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2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

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Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 3,926 people earned their degree in fashion merchandising, making the major the 170th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 123 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 99 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fashion merchandising. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fashion merchandising programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fashion Merchandising (Income $48-$75k) in the Plains States Region

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Mizzou is $13,145 for plains states region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students whose families make $48-$75k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Missouri - Columbia Fashion Merchandising Report

#2

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Warrensburg, Missouri, this medium-sized public school awarded 13 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fashion merchandising students in 2019-2020.

UCM also made our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for University of Central Missouri is $13,977 for plains states region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students whose families make $48-$75k.

Full UCM Fashion Merchandising Report

#3

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend St Catherine University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fashion merchandising students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at St. Kate’s, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,062 for plains states region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend St. Kate’s.

The low student loan default rate of 2.7% 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%.

Full St. Kate’s Fashion Merchandising Report

#4

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Lindenwood University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Saint Charles, Missouri is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

Lindenwood University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,340 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Lindenwood University.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 full report on Fashion Merchandising at Lindenwood University

#5

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephens College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $48-$75k list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to 13 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stephens, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $20,933 for plains states region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students whose families make $48-$75k per year to attend Stephens.

Read more about Fashion Merchandising at Stephens College

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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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