2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s
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In 2019-2020, 3,926 people earned their degree in fashion merchandising, making the major the 170th most popular in the United States.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 2,427 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 74 colleges that offered a degree in fashion merchandising. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great fashion merchandising programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 25 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fashion Merchandising
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s list. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.
BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #10 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,322 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students per year to attend Brigham Young University - Provo.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern New Hampshire University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Southern New Hampshire University is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Manchester, New Hampshire. It awarded 58 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for SNHU is $41,095 for Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fashion Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s. Fashion Institute of Technology is located in New York, New York and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 408 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.
FIT SUNY did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for FIT SUNY is $10,523 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Texas. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s. University of North Texas is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 107 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
UNT did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #11 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,086 for Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students per year to attend University of North Texas.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Out of the 74 schools in the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, LIM College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in New York, New York, this small private for-profit school awarded 191 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fashion merchandising students in 2019-2020.
LIM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend LIM is $34,761 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
Western Illinois University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Western Illinois University is located in Macomb, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for WIU is $16,210 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
Kent State University at Kent came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Kent, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to 309 students in 2019-2020.
Kent State also made our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #12. The yearly cost to attend Kent State University at Kent is $18,885 for Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students.
Harding University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Harding University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Searcy, Arkansas. It awarded 3 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
Harding also took the #19 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Harding is $19,375 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.
Texas Woman’s University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #9. TWU is a fairly large public school situated in Denton, Texas. It awarded 19 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Texas Woman’s University is $9,617 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
University of Central Missouri did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #10. University of Central Missouri is a medium-sized school located in Warrensburg, Missouri that handed out 13 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for UCM is $13,677 for Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students.
Texas State University came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This large school is located in San Marcos, Texas, and it awarded 88 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #13 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,230 for Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students per year to attend Texas State University.
With a ranking of #12, Western Michigan University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s list. WMU is a public institution located in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 28 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend WMU is $19,433 for Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students.
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With a ranking of #13, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Sam Houston State University is located in Huntsville, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 18 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.
The estimated yearly cost for Sam Houston State University is $14,617 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
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Youngstown State University landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Youngstown, Ohio, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Youngstown State University is $11,947 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
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Lindenwood University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #15. Lindenwood University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Charles, Missouri. It awarded 7 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Lindenwood University is $17,491 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Eastern Illinois University came in at #16 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. EIU is a medium-sized public school situated in Charleston, Illinois. It awarded 1 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for EIU is $14,607 for Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students.
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Texas Tech University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #17. Texas Tech is located in Lubbock, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students list, Texas Tech has also earned the #16 rank in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech is $17,571 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
University of Southern Mississippi came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This fairly large school is located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
The estimated yearly cost for Southern Miss is $14,923 for Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students.
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Central Michigan University ranked #19 on this year’s Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Central Michigan is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 47 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.
Central Michigan did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #18 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Central Michigan University is $15,981 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
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With a ranking of #20, Berkeley College - New York did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Berkeley College - New York is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 59 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Berkeley College - New York, the school also landed the #22 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $15,783 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students per year to attend Berkeley College - New York.
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Northwood University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #21. Midland, Michigan is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.
Northwood did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $21,618 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students per year to attend Northwood University.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
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Berkeley College - Woodland Park ranked #22 on this year’s Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Berkeley College - Woodland Park is a private for-profit institution located in Woodland Park, New Jersey. The school has a small population, and it awarded 34 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
The yearly cost to attend Berkeley College - Woodland Park is $15,483 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
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Eastern Michigan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #23. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school handed out 13 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fashion merchandising students in 2019-2020.
It costs about $15,924 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students per year to attend Eastern Michigan.
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University of Georgia ranked #24 on this year’s Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to 65 students in 2019-2020.
UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $13,649 for bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students per year to attend UGA.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Mizzou is a large public school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 61 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students list, Mizzou has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $16,001 for Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students per year to attend Mizzou.
The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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- 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%.
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- 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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