by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Apparel and Textile Manufacture Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 309 people earned their degree in apparel & textile manufacture, making the major the 777th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 153 apparel & textile manufacture graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,724 and $23,030 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Apparel and Textile Manufacture Major” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in apparel & textile manufacture. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in apparel & textile manufacture.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree apparel and textile manufacture students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Buffalo State. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Apparel and Textile Manufacture Major. This medium-sized school is located in Buffalo, New York, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Apparel and Textile Manufacture Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Fashion Institute of Technology landed the #2 spot on the list. Fashion Institute of Technology is a public institution located in New York, New York. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Full Fashion Institute of Technology Apparel & Textile Manufacture Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Apparel and Textile Manufacture Major list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Apparel & Textile Manufacture at FIDM Los Angeles
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Apparel and Textile Manufacture Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Apparel & Textile Manufacture at Academy of Art University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Utah State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Apparel and Textile Manufacture Major list. Utah State University is a large public school situated in Logan, Utah. It awarded 33 bachelors’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Carnegie Mellon University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Apparel and Textile Manufacture Major ranking. This fairly large school is located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, University of Washington - Seattle Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Apparel and Textile Manufacture Major list. UW Seattle is a large school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 0 bachelors’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read more about Apparel & Textile Manufacture at University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Ball State University ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Apparel and Textile Manufacture Major list. Ball State University is located in Muncie, Indiana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Beverly Hills Design Institute did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Apparel and Textile Manufacture Major ranking, coming in at #7. BHDI is located in Beverly Hills, California and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 100%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 5 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
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