2024 Best Fashion Design Schools in the Far Western US Region
7Colleges in the Far Western US Region
517Fashion Studies Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in fashion design, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #223 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
In 2024, College Factual analyzed 7 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Fashion Design Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 517 degrees in fashion design to qualified students.
Your choice of fashion design school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Fashion Design School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Fashion Design Schools in the Far Western US Region list to help you make the college decision.
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Best Schools for Fashion Design in the Far Western US Region
The schools below may not offer all types of fashion studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top Far Western US Region Schools in Fashion Studies
It is hard to beat FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles if you wish to pursue a degree in fashion design. FIDM Los Angeles is a small private for-profit school located in the city of Los Angeles.
There were about 143 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at FIDM Los Angeles in the most recent data year.
Otis College of Art and Design is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in fashion design. Located in the city of Los Angeles, Otis College of Art and Design is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.
There were roughly 25 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Otis College of Art and Design in the most recent data year.
California College of the Arts is a good choice for students pursuing a degree in fashion design. California College of the Arts is a small private not-for-profit college located in the large city of San Francisco.
There were roughly 11 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at California College of the Arts in the most recent year we have data available.
Academy of Art University is a good decision for students pursuing a degree in fashion design. Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #223 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Academy of Art University is a great university overall.
There were roughly 81 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Academy of Art University in the most recent data year.
SPU is a small private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #518 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means SPU is a great university overall.
There were about 6 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at SPU in the most recent year we have data available.
Woodbury is a small private not-for-profit university located in the city of Burbank. This university ranks 103rd out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 10 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Woodbury in the most recent year we have data available.
Los Angeles Trade Technical College is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Los Angeles. This college ranks 136th out of 168 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 42 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Los Angeles Trade Technical College in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of San Diego, San Diego Mesa College is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 145th out of 168 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were approximately 12 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at San Diego Mesa College in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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 the rest 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).
Removed schools reflect instances of new data identified post-publication that warrant removal of a school from this year’s ranking.
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Your choice of fashion design school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Fashion Design School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
