2022 Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 9 general apparel and textiles graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general apparel and textiles program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Apparel & Textiles in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Master’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. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s apparel and textiles degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Iowa State University General Apparel & Textiles Report

#2

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, Nebraska

#2 in overall quality

$19,513 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Lincoln, Nebraska, this large public school awarded 4 diplomas to qualified masters’s apparel and textiles students in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln General Apparel & Textiles Report

#3

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s apparel and textiles students in 2019-2020.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115.

Read more about General Apparel & Textiles at Kansas State University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Apparel & Textiles (With Aid)

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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