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.
College Factual looked at 9 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Fashion Design Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,041 degrees in fashion design during the 2020-2021 academic year.
The fashion studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fashion Design rankings. 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.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Fashion Design Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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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.
Fashion Institute of Technology is a wonderful choice for students pursuing a degree in fashion design. FIT SUNY is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New York. A Best Colleges rank of #85 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means FIT SUNY is a great school overall.
There were roughly 624 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at FIT SUNY in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Pratt Institute - Main if you want to pursue a degree in fashion design. Pratt Institute is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Brooklyn.
There were about 39 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Pratt Institute in the most recent data year.
Every student who is interested in fashion design needs to check out The New School. Located in the large city of New York, New School University is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #208 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means New School University is a great school overall.
There were roughly 224 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at New School University in the most recent year we have data available.
Syracuse University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in fashion design. Located in the medium-sized city of Syracuse, Syracuse is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #132 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Syracuse is a great university overall.
There were about 14 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Syracuse in the most recent data year.
Marist is a medium-sized private not-for-profit college located in the suburb of Poughkeepsie. A Best Colleges rank of #382 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Marist is a great college overall.
There were roughly 18 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Marist in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Brooklyn, KCC is a public college with a large student population. This college ranks 81st out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were roughly 28 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at KCC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the town of Cazenovia, Cazenovia is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 117th out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 4 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Cazenovia in the most recent data year.
SUNY Oneonta is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Oneonta. This school ranks 73rd out of 142 colleges for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were about 54 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at SUNY Oneonta in the most recent data year.
Nassau Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large suburb of Garden City. This college ranks 64th out of 142 schools for overall quality in the state of New York.
There were approximately 20 fashion design students who graduated with this degree at Nassau Community College in the most recent data year.
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).
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The fashion studies program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Fashion Design rankings. 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.
