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2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Doctorate

5 Ranked Colleges
12 Degrees Awarded
$27,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Doctorate

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 12 textile and apparel studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The textile studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Doctorate”.

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Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 5 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Textile & Apparel Studies

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Doctorate list. Iowa State University is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also made our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948.

Read full report on Textile & Apparel Studies at Iowa State

#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Doctorate list. Purdue is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 5 doctorate’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree textile studies students list, Purdue has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue University - Main Campus are $28,794.

Read full report on Textile & Apparel Studies at Purdue

#3

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Doctorate list. Greensboro, North Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s textile studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Greensboro, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNC Greensboro are $21,918, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of North Carolina at Greensboro Textile & Apparel Studies Report

#4

Oregon State University

Corvallis, Oregon
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Oregon State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Corvallis, Oregon, this large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s textile studies students in 2019-2020.

Oregon State also made our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at Oregon State University are $28,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Textile & Apparel Studies at Oregon State

#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Doctorate. Baton Rouge, Louisiana is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s textile studies degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Louisiana State University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Textile & Apparel Studies at Louisiana State University

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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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