2025 Best Fashion Merchandising Schools in New York
7Colleges in New York
1,495Fashion Merchandising Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in fashion merchandising, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #188 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 7 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Fashion Merchandising Schools in New York ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 1,495 degrees in fashion merchandising to qualified students.
Your choice of fashion merchandising school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fashion merchandising schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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 the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Fashion Merchandising Schools in New York list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Fashion Merchandising in New York
The schools below may not offer all types of fashion merchandising degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Any student who is interested in fashion merchandising needs to take a look at Fashion Institute of Technology. FIT SUNY is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York. 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 year we have data available.
Marist College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in fashion merchandising. Marist is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie. A Best Colleges rank of #177 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Marist is a great college overall.
There were about 99 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Marist in the most recent year we have data available.
LIM College is a good option for students interested in a degree in fashion merchandising. LIM is a small private for-profit college located in the large city of New York.
There were roughly 178 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at LIM in the most recent year we have data available.
Berkeley College - New York is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in fashion merchandising. Located in the city of New York, Berkeley College - New York is a private for-profit college with a small student population.
There were about 46 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Berkeley College - New York in the most recent year we have data available.
Nassau Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Garden City. This college ranks 43rd out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 22 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Nassau Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
City Tech is a large public college located in the city of Brooklyn. This college ranks 118th out of 136 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 82 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at City Tech in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Batavia, GCC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 93rd out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 7 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at GCC in the most recent year we have data available.
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. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fashion merchandising schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
