2023 Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Apparel and Textile Manufacture” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Apparel & Textile Manufacture is the 777th most popular major in the country with 289 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 57 apparel and textile manufacture graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Apparel and Textile Manufacture” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in apparel and textile manufacture. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great apparel and textile manufacture programs and a strong support system for veterans and active service members.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the apparel and textile manufacture program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Apparel and Textile Manufacture

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Apparel and Textile Manufacture”.

Top 2 Best Apparel & Textile Manufacture Colleges for Veterans in the Far Western US Region

1

Academy of Art University
San Francisco, California

1,287 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$16,275 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Apparel and Textile Manufacture list. This medium-sized school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 13 ’s apparel and textile manufacture degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our far western us region vets studying apparel and textile manufacture list, Academy of Art University has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1,287 of the 8,928 students enrolled at Academy of Art University were GI Bill® students, of which 1,016 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $16,275. During this same period, 257 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Academy of Art University offers credit for military training for eligible students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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 veteran student life at Academy of Art University]](/colleges/academy-of-art-university/student-life/veterans/)

2

FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California

99 GI Bill® Students**

YES Student Veterans Organization

$19,704 Average GI Bill® Award

Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Far Western US Region for Apparel and Textile Manufacture that were part of this year’s ranking, FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles landed the #2 spot on the list. FIDM Los Angeles is a private for-profit institution located in Los Angeles, California. The school has a small population, and it awarded 11 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our far western us region vets studying apparel and textile manufacture list, FIDM Los Angeles has also earned the #[COLLEGE_QUALITY_RANK_ALL_LEVELS] rank in our “[COLLEGE_QUALITY_NAME_ALL_LEVELS]” ranking.Of the 1,886 students enrolled at FIDM Los Angeles, 99 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 67 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $19,704. During this same period, 31 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program.

Full FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles Veteran Student Life Report

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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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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