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2022 Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

1 Ranked Colleges
33 Degrees Awarded
$9,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Apparel & Textiles is the 269th most popular major in the country with 2,118 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 129 general apparel and textiles graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 33 general apparel and textiles graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,733 and $16,201 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general apparel and textiles programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general apparel and textiles 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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The apparel and textiles 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 Textiles Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region associate degree apparel and textiles students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Apparel & Textiles (Income $30-$48k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fashion Institute of Technology. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for an Associate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $30-$48k. FIT SUNY is a medium-sized public school situated in New York, New York. It awarded 33 associates’s apparel and textiles degrees in 2019-2020.

FIT SUNY not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Associate Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend FIT SUNY is $9,399 for middle atlantic region associate degree apparel and textiles students whose families make $30-$48k.

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

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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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