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2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fashion Design (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

2 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$33,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Master's in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Fashion Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Fashion Design is the 207th most popular major in the country with 3,470 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 426 fashion design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 14 fashion design graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in fashion design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fashion design programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the fashion design program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Fashion Design (Income $30-$48k) in the Great Lakes Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Kent, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s fashion studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our great lakes region master’s degree fashion studies students whose families make $30-$48k list, Kent State has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Fashion Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kent State are $21,952.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend School of the Art Institute of Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified masters’s fashion studies students in 2019-2020.

School of the Art Institute of Chicago not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Fashion Design Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at School of the Art Institute of Chicago are $43,912.

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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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