by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Fashion Merchandising is the 188th most popular major in the country with 3,644 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 127 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 103 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fashion merchandising. That schools that top this list have a program in fashion merchandising in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The fashion merchandising school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Plains States Region”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. We encourage you to try it out and pit your favorite colleges and universities head to head! If you don’t have time right now, you can bookmark it for later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree fashion merchandising students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephens College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Plains States Region list. Stephens is a small school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 9 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large public school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 63 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The low undergrad 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%.
Read more about Fashion Merchandising at University of Missouri - Columbia
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #3 spot on the list. UCM is a fairly large public school situated in Warrensburg, Missouri. It awarded 14 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 6 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, St Catherine University landed the #4 spot on the list. St. Kate’s is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Saint Paul, Minnesota. It awarded 6 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 St Catherine University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lindenwood University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Charles, Missouri, and it awarded 7 bachelors’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Fashion Merchandising at Lindenwood University
Southeast Missouri State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Southeast Missouri State University is a public institution located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at Southeast Missouri State University
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