2024 Best Colleges for Apparel and Textiles

SUMMARY

A degree in Apparel and Textiles is a valuable choice and commonly a requisite first step for scholars intending to begin a career as an apparel designer, a procurement agent, or a color and materials designer. In fact, apparel and textiles is of average popularity ranking as the 123rd most popular major. In the last year, there were 2,638 apparel and textiles diplomas received. In-state tuition for apparel and textiles at private colleges is, on average, 3.2 times more costly than their public counterparts.

With just 83 institutions offering apparel and textiles there might be a smaller selection of institutions which will have a degree program for you. If you're hoping to immerse yourself with other apparel and textiles majors, look at schools in California which have more undergrads admitted to apparel and textiles than any other state. More generally, the top region to get a degree in apparel and textiles is in the Southeast region with University of Arkansas, Florida State University, and Savannah College of Art and Design best representing the region. Interestingly, our selection for the top conference to study apparel and textiles is the Southeastern Conference with Auburn University, University of Arkansas, and University of Missouri-Columbia representing the conference. Based on our extensive list of the best colleges, our choice for the best school for apparel and textiles is Cornell University.

The objectively 'best' school is not necessarily the best school for every student. There are a bunch of perspectives to weigh when choosing institution. External stuff such as campus amenities, transportation services, and food might definitely alter your thoughts on which school to attend. At Authority, we examined the pros and cons for you. If, as an example, you are interested in which apparel and textiles college boasts the best campus, the winner is Ohio State University-Main Campus. If you are very interested in which university boasts the best campus, we have an entire page dedicated to that. We have carefully pored through government databases, professor reviews, student reviews, and more so we can compare every major in the United States in an unbiased and informative way. Here you can find our well researched list for the schools with the best student life&nbspand our pick of the college with the best student life for apparel and textiles is Cornell University. Curious why? Keep reading to find out more about our top choices. Many of our decisions just might shock you.

If price is a primary factor in your decision on where to go to university, you might consider avoiding Cornell University. Cornell University&nbspis our most expensive school for apparel and textiles, at least for out of state students. We have a page for the most expensive&nbspcolleges that might put the cost at Cornell University&nbspinto perspective. Additionally, you may be interested to know that apparel and textiles is the 295th most expensive degree in America, with an average associated cost of $24,300. To zoom out a little, the most costly state for apparel and textiles nationally is Rhode Island at University of Rhode Island and Rhode Island School of Design, the main universities in the state, of $29,710 and $51,800. Even more broadly, the most costly region of the U.S. for apparel and textiles is the Mid East region which is best demonstrated with Delaware State University with a cost of $16,397, University of Delaware with a cost of $34,160, and Cornell University with a cost of $56,550.

Our cheapest region for apparel and textiles is the Rocky Mountains region which is represented by Colorado State University-Fort Collins with a cost of $28,147, Brigham Young University-Idaho with a cost of $4,208, and Utah State University with a cost of $21,087. More optimistically, the most affordable university for apparel and textiles is Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College. Authority.org's comprehensive list of the most affordable universities can be explored here.

In-state attendees can expect to pay in the neighborhood of $10,400 for a degree in apparel and textiles. The cost inflates dramatically to an average of $25,000 for the out-of-state public-school student. On that note, our choice for the college representing the best value for apparel and textiles: Cornell University. Through this link you will see our comprehensive list of the schools we see as being the best value&nbspoverall. That being said, this section is predicated on the assumption that you are an out-of-state student. The value proposition changes when in-state tuition is considered, but we do not know in which states any one student has residency.

Earnings for apparel and textiles students differ widely, but within two-years of graduation graduates will regularly earn around $50,800. While there can be much variation in earnings potential; highest paid earners can rake in up to $95,200. Even right out of college, the lowest earning positions within the apparel and textiles field earn $28,000, which isn't that bad. The highest earning grads from apparel and textiles attended Cornell University&nbspand if you are looking for colleges with all of the highest earning graduates, Authority has that too.

The all-around diversity of apparel and textiles ranks below average, ranking within the 47th percentile of all majors. The university with the highest composite diversity for apparel and textiles is Cornell University&nbspand here you can find our comprehensive list for the colleges which have the most diversity. The financial diversity of the Apparel and Textiles major is only within the 84th percentile of all majors. Racial diversity is even further below average in the 60th percentile. White students make up the largest share, 59%, of students studying apparel and textiles. Additionally, 90% of undergraduates pursuing an apparel and textiles major are women.

The median rating for apparel and textiles' professors is 4.3 stars, a score which is 8% higher than the median score for every major; which is a pretty good ranking. If you want to find the most popular apparel and textiles instructor nationally, consider looking up Ron Wilkinson from Brigham Young University-Provo. This may be shocking, but the highest ranked instructors for apparel and textiles by student are at College of Charleston. As we incorporate data other than just rankings it becomes clear that the college possessing the overall best professors for apparel and textiles is Cornell University. You can find an explanation of our ever evolving ranking methodology of the best overall professors here, as well as many of the top examples of instructors in the country.

Finally, the hardest school to get into for apparel and textiles is Cornell University. While we think of this list more as a novelty, we do have an extensive page of the hardest colleges to get into. That being said, here at Authority we do hope you understand that looking at college through a lens primarily derived from superlatives could be said to be the root of many of higher education's fundamental problems. We at Authority encourage you to read our more focused pages on individual topics and read a couple of our helpful background articles on important things to think about as you continue your college search.