2025 Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools in the Southwest Region
2Colleges in the Southwest Region
130Textile 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.
College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 130 degrees in textile & apparel studies annually.
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Best Schools for Textile & Apparel Studies in the Southwest 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.
The University of Texas at Austin is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in textile & apparel studies. Located in the large city of Austin, UT Austin is a public university with a fairly large student population.
Students who graduate with their degree from the textile studies program report average early career income of $37,245.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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