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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design

8 Ranked Colleges
28 Degrees Awarded
$30,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor's

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in costume design. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent costume design programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

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

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree costume design students.

Top 8 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Costume Design

#1

Stephens College

Columbia, Missouri
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephens College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Columbia, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s costume design students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stephens, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stephens College is $22,337 for Bachelor’s Degree Costume Design students.

Full Stephens College Costume Design Report

#2

Webster University

Saint Louis, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Webster University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s. Located in Saint Louis, Missouri, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 6 degrees to qualified bachelors’s costume design students in 2019-2020.

Webster not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Webster University is $22,768 for bachelor’s degree costume design students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.9% 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 Webster University Costume Design Report

#3

Carthage College

Kenosha, Wisconsin
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carthage College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s. Carthage College is a small school located in Kenosha, Wisconsin that handed out 1 bachelors’s costume design degrees 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. The estimated yearly cost for Carthage College is $28,191 for Bachelor’s Degree Costume Design students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Costume Design at Carthage

#4

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, California
#8 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Academy of Art University landed the #4 spot on the 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #8 on our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $34,145 for bachelor’s degree costume design students per year to attend Academy of Art University.

Full Academy of Art University Costume Design Report

#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Los Angeles, California, this small private for-profit school handed out 8 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s costume design students in 2019-2020.

FIDM Los Angeles not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles is $41,505 for Bachelor’s Degree Costume Design students.

Read more about Costume Design at FIDM Los Angeles

#6

Marymount Manhattan College

New York, New York
#4 in overall quality

Marymount Manhattan College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s list. New York, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s costume design degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

MMC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for MMC is $37,768 for bachelor’s degree costume design students.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Costume Design at Marymount Manhattan College

#7

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington
#3 in overall quality

Seattle Pacific University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s costume design degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SPU, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Seattle Pacific University is $26,505 for bachelor’s degree costume design students.

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%.

Read full report on Costume Design at Seattle Pacific University

#8

Bennington College

Bennington, Vermont
#2 in overall quality

Bennington College ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Costume Design Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Bennington, Vermont is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s costume design degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

Bennington also took the #2 spot in our “Best Costume Design Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Bennington College is $29,325 for Bachelor’s Degree Costume Design students.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. 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%.

Read more about Costume Design at Bennington

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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