2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Fashion Merchandising is the 170th most popular major in the country with 3,926 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
Across the Southeast region, there were 268 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 247 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.
For this year’s “Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 16 colleges that offer 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.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the fashion merchandising program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
Top 16 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fashion Merchandising in the Southeast Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. This small school is located in Searcy, Arkansas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
Harding also made our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Harding University is $19,375 for southeast region 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 school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Southern Mississippi. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. University of Southern Mississippi is a public institution located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Southern Miss also took the #11 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Southern Mississippi is $14,923 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school handed out 65 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fashion merchandising students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students list, UGA has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $13,649 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students per year to attend UGA.
The low student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at University of Georgia
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend AI Miami International University of Art and Design. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Miami, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to 36 students in 2019-2020.
International Fine Arts College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend International Fine Arts College is $20,274 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Kentucky University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Richmond, Kentucky, this fairly large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fashion merchandising students in 2019-2020.
Eastern not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #13 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Eastern is $14,149 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students.
The Art Institute of Atlanta ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Atlanta, Georgia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.
Ai Atlanta also took the #15 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Ai Atlanta is $23,051 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
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The Art Institute of Virginia Beach ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Virginia Beach, Virginia, and it awarded 8 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
Ai Virginia Beach not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend The Art Institute of Virginia Beach is $23,561 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students.
With a ranking of #8, Carson - Newman University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Jefferson City, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fashion merchandising students in 2019-2020.
Carson - Newman also made our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #12. The estimated yearly cost for Carson - Newman is $17,471 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students.
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Johnson & Wales University - North Miami did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. North Miami, Florida is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at JWU North Miami, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Johnson & Wales University - North Miami is $22,909 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
Marymount University landed the #10 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Marymount University is a small school located in Arlington, Virginia that handed out 18 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
Marymount did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Marymount is $26,078 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte ranked #11 on this year’s Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Charlotte, North Carolina, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
JWU Charlotte not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend JWU Charlotte is $23,774 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
With a ranking of #12, Lipscomb University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fashion merchandising students in 2019-2020.
Lipscomb also took the #7 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $24,749 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students per year to attend Lipscomb University.
The low student loan default rate of 3.9% 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 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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Belmont University landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Belmont is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 2 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
Belmont did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Belmont University is $35,548 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
The low student loan default rate of 3.0% 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 Belmont University
Meredith College landed the #14 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in Raleigh, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 10 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fashion merchandising students in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students list, Meredith has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Meredith is $23,683 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at Meredith College
Brenau University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. Brenau University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Gainesville, Georgia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Brenau also took the #14 spot in our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $21,745 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students per year to attend Brenau University.
Lynn University landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region ranking. This small school is located in Boca Raton, Florida, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2019-2020.
Lynn University Fighting Knights also made our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #10. The estimated yearly cost for Lynn University is $36,044 for southeast region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
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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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