2022 Most Popular Master's Degree Colleges for Fashion Design in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in fashion design, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #434 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 6 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the most popular for fashion design students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 62 master's degrees in fashion design during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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

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

Being popular does not always equate to overall quality, but a school with a large number of fashion design students usually has them for a 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.

Most Popular Schools for Master’s Students to Study Fashion Design in the Middle Atlantic Region

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in fashion design.

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

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Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY

18 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In NY

#2 Best Quality In NY

Fashion Institute of Technology is a popular choice for students pursuing a master's degree in fashion design. Located in the large city of New York, FIT SUNY is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in fashion design in New York.

There were roughly 18 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at FIT SUNY in the most recent data year.

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The New School
New York, NY

18 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In NY

#3 Best Quality In NY

The New School is one of the most popular schools in the country for getting a master's degree in fashion design. New School University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #3 in quality for master's degrees in fashion design in New York.

There were approximately 18 fashion design individuals who graduated with this degree at New School University in the most recent data year.

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Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA

10 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In PA

#1 Best Quality In PA

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Thomas Jefferson University if you want to pursue a master's degree in fashion design. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Thomas Jefferson University is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in fashion design in Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 10 fashion design individuals who graduated with this degree at Thomas Jefferson University in the most recent data year.

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University of Delaware
Newark, DE

9 Annual Master's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In DE

#1 Best Quality In DE

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Delaware if you want to pursue a master's degree in fashion design. UD is a fairly large public university located in the large suburb of Newark. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in fashion design in Delaware.

There were about 9 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent data year.

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Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

4 Annual Master's Degrees

#2 Most Popular In PA

#2 Best Quality In PA

Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for master's degrees in fashion design in Pennsylvania.

There were roughly 4 fashion design individuals who graduated with this degree at Drexel in the most recent year we have data available.

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Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

3 Annual Master's Degrees

#3 Most Popular In NY

#1 Best Quality In NY

Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the small city of Ithaca. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for master's degrees in fashion design in New York.

There were about 3 fashion design individuals who graduated with this degree at Cornell in the most recent data year.

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Best Fashion Design Colleges by State

Explore the most popular fashion design schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	667	25
Pennsylvania	586	14
Delaware	123	4

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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
Interior Design	154
Other Design & Applied Arts	127
Visual Communications	120
Illustration	80
Industrial Design	64
Graphic Design	63
Game & Interactive Media Design	18
Commercial & Advertising Art	3

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.