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2022 Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

6 Ranked Colleges
129 Degrees Awarded
$33,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Far Western US Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 3,470 people earned their degree in fashion design, making the major the 207th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 706 fashion design graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 129 fashion design graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,083 and $22,209 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in fashion design. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality fashion design 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 fashion design program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region bachelor’s degree fashion studies students.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Fashion Design in the Far Western US Region

#1

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Academy of Art University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. This medium-sized school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s fashion studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Fashion Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Academy of Art University is $34,145 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Studies students.

Full Academy of Art University Fashion Design Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this small private for-profit school handed out 4 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s fashion studies students in 2019-2020.

FIDM Los Angeles did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Fashion Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles is $41,505 for far western us region bachelor’s degree fashion studies students.

Read full report on Fashion Design at FIDM Los Angeles

#3

Woodbury University

Burbank, California
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Woodbury University landed the #3 spot on the list. Woodbury is located in Burbank, California and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s fashion studies degrees to qualified students.

Woodbury did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Fashion Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Woodbury is $23,915 for far western us region bachelor’s degree fashion studies students.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Woodbury Fashion Design Report

#4

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Seattle Pacific University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region. Seattle Pacific University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 1 bachelors’s fashion studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SPU also took the #3 spot in our “Best Fashion Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. It costs about $26,505 for far western us region bachelor’s degree fashion studies students per year to attend SPU.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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 SPU Fashion Design Report

#5

Otis College of Art and Design

Los Angeles, California
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Otis College of Art and Design landed the #5 spot on the list. Otis College of Art and Design is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 21 bachelors’s fashion studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Otis College of Art and Design also made our “Best Fashion Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend Otis College of Art and Design is $43,147 for far western us region bachelor’s degree fashion studies students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read full report on Fashion Design at Otis College of Art and Design

#6

California College of the Arts

San Francisco, California
#2 in overall quality

California College of the Arts ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Fashion Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Far Western US Region list. San Francisco, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s fashion studies degrees to 15 students in 2019-2020.

California College of the Arts also made our “Best Fashion Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $33,876 for Far Western US Region Bachelor’s Degree Fashion Studies students per year to attend California College of the Arts.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about Fashion Design at California College of the Arts

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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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