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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design (With Aid)

8 Ranked Colleges
28 Degrees Awarded
$30,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking.

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

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 costume design graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 8 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design (With Aid)

#1

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #1 spot on the list. Webster University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Louis, Missouri. It awarded 6 bachelors’s costume design degrees in 2019-2020.

Webster not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $22,768 for bachelor’s degree costume design students with aid per year to attend Webster.

The low student loan default rate of 4.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Costume Design at Webster University

#2

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephens College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Stephens is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Stephens also made our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #7. The estimated yearly cost for Stephens College is $22,337 for bachelor’s degree costume design students with aid.

Read full report on Costume Design at Stephens

#3

Carthage College

Kenosha, Wisconsin
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Carthage College. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Carthage College is located in Kenosha, Wisconsin and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s costume design degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Carthage, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Carthage is $28,191 for Bachelor’s Degree Costume Design students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 4.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about Costume Design at Carthage

#4

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seattle Pacific University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Seattle Pacific University is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s costume design degrees to qualified students.

SPU also made our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for SPU is $26,505 for bachelor’s degree costume design students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Seattle Pacific University Costume Design Report

#5

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Bennington College landed the #5 spot on the list. Bennington College is located in Bennington, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s costume design degrees to qualified students.

Bennington also took the #2 spot in our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Bennington College is $29,325 for bachelor’s degree costume design students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Full Bennington Costume Design Report

#6

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#8 in overall quality

Academy of Art University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. 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 #8 on our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Academy of Art University is $34,145 for bachelor’s degree costume design students with aid.

Full Academy of Art University Costume Design Report

#7

Marymount Manhattan College

New York, New York
#4 in overall quality

Marymount Manhattan College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid ranking. Marymount Manhattan College is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s costume design degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MMC, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Marymount Manhattan College is $37,768 for Bachelor’s Degree Costume Design students with aid.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read full report on Costume Design at Marymount Manhattan College

#6 in overall quality

FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. FIDM Los Angeles is a small school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 8 bachelors’s costume design degrees in 2019-2020.

FIDM Los Angeles also took the #6 spot in our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $41,505 for bachelor’s degree costume design students with aid per year to attend FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles.

Full FIDM Los Angeles Costume Design Report

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.

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