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2025 Best Fashion Merchandising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

11 Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
1,625 Fashion Merchandising Degrees Awarded
Fashion Merchandising is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #188 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 11 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for fashion merchandising students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 1,625 degrees in fashion merchandising to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Fashion Merchandising School

Best Fashion Merchandising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region The fashion merchandising program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fashion Merchandising rankings. We derive our Best Overall Fashion Merchandising School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

Fashion Merchandising Rankings by Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Fashion Merchandising
Bachelor's Degrees in Fashion Merchandising

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Fashion Merchandising Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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If you want to learn more about how we derive our rankings, see College Factual's Methodology.

Best Schools for Fashion Merchandising in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the fashion merchandising degrees they offer, see the list below.

10 Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Fashion Merchandising

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NY
996 Fashion Merchandising Degrees Awarded

Fashion Institute of Technology is a great choice for students pursuing a degree in fashion merchandising. Located in the large city of New York, FIT SUNY is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #32 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means FIT SUNY is a great school overall.

There were approximately 996 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at FIT SUNY in the most recent data year.

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Marist College
Poughkeepsie, NY
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In NY
99 Fashion Merchandising Degrees Awarded

It is hard to beat Marist College if you want to pursue a degree in fashion merchandising. Located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie, Marist is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #177 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Marist is a great college overall.

There were approximately 99 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Marist in the most recent data year.

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LIM College
New York, NY
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NY
178 Fashion Merchandising Degrees Awarded

LIM College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in fashion merchandising. Located in the city of New York, LIM is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

There were about 178 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at LIM in the most recent data year.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In PA
41 Fashion Merchandising Degrees Awarded

Thomas Jefferson University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in fashion merchandising. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #89 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Thomas Jefferson University is a great university overall.

There were about 41 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Thomas Jefferson University in the most recent year we have data available.

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5
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In NJ

Berkeley College - Woodland Park is a small private for-profit college located in the suburb of Woodland Park. This college ranks 32nd out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were about 24 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Berkeley College - Woodland Park in the most recent data year.

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6
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In PA

Mercyhurst is a small private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Erie. This university ranks 76th out of 103 colleges for overall quality in the state of Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 17 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Mercyhurst in the most recent year we have data available.

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7
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In NY
46 Fashion Merchandising Degrees Awarded

Berkeley College - New York is a small private for-profit college located in the large city of New York.

There were roughly 46 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Berkeley College - New York in the most recent data year.

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8
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In NJ

Located in the suburb of Lincroft, Brookdale Community College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 31st out of 45 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.

There were approximately 16 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Brookdale Community College in the most recent data year.

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Nassau Community College
Garden City, NY
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In NY

Located in the suburb of Garden City, Nassau Community College is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #426 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Nassau Community College is a great college overall.

There were about 22 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Nassau Community College in the most recent data year.

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10
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In NY
82 Fashion Merchandising Degrees Awarded

Located in the large city of Brooklyn, City Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population. This college ranks 118th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.

There were about 82 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at City Tech in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Fashion Merchandising Colleges by State

Explore the best fashion merchandising schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
New York 1,026 1,650
Pennsylvania 978 85
Maryland 618 12
New Jersey 614 62
District of Columbia 441 6

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One of 10 majors within the Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing area of study, Fashion Merchandising has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations 171
Special Products Marketing Operations 125
Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations 29
Auctioneering 25
Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations 23
Tourism Promotion Operations 22
Vehicle and Vehicle Parts and Accessories Marketing Operations 5

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