A degree in fashion merchandising is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #188 out of 1506 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 87 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for fashion merchandising students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 3,644 degrees in fashion merchandising to qualified students.
Your choice of fashion merchandising school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Fashion Merchandising School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Fashion Merchandising Schools list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Fashion Merchandising in the United States
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the fashion merchandising degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
Fashion Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in fashion merchandising. FIT SUNY is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #85 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means FIT SUNY is a great school overall.
There were roughly 1081 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at FIT SUNY in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in fashion merchandising needs to look into Baylor University. Located in the city of Waco, Baylor is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #123 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Baylor is a great university overall.
There were approximately 20 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Baylor in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in fashion merchandising needs to look into University of Georgia. UGA is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Athens. A Best Colleges rank of #72 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UGA is a great university overall.
There were about 90 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at UGA in the most recent year we have data available.
University of Missouri - Columbia is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in fashion merchandising. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #124 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Mizzou is a great university overall.
There were roughly 64 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Mizzou in the most recent year we have data available.
UNT is a very large public university located in the city of Denton. This university ranks 14th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were about 144 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year.
TCU is a large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Fort Worth. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means TCU is a great university overall.
There were about 41 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent data year.
Marist is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie. This college ranks 30th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 89 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Marist in the most recent year we have data available.
Thomas Jefferson University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Philadelphia. A Best Colleges rank of #87 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Thomas Jefferson University is a great university overall.
There were approximately 52 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Thomas Jefferson University in the most recent data year.
Located in the large city of Los Angeles, FIDM Los Angeles is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
There were roughly 262 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at FIDM Los Angeles in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Seattle, SPU is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 10th out of 51 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were roughly 11 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at SPU in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 14th out of 96 schools for overall quality in the state of Ohio.
There were roughly 278 fashion merchandising students who graduated with this degree at Kent State in the most recent year we have data available.
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The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
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Your choice of fashion merchandising school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Fashion Merchandising School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
