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2025 Best Fashion Design Schools in the New England Region

3 Colleges in the New England Region
52 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 looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Fashion Design Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 52 degrees in fashion design annually.

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Choosing a Great Fashion Design School

Best Fashion Design Schools in the New England Region 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

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fashion Design Schools in the New England Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that 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 the New England Region

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 New England Region Schools in Fashion Studies

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In MA

Massachusetts College of Art and Design is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in fashion design. Massachusetts College of Art and Design is a small public college located in the large city of Boston.

There were approximately 24 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Massachusetts College of Art and Design in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in fashion design from Massachusetts College of Art and Design

2
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Lasell University
Newton, MA
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In MA
50.0% Growth in Graduates

Lasell University is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in fashion design. Located in the city of Newton, Lasell is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population.

There were roughly 18 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Lasell in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in fashion design from Lasell University

3
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Maine College of Art
Portland, ME
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In ME
20.0% Growth in Graduates

Maine College of Art is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in fashion design. Located in the city of Portland, Maine College of Art is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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

More information about a degree in fashion design from Maine College of Art

Best Fashion Design Colleges by State

Explore the best fashion design colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 854 56
Maine 396 4
Vermont 352 0

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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 1,092
Illustration 307
Game & Interactive Media Design 150
Interior Design 147
Commercial & Advertising Art 121
Visual Communications 103
Industrial Design 62
Other Design & Applied Arts 59
Commercial Photography 4

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