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2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k

6 Ranked Colleges
238 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Textile Studies Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Textile & Apparel Studies is the 158th most popular major in the country with 3,436 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, textile and apparel studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $33,403 and had an average of $23,866 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 684 textile and apparel studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,033 and $15,797 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 238 textile and apparel studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,451 and $19,634 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in textile and apparel studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great textile and apparel studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the textile and apparel studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california associate degree textile studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 6 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Textile & Apparel Studies (Income $0-$30k) in California

#1

Fresno City College

Fresno, California
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Fresno City College landed the #1 spot on the list. Fresno City College is located in Fresno, California and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 associates’s textile studies degrees to qualified students.

Fresno City College also made our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $2,582 for california associate degree textile studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Fresno City College.

Full Fresno City College Textile & Apparel Studies Report

#2

Los Angeles Trade Technical College

Los Angeles, California
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Los Angeles Trade Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s textile studies degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

Los Angeles Trade Technical College also took the #2 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Los Angeles Trade Technical College is $6,716 for California Associate Degree Textile Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Textile & Apparel Studies at Los Angeles Trade Technical College

#3

City College of San Francisco

San Francisco, California
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, City College of San Francisco landed the #3 spot on the list. City College of San Francisco is located in San Francisco, California and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 associates’s textile studies degrees to qualified students.

City College of San Francisco also made our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #5. The estimated yearly cost for City College of San Francisco is $2,818 for california associate degree textile studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Textile & Apparel Studies at City College of San Francisco

#4

El Camino College

Torrance, California
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, El Camino College landed the #4 spot on the list. El Camino College is a large school located in Torrance, California that handed out 7 associates’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

El Camino College also made our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3. The estimated yearly cost for El Camino College is $8,625 for California Associate Degree Textile Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 1.4% 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 Textile & Apparel Studies at El Camino College

#5

San Joaquin Delta College

Stockton, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Joaquin Delta College. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k list. Delta is a public institution located in Stockton, California. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Delta not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools in California” list. The estimated yearly cost for San Joaquin Delta College is $9,845 for California Associate Degree Textile Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full San Joaquin Delta College Textile & Apparel Studies Report

FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate in California For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Los Angeles, California, this small private for-profit school awarded 74 degrees to qualified associates’s textile studies students in 2019-2020.

FIDM Los Angeles also took the #1 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend FIDM Los Angeles is $37,103 for California Associate Degree Textile Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read full report on Textile & Apparel Studies 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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