2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fashion Merchandising (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,926 people earned their degree in fashion merchandising, making the major the 170th most popular in the United States.

Across Connecticut, there were 24 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 4 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,719 and $18,083 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fashion merchandising programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fashion merchandising program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fashion Merchandising (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

#1

Gateway Community College

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$6,103 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Gateway Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in New Haven, Connecticut, and it awarded 4 associates’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Gateway Community College, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Associate Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Gateway Community College is $6,103 for Connecticut Associate Degree Fashion Merchandising students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at Gateway Community College

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fashion Merchandising (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fashion Merchandising (Income $0-$30k)

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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