MS in Interior Architecture

The MS in Interior Architecture program provides information to the public regarding student achievement, including aggregate data addressing retention/attrition, graduation rates, job placement rates, and acceptance to graduate and/or PhD programs for graduates pursuing further education. Jefferson collects and updates this information annually. 

Job Placement & Graduate/PhD Acceptance: 100% of the interior architecture students who graduated in May 2025 and responded to our survey (100% responded) were employed in interior design. 

Graduation Rate: 70% graduation rate for the Class of 2025.

Retention/Attrition Rate: 70%/0% for the Class of 2025. The retention rate reflects the number of students who started in the interior architecture program and completed it. 30% of this cohort is still in the program.

• 2025 Metropolis Future100, Emma Hogan
• 2025 Jacobs Student Design Competition, Emma Hogan 
• 2023 Public Interiority Symposium, University of Tennessee, Najia Javaid
• 2023 DesignWithLight Student Lighting Design Competition sponsored by Illuminating Engineering Society (IES). 1st Place Award, Divya Varvadarajan, MSIA
• 2023 ASID's Pennsylvania East Interior Design Award/Student Category - “The American Heart Association Headquarters, Adaptive Reuse Project,” Divya Varvadarajan, MSIA
• 2022 DesignWithLight Student Lighting Design Competition sponsored by Illuminating Engineering Society (IES). 1st Place Award, Deirdre Spahr, MSIA. Honorable Mention, Najia Javaid and Elena Nestico, MSIA.
• 2022 HOK Futures Design Challenge
  2nd place winners Angela Nekoranik and Elizabeth Kane.