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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Apparel & Textiles in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
290 Degrees Awarded
$16,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Textiles Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 302 general apparel and textiles graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 290 general apparel and textiles graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 colleges that offer a degree in general apparel and textiles. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general apparel and textiles programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general apparel and textiles program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Apparel & Textiles in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Iowa State University is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 119 bachelors’s apparel and textiles degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State University is $15,496 for plains states region bachelor’s degree apparel and textiles students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Apparel & Textiles at Iowa State University

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 16 bachelors’s apparel and textiles degrees to qualified students.

North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,584 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Apparel and Textiles students with aid per year to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Apparel & Textiles at North Dakota State University

#3

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 15 bachelors’s apparel and textiles degrees in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $17,740 for plains states region bachelor’s degree apparel and textiles students with aid per year to attend UMN Twin Cities.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

Read more about General Apparel & Textiles at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

#4

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa
#6 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Northern Iowa landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, this medium-sized public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s apparel and textiles students in 2019-2020.

UNI not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,620 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Apparel and Textiles students with aid per year to attend University of Northern Iowa.

With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UNI General Apparel & Textiles Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 15 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s apparel and textiles students in 2019-2020.

UNL also made our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $17,208 for plains states region bachelor’s degree apparel and textiles students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Apparel & Textiles at University of Nebraska - Lincoln

#6

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#5 in overall quality

Kansas State University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s apparel and textiles degrees to 58 students in 2019-2020.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Kansas State University is $18,285 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Apparel and Textiles students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on General Apparel & Textiles at Kansas State University

#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Springfield, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s apparel and textiles degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

Missouri State also made our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $16,725 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Apparel and Textiles students with aid per year to attend Missouri State University - Springfield.

Read full report on General Apparel & Textiles at Missouri State

#8

Fontbonne University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Fontbonne University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Fontbonne University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Saint Louis, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Fontbonne University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,961 for plains states region bachelor’s degree apparel and textiles students with aid per year to attend Fontbonne University.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Apparel & Textiles at Fontbonne University

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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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