2025 Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
3Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region
257Textile Studies Degrees Awarded
$35,439Avg Early-Career Salary
When it comes to popularity, textile & apparel studies sits in the middle of the road, ranking #161 out of 395 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for textile & apparel studies students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 257 degrees in textile & apparel studies to qualified students.
The textile studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Textile & Apparel Studies rankings. We derive our Best Overall Textile & Apparel Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Textile & Apparel Studies Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Textile & Apparel Studies in the Middle Atlantic Region
The schools below may not offer all types of textile studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools in Textile Studies
Every student who is interested in textile & apparel studies has to take a look at Cornell University. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. A Best Colleges rank of #9 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Cornell is a great university overall.
There were roughly 23 textile & apparel studies students who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.
Fashion Institute of Technology is a wonderful option for students pursuing a degree in textile & apparel studies. Located in the large city of New York, FIT SUNY is a public school with a medium-sized student population. This school ranks 4th out of 136 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 107 textile & apparel studies students who graduated with this degree at FIT SUNY in the most recent data year. Textile & Apparel Studies degree recipients from Fashion Institute of Technology get an earnings boost of around $5,024 over the average income of textile & apparel studies graduates.
It's difficult to beat University of Delaware if you wish to pursue a degree in textile & apparel studies. UD is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Newark. This university ranks 1st out of 3 schools for overall quality in the state of Delaware.
There were about 77 textile & apparel studies students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent year we have data available. Those textile & apparel studies students who get their degree from University of Delaware make $12,321 more than the standard textile studies grad.
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).
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