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2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

6 Ranked Colleges
106 Degrees Awarded
$29,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Master's in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region” 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.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,099 textile and apparel studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,500 and $26,920 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 106 textile and apparel studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in textile and apparel studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent textile and apparel studies 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 textile and apparel studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. 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 Master’s in the Southeast Region”.

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Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree textile studies students.

Top 6 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Textile & Apparel Studies in the Southeast Region

#1

University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Greensboro, North Carolina
#3 in overall quality

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 Textile Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school situated in Greensboro, North Carolina. It awarded 10 masters’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNC Greensboro, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies 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 University of North Carolina at Greensboro are $21,918.

Read more about Textile & Apparel Studies at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

#2

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, Mississippi
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Mississippi State, Mississippi, this large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s textile studies students in 2019-2020.

Mississippi State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies 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 Mississippi State University are $23,950.

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#3

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Located in Athens, Georgia, this large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified masters’s textile studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UGA, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Textile & Apparel Studies at UGA

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College landed the #4 spot on the list. Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College is a large school located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana that handed out 2 masters’s textile studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Louisiana State University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies 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 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College are $29,970.

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

#5

University of Kentucky

Lexington, Kentucky
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Kentucky. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region. University of Kentucky is a public institution located in Lexington, Kentucky. The school has a large population, and it awarded 7 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UK also took the #5 spot in our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies 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 UK are $33,216.

Read full report on Textile & Apparel Studies at University of Kentucky

Savannah College of Art and Design ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Textile Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region list. Savannah, Georgia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s textile studies degrees to 78 students in 2019-2020.

SCAD did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Textile & Apparel Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SCAD are $38,975, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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