by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Fashion Merchandising is the 188th most popular major in the country with 3,644 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 1,815 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 870 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in fashion merchandising. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their fashion merchandising program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend LIM College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. Located in New York, New York, this small private for-profit school handed out 161 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fashion merchandising students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fashion Institute of Technology. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This medium-sized school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 386 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, 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.
Full Fashion Institute of Technology Fashion Merchandising Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Berkeley College - New York. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in New York, New York, this small private for-profit school handed out 49 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fashion merchandising students in 2020-2021.
Full Berkeley College - New York Fashion Merchandising Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Marist College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Poughkeepsie, New York, and it awarded 89 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% 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%.
Out of the 14 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cazenovia College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Cazenovia, New York, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fashion merchandising students in 2020-2021.
Mercyhurst University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Erie, Pennsylvania is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.
Marymount Manhattan College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. MMC is a small school located in New York, New York that handed out 9 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.
Full Marymount Manhattan College Fashion Merchandising Report
Berkeley College - Woodland Park did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Woodland Park, New Jersey, this small private for-profit school awarded 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s fashion merchandising students in 2020-2021.
Read more about Fashion Merchandising at Berkeley College - Woodland Park
Thomas Jefferson University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #9. Thomas Jefferson University is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 52 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 Thomas Jefferson University
With a ranking of #10, Immaculata University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Immaculata, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
New York City College of Technology came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. City Tech is a public institution located in Brooklyn, New York. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 44 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at New York City College of Technology
Stevenson University ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. This small school is located in Stevenson, Maryland, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
LIU Post landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. LIU Post is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Brookville, New York. It awarded 9 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
Cheyney University of Pennsylvania ranked #14 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cheyney University of Pennsylvania is a small public school situated in Cheyney, Pennsylvania. It awarded 0 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Cheyney University of Pennsylvania Fashion Merchandising Report
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