2025 Best Fashion Merchandising Schools in the Great Lakes Region
4Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
370Fashion Merchandising Degrees Awarded
A degree in fashion merchandising is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #188 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Fashion Merchandising Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 370 degrees in fashion merchandising annually.
Your choice of fashion merchandising school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Fashion Merchandising School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fashion Merchandising Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Fashion Merchandising in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the fashion merchandising degree levels they offer.
Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Fashion Merchandising
It's difficult to beat Kent State University at Kent if you wish to pursue a degree in fashion merchandising. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #250 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Kent State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 239 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in fashion merchandising needs to take a look at Central Michigan University. Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 30 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent data year.
Ball State University is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in fashion merchandising. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #181 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Ball State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 22 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat Western Michigan University if you wish to pursue a degree in fashion merchandising. WMU is a large public university located in the small city of Kalamazoo. This university ranks 4th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 25 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent data year.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of fashion merchandising school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Fashion Merchandising School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
