2025 Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in general apparel & textiles, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #159 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 91 bachelor's degrees in general apparel & textiles to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to general apparel & textiles students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of general apparel & textiles students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general apparel & textiles related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for general apparel & textiles students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank General Apparel & Textiles Schools

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 the Best General Apparel & Textiles Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study General Apparel & Textiles in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in general apparel & textiles.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Apparel and Textiles

1

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

21 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Cornell University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in general apparel & textiles. Located in the city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general apparel & textiles from Cornell University

2

University of Delaware
Newark, DE

68 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Delaware if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in general apparel & textiles. Located in the suburb of Newark, UD is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in general apparel & textiles from University of Delaware

Best General Apparel & Textiles Colleges by State

Explore the best general apparel & textiles colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	21
Maryland	370	0
Delaware	224	72

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Rankings in Majors Related to Apparel and Textiles

One of 5 majors within the Textile & Apparel Studies area of study, General Apparel & Textiles has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Apparel and Textiles

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Apparel & Textile Manufacture	95
Textile Science	4

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Elisa.rolle. More about our data sources and methodologies.