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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Textile & Apparel Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

4 Ranked Colleges
235 Degrees Awarded
$20,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 317 textile and apparel studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,850 and $19,674 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 235 textile and apparel studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in textile and apparel studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great textile and apparel studies programs and cost less that 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 textile and apparel studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree textile studies students with aid.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Textile & Apparel Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fashion Institute of Technology. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in New York, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 76 degrees to qualified bachelors’s textile studies students in 2019-2020.

FIT SUNY not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Fashion Institute of Technology is $10,523 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree textile studies students with aid.

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.

Full FIT SUNY Textile & Apparel Studies Report

#2

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Delaware landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Delaware is a large public school situated in Newark, Delaware. It awarded 75 bachelors’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Delaware is $17,220 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree textile studies students with aid.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Textile & Apparel Studies at UD

#3

Buffalo State

Buffalo, New York
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Buffalo State. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Buffalo, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s textile studies degrees to 60 students in 2019-2020.

Buffalo State also took the #4 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $12,960 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Textile Studies students with aid per year to attend Buffalo State.

Full Buffalo State Textile & Apparel Studies Report

#4

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Cornell University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 22 bachelors’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Cornell, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $40,126 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree textile studies students with aid per year to attend Cornell.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Textile & Apparel Studies at Cornell 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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