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2025 Best Fashion Design Schools in Michigan

5 Colleges in Michigan
40 Fashion Studies Degrees Awarded
A degree in fashion design is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #223 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 5 schools in Michigan to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of fashion design. Combined, these schools handed out 40 degrees in fashion design to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Fashion Design School

Best Fashion Design Schools in Michigan The fashion studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fashion Design rankings. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for fashion design schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Pick Your Fashion Design Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Fashion Studies

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Fashion Design Schools in Michigan list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Fashion Design in Michigan

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the fashion studies degree levels they offer.

Top Michigan Schools in Fashion Studies

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Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MI

Any student pursuing a degree in fashion design needs to check out Michigan State University. Michigan State is a fairly large public university located in the city of East Lansing. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.

There were about 14 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in fashion design from Michigan State University

2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In MI

Every student pursuing a degree in fashion design needs to check out College for Creative Studies. CCS is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of Detroit.

There were approximately 5 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at CCS in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in fashion design from College for Creative Studies

3
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Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In MI

Ferris State University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in fashion design. Ferris is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Big Rapids. This university ranks 13th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.

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

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4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In MI

Every student who is interested in fashion design needs to take a look at Western Michigan University. WMU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Kalamazoo. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.

There were about 8 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in fashion design from Western Michigan University

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Central Michigan University
Mount Pleasant, MI
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MI

Located in the town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 6th out of 56 colleges for overall quality in the state of Michigan.

There were roughly 8 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in fashion design from Central Michigan University

Best Fashion Design Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Fashion Design Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Ohio 939 237
Illinois 870 96
Indiana 737 31
Wisconsin 672 11

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

Majors Similar to Fashion Studies

Related Major Annual Graduates
Graphic Design 381
Interior Design 136
Commercial & Advertising Art 114
Game & Interactive Media Design 114
Illustration 84
Industrial Design 61
Visual Communications 33
Other Design & Applied Arts 16
Commercial Photography 1

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