2026 Best Value Fashion Design Schools in Maine
[Fashion Design](/majors/visual-and-performing-arts/design-and-applied-arts/fashion-design/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 1 schools to find the best return on investment for fashion design students.
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2026 Best Value Fashion Design Schools in Maine
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the fashion design degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Fashion Design Schools
Our analysis ranked Maine College Of Art the best value for a degree in fashion design in Maine. Set in the city of Portland, Maine College Of Art is a small private not-for-profit institution. Students from in state pay about $42,942 in tuition and fees. Students borrow a median of $27,000 to complete the fashion design program here. Early-career fashion design graduates make about $29,001. Set against $27,000 in median debt, that is a healthy payoff. Maine College Of Art admits about 76% of applicants.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 1 school evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked schools only.
- 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).
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