ID Class continued from the previous third year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Third-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2021/22 Third-Year ID Class continued from the previous second year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Second-Year ID Class: 71% of the students in the 2021/22 Second-Year ID Class continued from the previous first year (71% retention/29% attrition rate).
  • Five students transferred into interior design from the architecture program within our department.
  • Eight students transferred into other majors at Miami University; One student transferred to another institution.

Graduation Rates

• 95% of the graduates earned their degree within 4 years of declaring the Interior Design major. 100% of the graduates earned their degree within 4.5 years of declaring the ID major.

Job Placement Rates

62% of students in the 4th-Year Interior Design class began full-time, professional jobs in a field related to interior design and architecture within one month of graduation.

• 95% of graduates secured discipline-related employment or were accepted to graduate school within 5 months of their graduation.
• Some of the employing firms include Cowtan & Tout (Chicago), FFA Architecture and Interiors (Portland), Hoiland Studios (Chicago), Poe Architects (Dayton), Marly&Co Design Studio (Dallas), MKDA (Stamford), Onyx Creative (Tucson), Parallel Design Group (Indianapolis), Stantec (Denver), WareMalcolm (Chicago and Phoenix).

Acceptance into Graduate Programs

5% of students from the 2021 graduating class applied to graduate school, and 100% were accepted.

Retention/Attrition

• Fourth-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2020/21 Fourth-Year ID Class continued from the previous third year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).

• Third-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2020/21 Third-Year ID Class continued from the previous second year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Second-Year ID Class: 91% of the students in the 2020/21 Second-Year ID Class continued from the previous first year (91% retention/9% attrition rate).
  • One student transferred into the Architecture Program within our department.
  • One student transferred to another institution.

Graduation Rates

• 100% of the graduates earned their degree within 4 years of declaring the Interior Design major.

Job Placement Rates

In general, the pandemic slowed post-graduation job placement for 2020 graduates. First- and second-job placement rates increased throughout 2021.

• 36% of students in the 4th-Year Interior Design class began full-time, professional jobs in a field related to interior design and architecture in the same month they graduated.
• 64% of the 2020 graduates secured employment within 5 months of their graduation.

• As of May 2021, 86% of the May 2020 graduating class are working in full-time, professional positions related to interior design and architecture.
• Some of the employing firms include ChangeUp (Dayton), RDL Architects (Cleveland), Assemblage Architects (Madison, WI), La-Z-Boy (Canton), Branca (Chicago), McQueen Design-Build (Pittsburgh), SHP Leading Design (Columbus).

Acceptance into Graduate Programs

None of the students from the 2020 graduating class applied to graduate school.

Retention/Attrition

• Fourth-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2019/20 Fourth-Year ID Class continued from the previous third year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Third-Year ID Class: 94% of the students in the 2019/20 Third-Year ID Class continued from the previous second year (94% retention/6% attrition rate).
  • One student transferred to another program at Miami University.
• Second-Year ID Class: 76% of the students in the 2019/20 Second-Year ID Class continued from the previous first year (76% retention/24% attrition rate).
  • One student transferred into the Architecture Program within our department
  • One student transferred to another program at Miami University; three students transferred to other institutions.

Graduation Rates

100% of the 2019/20 Fourth-Year Interior Design class was awarded a BFA in interior design.

• 93% of the graduates earned their degree within 4 years of declaring the Interior Design major.
• The other 7% earned their degree within an extra term of work.

Job Placement Rates

33% of students in the 4th-Year Interior Design class began full-time, professional jobs in a field related to interior design and architecture in the same month they graduated.

• 76% of the 2019 graduates secured discipline-related employment or were accepted to graduate school within 4 months of their graduation.
• As of July 2020, 81% of the May 2019 graduating class are working in full-time, professional positions related to interior design and architecture or are in graduate school.
• Some of the employing firms include John Poe Architects (Dayton),
  Rae Duncan Interior Design (Chicago, Kemble Interiors (New York), Perkins & Will (Minneapolis), CBRE (Chicago and Atlanta), LOTH (Cincinnati), Price Modern (Baltimore), DiMare Design (Miami), ChangeUp (Dayton), Mark Cunningham (New York), Eastlake Studio (Chicago), and GREC Architects (Chicago).

Acceptance into Graduate Programs

18% of the students from the May 2019 graduating class applied to graduate school, and 100% were accepted.

Retention/Attrition

• Fourth-Year ID Class: 96% of the students in the 2018/19 Fourth-Year ID Class continued from the previous third year (96% retention/4% attrition rate).
• Third-Year ID Class: 92% of the students in the 2018/19 Third-Year ID Class continued from the previous second year (92% retention/8% attrition rate)
  • One student transferred into the interior design program from another institution
  • One student transferred to another program at Miami University; one student transferred to another institution.
• Second-Year ID Class: 92% of the students in the 2018/19 Second-Year ID Class continued from the previous first year (92% retention/8% attrition rate)
  • Two students transferred to other programs at Miami University.

Graduation Rates

100% of the 2018/19 Fourth-Year Interior Design class was awarded a BFA in interior design.

• 95% of the graduates earned their degree within 4 years of declaring the Interior Design major.
• The other 5% earned their degree within an extra term of work.

Job Placement Rates

Prior to May 2018 graduation, 22% had secured full-time, professional employment in a field related to interior design and architecture.

• 100% of the 2018 graduates secured employment or began graduate studies within 3 months of their graduation.

• Some of the employing firms include Champlin Architecture (Cincinnati), Jacobs Construction (Dearborn, MI), Looney & Associates (Chicago), Box Studios (Chicago), Fredman Design Group (Chicago), K2M Design (Hudson, OH), Ratio Architects (Indianapolis), and TDA Interiors & Architecture (Cincinnati)


Acceptance into Graduate Programs

11% of the students from the May 2018 graduating class applied to graduate school, and 100% were accepted.

Retention/Attrition

• Fourth-Year ID Class: 90% of the students in the 2017/18 Fourth-Year ID Class continued from the previous third year (90% retention/10% attrition rate).

• Third-Year ID Class: 91% of the students in the 2017/18 Third-Year ID Class continued from the previous second year (91% retention/9% attrition rate)

  • Two students transferred into the interior design program from other institutions
• Second-Year ID Class 64% of the students in the 2017/18 Second-Year ID Class continued from the previous first year (64% retention/36% attrition rate)

  • Three students transferred into the architecture program within our department
  • One student transferred to another program at Miami University; one student transferred to another institution.

Graduation Rates

100% of the 2017/18 Fourth-Year Interior Design class was awarded a BFA in interior design. Other related statistics for the 2017/18 Fourth-Year ID class:

• 100% of the graduates earned their degree within 4 years of declaring the Interior Design major


Job Placement Rates

Prior to May 2017 graduation, 57% had secured full-time, professional employment in a field related to interior design and architecture.

• 100% of the 2017 graduates secured employment within 6 months of their graduation
• As of May 2018, 95% of the 2017 graduating class are working in full-time, professional positions related to interior design and architecture.
• Some of the employing firms include Gary Lee Partners (Chicago), Gensler (New York), Design Group (Columbus), James Hubbell Studios (Santa Ysabel, CA), SHP Leading Design (Cincinnati), Strada (Pittsburgh), ​Berardi+Partners (Columbus), IA Interior Architecture (Washington, DC), WeWork (New York),​ and Tobin Partners (NYC)

Acceptance into Graduate Programs

None of the students from the May 2017 graduating class applied to graduate school.

Retention/Attrition

• Fourth-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2016/17 Fourth-Year ID Class continued from the previous third year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Third-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2016/17 Third-Year ID Class continued from the previous second year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Second-Year ID Class 100% of the students in the 2016/17 Second-Year ID Class continued from the previous first year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).

Graduation Rates

100% of the 2016/17 Fourth-Year Interior Design class was awarded a BFA in interior design. Other related statistics for the 2016/17 Fourth-Year ID class:

• 95% of the graduates earned their degree within 4 years of declaring the Interior Design
• The other 5% earned their degree within an extra term of work (graduating in August
  2017)

Job Placement Rates

13% of students in the 4th-Year Interior Design class began their full-time, professional jobs in a field related to interior design and architecture in the same month they graduated.

• 50% of the 2016 graduates secured employment within 1 month of their graduation
• 94% of the 2016 graduates secured employment within 6 months of their graduation
• As of May 2017, 100% of the 2016 graduating class are working in full-time, professional positions related to interior design and architecture.
• Some of the employing firms include BHDP (Cincinnati), BHDM (NYC), BR Design Associates (NYC), Designbridge, Ltd. (Chicago), CannonDesign (Chicago), Gensler (Chicago) Hirsh Bedner Associates (Los Angeles), Johnson Nathan Strohe (Denver), Olson Kundig (Seattle), SHYFT Collective (Columbus), Sink Combs Dethlefs (Denver), and Ventus Design (Hawaiian Islands)

Acceptance into Graduate Programs

None of the students from the May 2016 graduating class applied to graduate school.

Retention/Attrition

• Fourth-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2015/16 Fourth-Year ID Class continued from the previous third year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Third-Year ID Class: 90% of the students in the 2015/16 Third-Year ID Class continued from the previous second year (90% retention/10% attrition rate).
  • Two students transferred to other programs at Miami University.
• Second-Year ID Class: 90% of the students in the 2015/16 Second-Year Class continued from the previous first year (90% retention rate/10% attrition rate).
  • One student transferred into the Architecture Program within our department
  • One student transferred to another program at Miami University.

Graduation Rates

100% of the 2015/16 Fourth Year Interior Design class was awarded a BFA in interior design. And:

• 100% of the graduates earned their degree within 4 years of declaring the Interior Design major

Job Placement Rates

17% of students in the 4th-Year Interior Design class began their full-time, professional jobs in a field related to interior design and architecture in the same month they graduated.

• 67% of the 2015 graduates secured employment within 1 month of their graduation
• 100% of the 2015 graduates secured employment within 3 months of their graduation
• As of May 2017, 100% of the 2015 graduating class are working in full-time, professional positions related to interior design and architecture.
• Some of the employing firms include Boulder Associates (Orange County, CA), Brian Kent Jones Architects (Columbus), Cole Martinez Curtis & Associates (Los Angeles), Delawie (San Diego), Fitch (Columbus), GreenbergFarrow (New Brunswick, NJ), Interbrand Design Forum (Dayton and Cincinnati), K2M Design Inc. (Cleveland), KNA Interior Design (Los Angeles), Ralph C Fey AIA Architects (Philadelphia), SFA Architects, Inc. (Cincinnati), TDA Interior & Architecture (Cincinnati), and The Novogratz (Los Angeles)

Acceptance into Graduate Programs

None of the students from the May 2015 graduating class applied to graduate school.

Retention/Attrition

• Fourth-Year ID Class: 86% of the students in the 2014/15 Fourth-Year ID Class continued from the previous third year (86% retention/14% attrition rate)
  • One student transferred to another program at Miami University to accelerate date to graduation
• Third-Year ID Class: 93% of the students in the 2014/15 Third-Year ID Class continued from the previous second year (93% retention/7% attrition rate).
  • One student transferred to another program at Miami University
• Second-Year ID Class: 83% of the students in the 2014/15 Second-Year Class continued from the previous first year (83% retention rate/17% attrition rate)
  • Two students transferred into the Architecture Program within our department

Graduation Rates

100% of the 2014/15 Fourth-Year Interior Design class was awarded a BFA in interior design. Other related statistics for the 2014/15 Fourth-Year ID class:

• 92% of the graduates earned their degree within 4 years of declaring the Interior Design major
• The other 8% earned their degree with an extra semester of work (graduating in December 2014)

Job Placement Rates

31% of students in the 4th-Year Interior Design class began their full-time, professional jobs in a field related to interior design and architecture in the same month they graduated.

• 38% of the 2014 graduates secured employment within 1 month of their graduation
• 92% of the 2014 graduates secured employment within 9 months of their graduation
• As of May 2017, 100% of the 2014 graduating class are working in full-time, professional positions related to interior design and architecture or are in graduate school pursuing design related studies.
• Some of the employing firms include Architects Plus (Cincinnati), AGI Architectural Group (Cincinnati), BHDP Architecture (Cincinnati), BHDM Design (NYC), The Cleary Company (Columbus), Design Lab (Cincinnati), Freedom Design (Akron), Gensler (Charlotte, NC), Miami University Planning Architecture & Engineering (Oxford), Mosaic Design Studio (Columbus), JMC Charleston (Charleston, SC), RNT Architects (San Diego), and SHP Leading Design (Cincinnati)

Acceptance into Graduate Programs

31% of the students from the May 2014 graduating class applied to graduate school, and 100% were accepted.

Retention/Attrition

• Fourth-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2013/14 Fourth-Year ID Class continued from the previous third year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Third-Year ID Class: 100% of the students in the 2013/14 Third-Year ID Class continued from the previous second year (100% retention/0% attrition rate).
• Second-Year ID Class: 93% of the students in the 2013/14 Second-Year Class continued from the previous first year (93% retention rate/7% attrition rate).
  • Note: One student transferred to another program at Miami University.

Graduation Rates

100% of the 2014/15 Fourth-Year Interior Design class was awarded a BFA in interior design. Other related statistics for the 2014/15 Fourth-Year ID class:

• 83% of the graduates earned their degree within 4 years of declaring the Interior Design major
• The other 17% earned their degree within 3 years of transferring into the second-year Interior Design class

Second Major and Minor Areas of Study

82% of the 2024/25 ID students had a minor field of study, including Digital Marketing, Marketing, Fashion, Theatre Arts, Art and Architecture History, General Business, and Entrepreneurship. One student completed a co-major or second major in an additional discipline: Arts Management.

Design-Related Internship Experience

100% of our 2024/25 graduating class participated in one or more interior design- and architecture-related internships (summer, winter, or full-semester) while a student in the ID Program. Some of the employing firms include:

• HOK (St. Louis)
• W Design Interiors (Chagrin Falls, OH)
• Bath & Body Works Corporate Store Design (Columbus, OH)
• Rebel House Interior Design (Winnetka, IL)
• Chipman Design Architecture (Des Plaines, IL)
• Stewart Furniture (Hubbard, OH)
• White Oak Interiors (Beavercreek, OH)
• Msaada Architects (Findlay, OH) Sum'24
• Swetmon & Associates Interior Design (Orlando, FL)

Travel Abroad and Other Off-Campus Experience

73% of our 2025 graduates participated in off-campus and abroad experiences during their time at Miami. Experiences include London, Florence, Ghana, and the M.U. John E. Dolibois European Center in Luxembourg.

Second Major and Minor Areas of Study

47% of the 2023/24 ID students had a minor field of study, including Marketing, Film Studies, Fashion, French, Art and Architecture History, Urban Design, Disability Studies, Sustainability, Theatre Arts, and Emerging Technology in Business and Design. One student completed a co-major or second major in an additional discipline: Sustainability.

Design-Related Internship Experience

81% of our 2023/24 graduating class participated in one or more interior design- and architecture-related internships (summer, winter, or full-semester) while a student in the ID Program. Some of the employing firms include:

• RD Jones (Baltimore, MD)
• Betty Rumpf Interiors (Toledo, OH)
• Emersion Design (Cincinnati)
• VSWC Architects (Mason, OH)
• Aumen Asner (Baltimore, MD
• Ware Malcomb (Oak Brook, IL)
• Ashley Moyer Interior Design (Zanesville & Columbus, OH)
• Caroline Turner Interiors (Chicago)
• Dekker Perich Sabatini (Albuquerque)
• Nicky Kehoe (Los Angeles)
• Arcturis (St. Louis)

Travel Abroad and Other Off-Campus Experience

48% of our 2024 graduates participated in off-campus and abroad experiences during their time at Miami. Experiences include London, Florence, Ghana, M.U. Entertainment Design in Anaheim and Los Angeles, M.U. John E. Dolibois European Center in Luxembourg.

Second Major and Minor Areas of Study

52% of the 2022/23 ID students had a minor field of study, including General Business, Interactive Media Studies, Communication Design, Disability Studies, Fashion, Entrepreneurship, Social Justice & Inequalities, and Studio Art. One student completed a co-major or second major in an additional discipline: Sustainability.

Design-Related Internship Experience

84% of our 2022/23 graduating class participated in one or more interior design- and architecture-related internships (summer, winter, or full-semester) while a student in the ID Program. Some of the employing firms include:

• HSB Architects and Engineers (Cleveland)
• Patrick Ryan O'Connell Architect (Palm Beach)
• Evolo Design (Cincinnati)
• MU Planning, Architecture, and Engineering (Oxford)
• Savoir Faire Home (Andover, MA)
• Kate Marker Interiors (Barrington, IL)
• Mary Nigh Design (Kenilworth, IL)
• Wendy Labrum Interiors (Chicago)
• MODA4 Design + Architecture (Dayton)
• Community Design Alliance (Hamilton, OH)
• Corgan Interiors (Dallas)
• Ashleigh Clark Interior Design Group(Strongsville, OH)
• MartinPatrick 3 (Minneapolis)
• RMD Designs (Hudson, OH)
• Janotta & Herner Design/Build (Monroeville, OH)
• Anne Rogers Interiors (Columbus, OH)
• Monogram Homes (Columbus)
• Auer Kitchens (Cincinnati)
• Katie Ridder (New York, NY)

Travel Abroad and Other Off-Campus Experience

36% of our 2023 graduates participated in off-campus and abroad experiences during their time at Miami. Experiences include London, Florence, M.U. Creative Entrepreneurial Consulting Program in San Francisco, M.U. John E. Dolibois European Center in Luxembourg.

Second Major and Minor Areas of Study

65% of the 2021/22 ID students had a minor field of study, including Entrepreneurship, Arts Management, Fashion, Interactive Media Studies, Art and Architecture History, 2D Media Studies, and General Business. Two students completed a co-major or second major in an additional discipline: Fashion; Sustainability

Design-Related Internship Experience

50% of our 2021/22 graduating class participated in one or more interior design- and architecture-related internships (summer, winter, or full-semester) while a student in the ID Program. Some of the employing firms include:

• MODA4 (Dayton)
• Allissa Johnson Interiors (Chicago)
• Spice Decorating (Houston)
• Design Evolution Group (Cincinnati)
• Rariden Schumacher Mio (Birmingham, MI)
• Linck Interiors (Cincinnati)
• Bialosky Design (Cleveland)
• Iron Rock Group (Utah)

Travel Abroad and Other Off-Campus Experience

20% of our 2022 graduates participated in off-campus and abroad experiences during their time at Miami. Experiences include Paris and Hawaii.

AP and Transfer Credit

67% of the 2020/21 Interior Design students received AP or transfer credit from other institutions as they entered our program.

Second Major and Minor Areas of Study

Nearly a third of the 2020/21 ID students (29%) had a minor field of study, including French, Entrepreneurship, 2D Media Studies, and Fashion Design. Four students completed a co-major In a second discipline: Arts Management, Entrepreneurship, Fashion, and Strategic Communication.

Design-Related Internship Experience

76% of our 2020/21 graduating class participated in one or more interior design- and architecture-related internships (summer, winter, or full-semester) while a student in the ID Program. Some of the employing firms include:

• Amy Youngblood Interiors (Cincinnati)
• Awasu Design (San Francisco)
• Belden Interiors(Chicago)
• Cowtan & Tout (Chicago)
• GL Seaman & Co (Dallas)
• Jules Duffy Design (NYC)
• Lauren Levant Interior (Pittsburgh)
• Miami University Planning, Architecture, and Engineering (Oxford, OH)
• Vocon (Cleveland)
• RAVE Restaurant Group (Dallas)
• red architecture + planning (Columbus)
• The Collaborative (Toledo)
• Two Chicks and a Hammer, Inc. (Indianapolis)
• Vicci Franz Interior Design (Pittsburgh)

Travel Abroad and Other Off-Campus Experience

81% of our recent 2021 graduates participated in off-campus and abroad experiences during their time at Miami. Experiences include Miami’s Center for Community Engagement in Cincinnati, Luxembourg, London, Florence, and Ghana.

AP and Transfer Credit

76% of the 2019/20 Interior Design students received AP or transfer credit from other institutions as they entered our program.

Second Major and Minor Areas of Study

Nearly two-thirds of 2019/20 ID students (60%) had a minor field of study, including Arts Entrepreneurship, Communication Design, Jewelry & Metals, 2D Media Studies, Disability Studies and Fashion Design. One student had a second major in Media & Culture.

Design-Related Internship Experience

80% of our 2019/2020 graduating class participated in one or more interior design- and architecture-related internships (summer, winter, or full-semester) while a student in the ID Program. Some of the employing firms include:

• Assemblage Architects (Middleton, WI)
• BLDC Design (Cleveland, OH)
• Bialesky (Cleveland, OH)
• CR Architecture & Design (Cincinnati)
• Design Alternatives (Fanwood, NJ)
• Designs on Madison (Cincinnati)
• Miami University Planning, Architecture, and Engineering (Oxford, OH)
• RCF Group (West Chester, OH)
• Parker & Company Interior Design (Southport, CT)
• VSWC Architects (Mason, OH)

Travel Abroad and Other Off-Campus Experience

33% of our recent 2020 graduates participated in off-campus and abroad experiences during their time at Miami. Experiences include Miami’s Center for Community Engagement in Cincinnati, Luxembourg, and London.

AP and Transfer Credit

67% of the 2018/19 Interior Design students received AP or transfer credit from other institutions as they entered our program.

Second Major and Minor Areas of Study

Nearly three-quarters of 2018/19 ID students (73%) had at least one minor field of study, including Graphic Design, Art & Architecture History, Management & Leadership, Fashion Design, Art 2D Media Studies, Spanish, and Entrepreneurship. One student had a second major.

Design-Related Internship Experience

73% of our May 2019 graduating class participated in one or more interior design- and architecture-related internships (summer, winter, or full-semester) while a student in the ID Program. Some of the employing firms include:

• Gensler (Minneapolis & Dallas/Ft. Worth)
• M Moser Associates (San Francisco)
• OstermanCron (Cincinnati)
• John Poe Architects (Dayton)
• BHDP (Cincinnati)
• Kipp+Keeler (Chicago)
• Rae Duncan Interior Design (Chicago)
• Amanda Reynal Interiors (Des Moines)
• Kemble Interiors (New York)
• two (Miami/Ft Lauderdale)
• CR Architecture & Design (Cincinnati)
• Corporate Environments of Georgia (Atlanta)
• RCF Group (West Chester, OH)
• Nikki Martinkovic Design Studio (NYC)
• hk+c (Chicago)

Travel Abroad and Other Off-Campus Experience

55% of our recent 2019 graduates participated in off-campus and abroad experiences during their time at Miami. Experiences include: Luxembourg, Hawaii, Italy, MU Center for Community Engagement (Cincinnati), Ghana, Dijon, Dublin, Barcelona, and Florence.

AP and Transfer Credit

78% of the 2017/18 Interior Design students received AP or transfer credit from other institutions as they entered our program.

Second Major and Minor Areas of Study

Two-thirds of 2017/18 ID students (67%) had at least one minor field of study, including Art & Architecture History, Art 2D Media Studies, Graphic Design, Disability Studies, and Dance.

Design-Related Internship Experience

78% of our May 2018 graduating class participated in one or more interior design- and architecture-related internships (summer, winter, or full-semester) while a student in the ID Program. Some of the employing firms include:

• Ware Malcomb (Chicago)
• W Design Interiors (Chagrin Falls, OH)
• Esquire Interiors Design Center (Ann Arbor, MI)
• Vocon (NYC & Cleveland)
• Champlin Architecture (Cincinnati)
• Interiors, Inc (Hudson, OH)
• Kitty & Company (Detroit)
• Continental Office est.1939 (Columbus)
• Meyers + Associates Architecture (Columbus)
• CSO Architects (Indianapolis)

Travel Abroad and Other Off-Campus Experience

56% of our recent 2018 graduates participated in off-campus and abroad experiences during their time at Miami. Experiences include: Barcelona, Germany, Malta, Italy, and Ghana.

AP and Transfer Credit

67% of the 2016/17 Interior Design students received AP or transfer credit from other institutions as they entered our program.

Second Major and Minor Areas of Study

While few students had second majors (5%), nearly a two-thirds of 2016/17 ID students (62%) had at least one minor field of study, including Art & Architecture History, Entrepreneurship, European Area Studies, Fashion Design, Film Studies, General Business, Gerontology (Aging and Health), Graphic Design, History, management & Leadership, and Urban Design.

Design-Related Internship Experience

86% of our May 2017 graduating class participated in one or more interior design- and architecture-related internships (summer, winter, or full-semester) while a student in the ID Program. Some of the employing firms include:

• 2North (Richmond, VA)
• BHDM (NYC)
• Carolyn Thayer Interiors (Nantucket, MA)
• Champlin Architecture (Cincinnati)
• CORE (DC)
• Francois Associates (Bloomington, IL)
• Frampton Co (NYC)
• Frank Ponterio Interior Design (Chicago)
• Friday Interiors (Pittsburgh)
• Kara Mann (Chicago)
• Lauderdale Design Group (Knoxville)
• Looney & Associates (Chicago)
• Miami University Planning, Architecture & Engineering (Oxford)
• Moody Nolan (Columbus)
• NBS Commercial Interiors (Toledo)
• OstermanCron, Inc. (Cincinnati)
• SHP Leading Design (Cincinnati)
• SMBW (Richmond, VA)
• SPACE Design (Macy’s corporate in-house design team, Cincinnati)
• Studio Entourage Architectural Interiors (Atlanta)
• Studio Gild (Chicago)
• Studio K Design (Chicago)
• Tracy McGarity Interiors (Columbus)
• Ware Malcomb (Chicago)

Travel Abroad and Other Off-Campus Experience

86% of our recent 2017 graduates participated in off-campus and abroad experiences during their time at Miami. Experiences include: Costa Rica and Panama, Czech Republic, Germany, London, Luxembourg, and Malta.

AP and Transfer Credit

67% of the 2015/16 Interior Design students received AP or transfer credit from other institutions as they entered our program.

Second Major and Minor Areas of Study

While none of our 2015/16 ID students had a second majors (0)%), more than two-thirds (69%) had at least one minor field of study, including 3-D Media Studies, Arts Management, Classical Humanities, Entrepreneurship, Fashion Design, Italian, Marketing, and Sustainability.

Design-Related Internship Experience

100% of our 2016 graduating class participated in one or more interior design- and architecture-related summer or other internships while a student in the ID Program. Some of the employing firms include:

• BHDM (NYC)
• BHDP Architecture (Cincinnati)
• Boffi SpA (Chicago)
• Charlotte Barnes Interior Design (Greenwich, CT)
• Enriching Spaces (Cincinnati)
• Group 70 International (Honalulu)
• Hirsh Bedner Associates (Los Angeles
• K2M Design (Cleveland)
• Nikki Martinkovic Design Studio (NYC)
• Looney & Associates (Chicago)
• Miami University Planning, Architecture & Engineering (Oxford)
• OstermanCron, Inc. (Cincinnati)
• Peddle Thorpe Architects (Shanghai
• TransFORM (New Rochelle, NY)
• Seedtron Design Consultants (Hong Kong)
• Simply Chic Interiors (Chicago)
• Studio K Design (Chicago)

Travel Abroad and Other Off-Campus Experience

81% of our 2016 graduates participated in off-campus and abroad experiences during their time at Miami. Experiences include: Czech Republic, Ghana, London, Luxembourg, Over The Rhine Miami University Community Engagement Center, and Malta.

AP and Transfer Credit

89% of the 2014/15 Interior Design students received AP or transfer credit from other institutions as they entered our program.

Second Major and Minor Areas of Study

While none of our 2015/16 ID students had a second majors (0)%), nearly one third (31%) had at least one minor field of study, including Art & Architecture History, Arts Management, Community-Based Leadership, and Management & Leadership.

Design-Related Internship Experience

100% of our 2015 graduating class participated in one or more interior design- and architecture-related summer or other internships while a student in the ID Program. Some of the employing firms include:

• NBC Universal – Fast & Furious 7 (Los Angeles)
• Champlin Architecture (Cincinnati)
• Holly Hunt (Chicago)
• Interior Design Concepts (New Seabury, MA)
• KNA Interior Design (Los Angeles)
• LWC Incorporated (Dayton)
• Meier Interiors (Westlake, OH)
• OstermanCron, Inc. (Cincinnati)
• The Paula Brown Shop (Toledo)
• STR Partners (Chicago) ThenDesign (Willoughby, OH)

Travel Abroad and Other Off-Campus Experience

75% of our 2015 graduates participated in off-campus and abroad experiences during their time at Miami. Experiences include: Barcelona, Copenhagen, Florence, Ghana, London, Malta, and Over The Rhine Miami University Community Engagement Center.

AP and Transfer Credit

86% of the 2013/14 Interior Design students received AP or transfer credit from other institutions as they entered our program.

Second Major and Minor Areas of Study

None of our 2013/14 ID students had a second majors (0)%) and 15% had at least one minor field of study, including American Literature and Family Relationships.

Design-Related Internship Experience

100% of our 2014 graduating class participated in one or more interior design- and architecture-related summer or other internships while a student in the ID Program. Some of the employing firms include:

• Ann Sneed Architectural Interiors (Solana Beach, CA)
• BHDM (NYC)
• Champlin/Haupt Architects (Cincinnati)
• Duffy’s Designs (Solana Beach, CA)
• Eileen Middleton Interiors (Sunshine Coast, Australia)
• Enriching Spaces (Cincinnati)
• Fitzgibbons Interior Design (Cleveland)
• Gap, Inc. (San Francisco)
• Hirsch Bedner Associate (San Francisco)
• Holly & Smith Architects (Hammond, LA)
• Interbrand Design Forum (Dayton)
• Miami University Planning, Architecture, & Engineering (Oxford)
• Parisa O’Connell Interior Design (San Francisco)
• SLC Interiors (Boston)
• Surface Materials (Solon, OH)
• Van Auken Akins Architects (Cleveland)
• Whitney Architects (Oak Brook, CA)

Travel Abroad and Other Off-Campus Experience

77% of our 2014 graduates participated in off-campus and abroad experiences during their time at Miami. Experiences include: Ghana, Florence, Over-The-Rhine Miami University Community Engagement Center, and Turkey.