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2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

5 Ranked Colleges
23 Degrees Awarded
$13,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 542 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 23 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in fashion merchandising. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fashion merchandising programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fashion merchandising program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 5 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Fashion Merchandising in the Great Lakes Region

#1

William Rainey Harper College

Palatine, Illinois
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, William Rainey Harper College landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Palatine, Illinois, and it awarded 11 associates’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.

Harper College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $7,532 for great lakes region associate degree fashion merchandising students per year to attend Harper College.

Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at Harper College

#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Akron Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 3 degrees to qualified associates’s fashion merchandising students in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Akron Main Campus is $17,792 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Fashion Merchandising students.

Read more about Fashion Merchandising at University of Akron Main Campus

#3

Lansing Community College

Lansing, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lansing Community College landed the #3 spot on the list. Lansing, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s fashion merchandising degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at LCC, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $4,828 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Fashion Merchandising students per year to attend Lansing Community College.

Read more about Fashion Merchandising at Lansing Community College

#4

Vincennes University

Vincennes, Indiana
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vincennes University landed the #4 spot on the list. Vincennes University is a public institution located in Vincennes, Indiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Vincennes University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Vincennes University is $10,845 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Fashion Merchandising students.

Full Vincennes University Fashion Merchandising Report

#5

The North Coast College

Lakewood, Ohio
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The North Coast College landed the #5 spot on the list. This small school is located in Lakewood, Ohio, and it awarded 2 associates’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.

The North Coast College also took the #5 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. It costs about $24,670 for Great Lakes Region Associate Degree Fashion Merchandising students per year to attend The North Coast College.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 3 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 100%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at The North Coast 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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