2023 Most Focused Colleges for Fashion Merchandising in Virginia

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 Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2020-2021, 3,644 people earned their degree in fashion merchandising, making the major the 188th most popular in the United States.

Across Virginia, there were 9 fashion merchandising graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in Virginia” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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 Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in Virginia”.

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Schools Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in Virginia”.

Top 2 Most Focused Colleges for Fashion Merchandising in Virginia

1

The Art Institute of Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, Virginia

$23,467 Average Early-Career Earnings

$35,215 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The Art Institute of Virginia Beach. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in Virginia. Virginia Beach, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out ’s fashion merchandising degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Full The Art Institute of Virginia Beach Fashion Merchandising Report

2

Marymount University
Arlington, Virginia

#20 overall quality in Virginia

$54,717 Average Early-Career Earnings

$27,400 Average Student Debt

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Fashion Merchandising Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Marymount University landed the #2 spot on the list. Arlington, Virginia is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s fashion merchandising degrees to 7 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 Marymount University

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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