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Most Popular Schools for Fashion/Apparel Design Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to apply artistic principles and techniques to the professional design of commercial fashions, apparel, and accessories, and the management of fashion development projects. Includes instruction in apparel design; accessory design; the design of men's', women's', and children's' wear; flat pattern design; computer-assisted design and manufacturing; concept planning; designing in specific materials; labor and cost analysis; history of fashion; fabric art and printing; and the principles of management and operations in the fashion industry.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Fashion Institute of Technology 608 16% $24,220
2 The New School 394 14% $71,361
3 FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-Los Angeles 231 18% $34,794
4 Academy of Art University 172 7% $44,226
5 Kent State University at Kent 117 2% $25,886
6 Savannah College of Art and Design 107 4% $57,443
7 Virginia Commonwealth University 90 1% $32,041
8 Los Angeles Trade Technical College 81 4% $3,137
9 Montclair State University 68 1% $31,704
10 SUNY Oneonta 67 4% $25,028
11 Pratt Institute-Main 57 4% $67,742
12 University of Cincinnati-Main Campus 47 0% $27,476
13 AI Miami International University of Art and Design 42 10% $19,104
14 Otis College of Art and Design 41 13% $66,160
15 Columbia College Chicago 39 2% $45,644
16 Massachusetts College of Art and Design 38 9% $30,200
17 West Valley College 37 4% $3,317
18 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus 35 1% $24,915
19 Drexel University 35 1% $70,223
20 Clark Atlanta University 34 5% $38,154
21 CUNY Kingsborough Community College 34 1% $6,768
22 EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Juan 33 6% $6,800
23 University of North Texas 32 0% $24,712
24 Thomas Jefferson University 31 1% $59,762
25 School of the Art Institute of Chicago 29 3% $67,870
26 City College of San Francisco 27 1% $3,613
27 The Art Institute of Fort Lauderdale 26 10% N/A
28 The Art Institute of Philadelphia 24 11% N/A
29 San Diego Mesa College 23 1% $2,998
30 Argosy University-The Art Institute of California-Hollywood 22 7% $20,565
31 Purdue University-Main Campus 21 0% $22,822
32 University of Delaware 21 0% $29,342
33 Houston Community College 20 0% $3,882
34 FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising-San Francisco 20 17% $34,794
35 Syracuse University 20 0% $70,636
36 The Art Institute of Houston 20 7% $19,068
37 American River College 20 0% $2,958
38 Seattle Central College 20 1% $4,494
39 El Centro College 19 1% $3,770
40 Albright College 19 4% $60,636
41 The Art Institute of Seattle 19 10% $18,960
42 The Illinois Institute of Art-Chicago 19 10% N/A
43 Academia Serrant Inc 19 8% N/A
44 Centenary University 18 3% $49,232
45 Santa Rosa Junior College 18 0% $3,246
46 The Art Institute of Atlanta 18 5% $18,996
47 Michigan State University 17 0% $28,862
48 Moore College of Art and Design 17 18% $60,292
49 Indiana University-Bloomington 17 0% $24,779
50 Santa Monica College 17 0% $2,888
51 Lasell College 17 3% $54,900
52 Columbus College of Art and Design 17 7% $49,834
53 SUNY Westchester Community College 17 1% $7,236
54 Saddleback College 16 0% $3,246
55 The Illinois Institute of Art-Schaumburg 16 13% N/A
56 Mt San Antonio College 15 0% $3,267
57 Clary Sage College 15 6% N/A
58 Miami International University of Art & Design-Art Institute Dallas 14 8% $19,068
59 Salt Lake Community College 14 0% $4,743
60 California College of the Arts 14 3% $67,074
61 Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus 14 0% $7,520
62 Orange Coast College 13 0% $3,103
63 The Art Institute of Portland 13 8% N/A
64 The Art Institute of Austin 13 8% $19,068
65 St Catherine University 12 1% $52,164
66 Texas Tech University 12 0% $24,472
67 Baylor University 12 0% $62,527
68 Marist College 12 1% $58,150
69 College of Alameda 12 2% $3,172
70 Woodbury University 12 3% $56,497
71 Long Beach City College 12 1% $3,091
72 Argosy University-The Art Institute of California-San Francisco 12 8% N/A
73 American InterContinental University-Atlanta 12 2% $13,270
74 The Art Institute of Indianapolis 12 8% N/A
75 The Art Institute of San Antonio 12 7% $19,068
76 Cazenovia College 11 5% $51,526
77 The Art Institute of Colorado 10 6% N/A
78 College of the Sequoias 10 0% $3,307
79 The Art Institute of Charlotte 10 8% N/A
80 Baltimore City Community College 10 1% $5,146
81 Orange Technical College-Orlando Campus 10 4% N/A
82 The Art Institute of Phoenix 10 6% N/A
83 Pima Community College 9 0% $4,062
84 El Paso Community College 9 0% $4,089
85 Johnson County Community College 9 0% $4,350
86 Argosy University-The Art Institute of California-San Diego 9 4% $20,565
87 Phoenix College 9 0% $3,494
88 Nassau Community College 9 0% $7,680
89 San Joaquin Delta College 9 0% $3,205
90 Santa Ana College 9 0% $3,076
91 EDP University of Puerto Rico Inc-San Sebastian 9 3% $6,800
92 Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno de Puerto Rico 8 16% $6,662
93 Stevenson University 8 1% $53,149
94 Texas Woman's University 8 0% $20,272
95 Chaffey College 8 0% $3,089
96 The Art Institute of Charleston 8 10% N/A
97 Washington University in St Louis 7 0% $74,361
98 Maine College of Art 7 5% $50,690
99 The Art Institute of Pittsburgh 7 5% $19,032
100 Ball State University 6 0% $24,550

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Fashion/Apparel Design program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.