2023 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Fashion Merchandising in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 3,106 people earned their degree in fashion merchandising, making the major the 188th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 228 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 182 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,376 and $17,339 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in fashion merchandising. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in fashion merchandising.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 5 Most Focused Associate Degree Colleges for Fashion Merchandising in the Far Western US Region

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FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles landed the #2 spot on the list. FIDM Los Angeles is a small school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 180 associates’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full FIDM Los Angeles Fashion Merchandising Report

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Academy of Art University
San Francisco, California

Top 15% overall quality in Far Western US

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Far Western US Region. Academy of Art University is located in San Francisco, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 associates’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at Academy of Art University

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Skyline College
San Bruno, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Skyline College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Far Western US Region list. Skyline College is a medium-sized school located in San Bruno, California that handed out 0 associates’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at Skyline College

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Shoreline Community College
Shoreline, Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Shoreline Community College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Far Western US Region list. Shoreline Community College is a small public school situated in Shoreline, Washington. It awarded 0 associates’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Fashion Merchandising at Shoreline Community College

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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