2022 Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Apparel & Textile Manufacture is the 775th most popular major in the country with 349 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 81 apparel and textile manufacture graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in apparel and textile manufacture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great apparel and textile manufacture programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the apparel and textile manufacture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The apparel and textile manufacture school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid”.

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Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree apparel and textile manufacture students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Apparel & Textile Manufacture (With Aid)

#1

Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, New York

#1 in overall quality

$10,523 Average Net Price

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 an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. FIT SUNY is a medium-sized school located in New York, New York that handed out 27 associates’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees in 2019-2020.

FIT SUNY also took the #1 spot in our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend FIT SUNY is $10,523 for associate degree apparel and textile manufacture students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. 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%.

Read more about Apparel & Textile Manufacture at FIT SUNY

#2

Honolulu Community College

Honolulu, Hawaii

#2 in overall quality

$8,238 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Honolulu Community College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid list. Honolulu Community College is a small public school situated in Honolulu, Hawaii. It awarded 7 associates’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree apparel and textile manufacture students with aid list, Honolulu CC has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,238 for associate degree apparel and textile manufacture students with aid per year to attend Honolulu CC.

Read full report on Apparel & Textile Manufacture at Honolulu CC

#3

Minneapolis Community and Technical College

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#4 in overall quality

$12,376 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 12 associates’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees in 2019-2020.

Minneapolis Community and Technical College not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Minneapolis Community and Technical College is $12,376 for associate degree apparel and textile manufacture students with aid.

Read full report on Apparel & Textile Manufacture at Minneapolis Community and Technical College

#4

FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#3 in overall quality

$41,505 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this small private for-profit school handed out 8 degrees to qualified associates’s apparel and textile manufacture students in 2019-2020.

FIDM Los Angeles also took the #3 spot in our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $41,505 for associate degree apparel and textile manufacture students with aid per year to attend FIDM Los Angeles.

Read more about Apparel & Textile Manufacture at FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles

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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