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2022 Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k

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188 Degrees Awarded
Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $48-$75k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 349 people earned their degree in apparel and textile manufacture, making the major the 775th most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 188 apparel and textile manufacture graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in apparel and textile manufacture. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent apparel and textile manufacture programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the apparel and textile manufacture program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Apparel & Textile Manufacture (Income $48-$75k)

#1

Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fashion Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. New York, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees to 76 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FIT SUNY, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend FIT SUNY is $11,644 for Bachelor’s Degree Apparel and Textile Manufacture students whose families make $48-$75k.

With a freshman retention rate of 88%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full FIT SUNY Apparel & Textile Manufacture Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k list. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Utah State University is $13,297 for bachelor’s degree apparel and textile manufacture students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on Apparel & Textile Manufacture at USU

#3

Buffalo State

Buffalo, New York
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Buffalo State. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k. Buffalo State is located in Buffalo, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 60 bachelors’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees to qualified students.

Buffalo State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Buffalo State is $16,464 for bachelor’s degree apparel and textile manufacture students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read more about Apparel & Textile Manufacture at Buffalo State

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles landed the #4 spot on the list. FIDM Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees to qualified students.

FIDM Los Angeles did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $42,720 for bachelor’s degree apparel and textile manufacture students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend FIDM Los Angeles.

Read more about Apparel & Textile Manufacture at FIDM Los Angeles

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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