2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 80 people earned their degree in costume design, making the major the 1061st most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 39 costume design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 costume design graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in costume design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent costume design programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the costume design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design (Income $75-$110k) in the Far Western US Region

#1

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$29,341 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seattle Pacific University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Seattle Pacific University is a small school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 1 bachelors’s costume design degrees in 2019-2020.

SPU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $29,341 for far western us region bachelor’s degree costume design students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Seattle Pacific University.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Costume Design at Seattle Pacific University

#2

FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#2 in overall quality

$45,466 Average Net Price

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Los Angeles, California, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s costume design degrees in 2019-2020.

FIDM Los Angeles did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles is $45,466 for far western us region bachelor’s degree costume design students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles Costume Design Report

#3

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#3 in overall quality

$36,626 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in San Francisco, California, this medium-sized private for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s costume design students in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Academy of Art University is $36,626 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Costume Design students whose families make $75-$110k.

Read more about Costume Design at Academy of Art University

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design (Income $75-$110k)

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

• Credit for the banner image above goes to Donald Judge.

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