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2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

9 Ranked Colleges
356 Degrees Awarded
$17,400 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Textile & Apparel Studies is the 158th most popular major in the country with 3,436 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, textile and apparel studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,403 and had an average of $23,866 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 822 textile and apparel studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,867 and $19,685 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 356 textile and apparel studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in textile and apparel studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent textile and apparel studies programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the textile and apparel studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 9 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Textile & Apparel Studies in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Fresno landed the #1 spot on the list. California State University - Fresno is a large school located in Fresno, California that handed out 4 bachelors’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Fresno State also took the #7 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend California State University - Fresno is $5,464 for far western us region bachelor’s degree textile studies students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full California State University - Fresno Textile & Apparel Studies Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Pomona, California, this large public school handed out 93 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s textile studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our far western us region bachelor’s degree textile studies students with aid list, Cal Poly Pomona has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $12,734 for far western us region bachelor’s degree textile studies students with aid per year to attend California State Polytechnic University - Pomona.

The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Textile & Apparel Studies at California State Polytechnic University - Pomona

#3

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, San Francisco State University landed the #3 spot on the list. SFSU is a public institution located in San Francisco, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 41 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

SFSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for San Francisco State University is $15,113 for far western us region bachelor’s degree textile studies students with aid.

Full San Francisco State University Textile & Apparel Studies Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Davis. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. University of California - Davis is a large school located in Davis, California that handed out 16 bachelors’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Davis also made our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of California - Davis is $14,669 for far western us region bachelor’s degree textile studies students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Textile & Apparel Studies at University of California - Davis

#5

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school awarded 58 degrees to qualified bachelors’s textile studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wazzu, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $16,358 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Textile Studies students with aid per year to attend Washington State University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Textile & Apparel Studies at Wazzu

#6

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

Central Washington University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. CWU is a fairly large public school situated in Ellensburg, Washington. It awarded 21 bachelors’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $15,397 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Textile Studies students with aid per year to attend CWU.

Full CWU Textile & Apparel Studies Report

University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Located in Honolulu, Hawaii, this fairly large public school handed out 21 degrees to qualified bachelors’s textile studies students in 2019-2020.

UH Manoa also took the #9 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UH Manoa is $15,030 for far western us region bachelor’s degree textile studies students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full UH Manoa Textile & Apparel Studies Report

#8

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon

Oregon State University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Oregon State is a large school located in Corvallis, Oregon that handed out 13 bachelors’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Oregon State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Oregon State is $20,016 for far western us region bachelor’s degree textile studies students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Textile & Apparel Studies at Oregon State University

FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Getting Aid list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s textile studies degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

FIDM Los Angeles also took the #8 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend FIDM Los Angeles is $41,505 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Textile Studies students with aid.

Read full report on Textile & Apparel Studies at FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles

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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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