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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across California, there were 38 costume design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 costume design graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the costume design program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The costume design 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 “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid”.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design in California (With Aid)

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California

#2 in overall quality

$34,145 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #1 spot on the list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s costume design degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for Academy of Art University is $34,145 for California Bachelor’s Degree Costume Design students with aid.

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#2

FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles

Los Angeles, California

#1 in overall quality

$41,505 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Getting Aid 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 also took the #1 spot in our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles is $41,505 for California Bachelor’s Degree Costume Design students with aid.

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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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