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2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate

10 Ranked Colleges
335 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Textile Studies 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. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 335 textile and apparel studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate” ranking, we looked at 10 colleges that offer a degree in textile and apparel studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality textile and apparel studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree textile studies students.

Top 10 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Textile & Apparel Studies

#1

Honolulu Community College

Honolulu, Hawaii

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Honolulu Community College landed the #1 spot on the list. Honolulu CC is a small school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 7 associates’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Honolulu CC also made our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Honolulu CC is $8,238 for Associate Degree Textile Studies students.

Full Honolulu CC Textile & Apparel Studies Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate list. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school situated in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It awarded 12 associates’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Minneapolis Community and Technical College also took the #6 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Minneapolis Community and Technical College is $12,376 for associate degree textile studies students.

Full Minneapolis Community and Technical College Textile & Apparel Studies Report

#3

William Rainey Harper College

Palatine, Illinois
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend William Rainey Harper College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate. William Rainey Harper College is located in Palatine, Illinois and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 associates’s textile studies degrees to qualified students.

Harper College also made our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend William Rainey Harper College is $7,532 for associate degree textile studies students.

Read more about Textile & Apparel Studies at Harper College

#4

Los Angeles Trade Technical College

Los Angeles, California
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 10 schools in the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate that were part of this year’s ranking, Los Angeles Trade Technical College landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this fairly large public school awarded 5 diplomas to qualified associates’s textile studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Los Angeles Trade Technical College, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Los Angeles Trade Technical College is $6,907 for Associate Degree Textile Studies students.

Full Los Angeles Trade Technical College Textile & Apparel Studies Report

#5

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 #5 for the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate. This medium-sized school is located in New York, New York, and it awarded 60 associates’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

FIT SUNY also made our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend FIT SUNY is $10,523 for associate degree textile studies students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. 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%.

Full FIT SUNY Textile & Apparel Studies Report

#6

El Camino College

Torrance, California
#7 in overall quality

El Camino College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate ranking. Torrance, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s textile studies degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

El Camino College did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for El Camino College is $9,434 for associate degree textile studies students.

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%.

Full El Camino College Textile & Apparel Studies Report

#7

Fresno City College

Fresno, California
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, Fresno City College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate list. Located in Fresno, California, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s textile studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree textile studies students list, Fresno City College has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Fresno City College is $2,622 for Associate Degree Textile Studies students.

Read full report on Textile & Apparel Studies at Fresno City College

#8

City College of San Francisco

San Francisco, California
#9 in overall quality

City College of San Francisco came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate ranking. City College of San Francisco is a fairly large school located in San Francisco, California that handed out 4 associates’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our associate degree textile studies students list, City College of San Francisco has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend City College of San Francisco is $3,267 for Associate Degree Textile Studies students.

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

#9

San Joaquin Delta College

Stockton, California
#10 in overall quality

San Joaquin Delta College ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate list. Located in Stockton, California, this fairly large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified associates’s textile studies students in 2019-2020.

Delta also took the #10 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Delta is $10,599 for associate degree textile studies students.

Read more about Textile & Apparel Studies at San Joaquin Delta College

FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for an Associate ranking, coming in at #10. FIDM Los Angeles is a small school located in Los Angeles, California that handed out 74 associates’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

FIDM Los Angeles also took the #4 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles is $41,505 for Associate Degree Textile Studies students.

Read more about 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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