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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Apparel & Textile Manufacture

4 Ranked Colleges
81 Degrees Awarded
$18,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 349 people earned their degree in apparel and textile manufacture, making the major the 775th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 81 apparel and textile manufacture graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in apparel and textile manufacture. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality apparel and textile manufacture programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the apparel and textile manufacture program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate.

Top 4 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Apparel & Textile Manufacture

#1

Honolulu Community College

Honolulu, Hawaii
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Honolulu Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate. Honolulu Community College is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 associates’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees to qualified students.

Honolulu CC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Associate Degree Schools” list. It costs about $8,238 for Associate Degree Apparel and Textile Manufacture students per year to attend Honolulu Community College.

Read more about Apparel & Textile Manufacture at Honolulu CC

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Minneapolis Community and Technical College landed the #2 spot on the list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree apparel and textile manufacture students list, Minneapolis Community and Technical College has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $12,376 for Associate Degree Apparel and Textile Manufacture students per year to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College.

Full Minneapolis Community and Technical College Apparel & Textile Manufacture Report

#3

Fashion Institute of Technology

New York, New York
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Fashion Institute of Technology. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate. Fashion Institute of Technology is a medium-sized school located in New York, New York that handed out 27 associates’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree apparel and textile manufacture students list, FIT SUNY has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for FIT SUNY is $10,523 for associate degree apparel and textile manufacture students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Full Fashion Institute of Technology Apparel & Textile Manufacture Report

#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Apparel and Textile Manufacture Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles landed the #4 spot on the list. FIDM Los Angeles is located in Los Angeles, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 associates’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at FIDM Los Angeles, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $41,505 for Associate Degree Apparel and Textile Manufacture students per year to attend FIDM Los Angeles.

Read more about Apparel & Textile Manufacture at FIDM Los Angeles

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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

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees 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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