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Best Interior Design Schools Near Middletown, DE (2026)
Updated September 6, 2026BLS dataCollege ScorecardOn this page
Middletown, Delaware has 5 accredited schools offering interior design programs, with tuition ranging from $5,160 to $16,151 per year for indexed programs. Middletown has a population of about 24,071. Median household income is $115,252 (Census ACS 2023, 5-year). About 45.5% of adults 25+ hold a bachelor’s degree or higher. In the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area, the top-earning interior design-related role is Architect at a median $98,140 annually (BLS OEWS, May 2025).
Closest Interior Design Schools to Middletown
The accredited institutions listed below are the closest in our directory that offer interior design programs near Middletown, ranked by BOC Score and straight-line distance from Middletown city center. The list is rebuilt from federal IPEDS data on every site update.
Middletown is part of the Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD metro area (BLS area code 37980). Where MSA-level wages are published, the table below shows MSA medians; otherwise it falls back to Delaware statewide.
Occupation
Median Wage
Source
COL-Adjusted (US=100)
Interior Designer
$64,800
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
$63,158
Graphic Designer
$63,090
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
$61,491
Architect
$98,140
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
$95,653
Commercial and Industrial Designer
$89,190
Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD
$86,930
Source: BLS, May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes wage data at the metro (MSA) and state level – not by individual city.
Middletown at a Glance
Metric
Value
Source
Population
24,071
Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B01003)
Median household income
$115,252
Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B19013)
Adults 25+ with bachelor’s+
45.5%
Census ACS 2023 5-yr (B15003)
Regional Price Parity (US=100)
102.6 (above U.S. average)
BEA RPP 2024
Other Middletown-Area Cities With Interior Design Programs
How many accredited interior design schools are near Middletown, DE?
Our directory has 5 accredited schools offering interior design programs near Middletown. The closest is Delaware Technical Community College-Terry in Dover, DE (19.0 miles), and the farthest of the schools shown is Chesapeake College (39.3 miles). 4 of the highlighted schools are flagged as offering distance education.
What are the highest-paying interior design roles near Middletown?
Based on BLS OEWS May 2025 wage data, the top-paying interior design-related roles near Middletown are: Architect ($98,140), Commercial and Industrial Designer ($89,190), Interior Designer ($64,800). These reflect MSA-level medians where published, with Delaware statewide fallback for occupations not reported at the metro level.
Should I look at programs in Newark instead of Middletown?
Newark, DE is 16.2 miles from Middletown and has its own set of local interior design programs – see the city’s page. For online programs, distance matters less; for hybrid or in-person formats, comparing both can help.
Is Middletown an affordable place to study interior design?
Middletown’s median household income of $115,252 (Census ACS 2023) is one input. Online programs let students stay in Middletown while attending lower-cost out-of-state schools, and Delaware public universities often offer reduced in-state online tuition.
How do I verify a program is accredited?
Confirm institutional accreditation via the U.S. Department of Education database (U.S. Dept. of Education database), and check for any program-specific accreditation listed by the school.
Data verified: September 6, 2026.
Salary, employment, and tuition figures on this page are sourced from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (OEWS May 2025; Employment Projections 2024–2034) and the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (2023 cohort). The source agency and data year are cited inline with every statistic.