2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Fashion Design in California

A bachelor's degree in fashion design is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #158 out of 1137 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Fashion Design in California ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 128 bachelor's degrees in fashion design during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Fashion Design School for Your Bachelor's Degree

The fashion studies bachelor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. We created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Fashion Design in California ranking to make it a little easier to choose the right one for you.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for fashion design, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for fashion design.

In addition to College Factual's rankings, you may want to take a look at College Combat, our unique tool that lets you pit your favorite schools head-to-head and compare how they rate on factors that most interest you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don't forget it.

Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Fashion Design in California

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in fashion design.

Most Well Attended Schools for Fashion Studies Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, CA

77 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#5 Best Quality In CA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Academy of Art University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in fashion design. Located in the large city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #5 in quality for bachelor's degrees in fashion design in California.

There were approximately 77 fashion design individuals who graduated with this degree at Academy of Art University in the most recent year we have data available.

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2

Otis College of Art and Design
Los Angeles, CA

21 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CA

Otis College of Art and Design is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a bachelor's degree in fashion design. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Otis College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in fashion design in California.

There were about 21 fashion design individuals who graduated with this degree at Otis College of Art and Design in the most recent data year.

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3

California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA

15 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CA

California College of the Arts is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in fashion design. California College of the Arts is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of San Francisco. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in fashion design in California.

There were approximately 15 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at California College of the Arts in the most recent data year.

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4

Woodbury University
Burbank, CA

10 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In CA

Woodbury University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in fashion design. Woodbury is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Burbank. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #4 in quality for bachelor's degrees in fashion design in California.

There were about 10 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Woodbury in the most recent year we have data available.

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5

FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

4 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

FIDM Los Angeles is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in fashion design in California.

There were roughly 4 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at FIDM Los Angeles in the most recent data year.

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6

Beverly Hills Design Institute
Beverly Hills, CA

1 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

BHDI is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Beverly Hills.

There were roughly 1 fashion design individuals who graduated with this degree at BHDI in the most recent year we have data available.

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Best Fashion Design Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Fashion Design Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Washington	527	6

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Fashion Design Related Rankings by Major

One of 9 majors within the Design & Applied Arts area of study, Fashion Design has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Fashion Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Visual Communications	536
Graphic Design	469
Illustration	252
Interior Design	249
Game & Interactive Media Design	239
Other Design & Applied Arts	209
Industrial Design	192
Commercial & Advertising Art	31

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.