by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major” ranking.
Fashion Merchandising is the 188th most popular major in the country with 3,644 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,425 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major” ranking looked at 9 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fashion merchandising. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in fashion merchandising.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree fashion merchandising students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Academy of Art University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major. This medium-sized school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 27 masters’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Johnson & Wales University - Providence landed the #2 spot on the list. Johnson & Wales University - Providence is a medium-sized school located in Providence, Rhode Island that handed out 2 masters’s fashion merchandising degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Lindenwood University landed the #3 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Charles, Missouri, and it awarded 2 masters’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
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the #4 spot on the list. Central Michigan University is located in Mount Pleasant, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 4 masters’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad 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 Central Michigan University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Michigan University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major list. Located in Ypsilanti, Michigan, this fairly large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s fashion merchandising students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Fashion Merchandising at Eastern Michigan
With a ranking of #6, University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major list. University of Missouri - Columbia is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s fashion merchandising degrees to qualified students.
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 undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
With a ranking of #7, Ball State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major list. Muncie, Indiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s fashion merchandising degrees to 28 students in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Jose Maria Vargas University landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major ranking. Located in Pembroke Pines, Florida, this small private for-profit school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s fashion merchandising students in 2020-2021.
Johnson & Wales University - Online landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major ranking. JWU Online is a private not-for-profit institution located in Providence, Rhode Island. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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