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.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 6 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Fashion Merchandising Schools in Texas ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 289 degrees in fashion merchandising to qualified students.
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. 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.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Texas list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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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.
It's difficult to beat University of North Texas if you wish to pursue a degree in fashion merchandising. Located in the midsize city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #310 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UNT is a great university overall.
There were roughly 84 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Baylor University if you wish to pursue a degree in fashion merchandising. Baylor is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the medium-sized city of Waco. A Best Colleges rank of #150 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.
There were approximately 29 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Texas Christian University if you want to pursue a degree in fashion merchandising. Located in the city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #112 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means TCU is a great university overall.
There were about 40 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Texas State University if you want to pursue a degree in fashion merchandising. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 16th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 82 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Texas State in the most recent data year.
Located in the city of Houston, Houston Community College is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 17th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 26 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Houston Community College in the most recent data year.
Located in the distant town of Huntsville, SHSU is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 18th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 12 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at SHSU 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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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. 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.
