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2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

5 Ranked Colleges
99 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region

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 Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” 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” 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fashion Merchandising in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Missouri. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. University of Central Missouri is located in Warrensburg, Missouri and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.

UCM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Central Missouri is $13,677 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students.

Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at UCM

#2

Lindenwood University

Saint Charles, Missouri
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindenwood University landed the #2 spot on the list. 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.

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. The estimated yearly cost for Lindenwood University is $17,491 for Plains States Region 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%.

Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at Lindenwood University

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to 61 students 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. It costs about $16,001 for plains states region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students per year to attend University of Missouri - Columbia.

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

#4

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephens College. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Stephens College is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.

Stephens also made our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #5. The yearly cost to attend Stephens is $22,337 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students.

Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at Stephens College

#5

St Catherine University

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St Catherine University landed the #5 spot on the list. Saint Paul, Minnesota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

St. Kate’s also made our “Best Fashion Merchandising Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for St Catherine University is $19,078 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Merchandising students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full St. Kate’s Fashion Merchandising Report

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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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