2025 Best Fashion Design Schools in the Southwest Region
8Colleges in the Southwest Region
242Fashion 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.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 8 schools in the Southwest Region to determine which ones were the best for fashion design students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 242 degrees in fashion design annually.
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.
The fashion studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Fashion Design Schools in the Southwest Region.
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Best Schools for Fashion Design in the Southwest 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.
Arizona State University - Tempe is a great decision for students interested in a degree in fashion design. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #108 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means ASU - Tempe is a great university overall.
There were about 76 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at ASU - Tempe in the most recent year we have data available.
University of North Texas is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in fashion design. UNT is a very large public university located in the city of Denton. This university ranks 13th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 30 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year.
Baylor University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in fashion design. Located in the medium-sized city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #150 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.
There were about 7 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent data year.
It is difficult to beat El Centro College if you want to pursue a degree in fashion design. Located in the city of Dallas, El Centro College is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #281 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means El Centro College is a great college overall.
There were roughly 17 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at El Centro College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #161 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Texas Tech is a great university overall.
There were about 7 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Texas Tech in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Austin, Austin Community College District is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 20th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 13 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Austin Community College District in the most recent data year.
UIW is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of San Antonio. This university ranks 38th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 4 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at UIW in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of El Paso, El Paso Community College is a public college with a very large student population. This college ranks 89th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 10 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at El Paso Community College in the most recent data year.
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).
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.
