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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fashion Merchandising (Income $30-$48k)

5 Ranked Colleges
63 Degrees Awarded
$22,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Master's For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Fashion Merchandising is the 170th most popular major in the country with 3,926 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 63 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in fashion merchandising. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent fashion merchandising 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 fashion merchandising program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree fashion merchandising students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fashion Merchandising (Income $30-$48k)

#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Columbia is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 masters’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.

Mizzou also took the #2 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Columbia are $27,193, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Fashion Merchandising at Mizzou

#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Central Michigan is a fairly large public school situated in Mount Pleasant, Michigan. It awarded 5 masters’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also made our “Best Fashion Merchandising Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan University are $19,359.

Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at Central Michigan

#3

Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, Michigan
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Michigan University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Eastern Michigan is a public institution located in Ypsilanti, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Eastern Michigan not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Eastern Michigan University are $26,552, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Eastern Michigan University Fashion Merchandising Report

#4

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lindenwood University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Saint Charles, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified masters’s fashion merchandising students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Lindenwood University, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Lindenwood University are $9,550, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at Lindenwood University

#5

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Master’s For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #5 spot on the list. Academy of Art University is located in San Francisco, California and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 47 masters’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.

Academy of Art University also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Academy of Art University are $27,688, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Academy of Art University Fashion Merchandising 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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