2022 Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Apparel & Textiles is the 269th most popular major in the country with 2,118 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 789 general apparel and textiles graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 general apparel and textiles graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general apparel and textiles. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general apparel and textiles programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general apparel and textiles program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Apparel & Textiles in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina

#2 in overall quality

$21,918 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s apparel and textiles degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Greensboro, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Greensboro are $21,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Apparel & Textiles at UNC Greensboro

#2

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi

#3 in overall quality

$23,950 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mississippi State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s apparel and textiles students in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mississippi State University are $23,950, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Mississippi State General Apparel & Textiles Report

#3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia

#1 in overall quality

$27,476 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #3 spot on the list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s apparel and textiles degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476.

Full UGA General Apparel & Textiles Report

#4

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky

#4 in overall quality

$33,216 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Apparel and Textiles Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kentucky landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Lexington, Kentucky, this large public school awarded 7 degrees to qualified masters’s apparel and textiles students in 2019-2020.

UK not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Apparel & Textiles Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Kentucky are $33,216.

Read more about General Apparel & Textiles at University of Kentucky

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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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