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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design (Income $0-$30k)

8 Ranked Colleges
28 Degrees Awarded
$25,200 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

In 2019-2020, 80 people earned their degree in costume design, making the major the 1061st most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 costume design graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in costume design. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great costume design programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the costume design program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree costume design students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Webster University landed the #1 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Louis, Missouri, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s costume design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Webster, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Webster University is $18,661 for bachelor’s degree costume design students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Webster Costume Design Report

#2

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Seattle Pacific University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Seattle Pacific University is a small school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 1 bachelors’s costume design degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree costume design students whose families make $0-$30k list, SPU has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SPU is $19,900 for Bachelor’s Degree Costume Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Costume Design at SPU

#3

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri
#7 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephens College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Stephens is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Columbia, Missouri. It awarded 1 bachelors’s costume design degrees in 2019-2020.

Stephens did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Stephens College is $17,210 for Bachelor’s Degree Costume Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Stephens Costume Design Report

#4

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Bennington College landed the #4 spot on the list. Bennington College is located in Bennington, Vermont and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s costume design degrees to qualified students.

Bennington also made our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend Bennington College is $23,511 for bachelor’s degree costume design students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about Costume Design at Bennington

#5

Carthage College

Kenosha, Wisconsin
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Carthage College landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Kenosha, Wisconsin, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s costume design students in 2019-2020.

Carthage not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $24,480 for bachelor’s degree costume design students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Carthage.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Carthage Costume Design Report

#6

Marymount Manhattan College

New York, New York
#4 in overall quality

Marymount Manhattan College landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. MMC is located in New York, New York and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 4 bachelors’s costume design degrees to qualified students.

MMC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $31,561 for bachelor’s degree costume design students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend MMC.

The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Costume Design at Marymount Manhattan College

#6 in overall quality

With a ranking of #7, FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Los Angeles, California is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out bachelors’s costume design degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

FIDM Los Angeles also took the #6 spot in our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $37,103 for Bachelor’s Degree Costume Design students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend FIDM Los Angeles.

Full FIDM Los Angeles Costume Design Report

#8

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#8 in overall quality

With a ranking of #8, Academy of Art University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in San Francisco, California, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s costume design degrees in 2019-2020.

Academy of Art University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #8 on our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Academy of Art University is $29,390 for Bachelor’s Degree Costume Design students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Costume Design at Academy of Art University

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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