2023 Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree School for You
Textile & Apparel Studies is the #162 most popular major in the country with 3,313 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 9 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for textile studies students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Textile & Apparel Studies
Our 2023 rankings named Minneapolis Community and Technical College the best value school in the United States for textile and apparel studies students working on their associate degree. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Minneapolis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Minneapolis Community and Technical College are $5,906 a year.
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Out of the 9 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Ana College landed the # 2 spot on the list. SAC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Santa Ana.
SAC undergraduate students pay an average of $7,684 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Joaquin Delta College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Stockton, Delta is a public school with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Delta are $9,072 a year.
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Out of the 9 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Fashion Institute of Technology landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of New York, FIT SUNY is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
FIT SUNY undergraduate students pay an average of $22,315 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that textile studies majors at FIT SUNY take out while working on their Associate Degree is $12,876.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Fresno City College. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the large city of Fresno, Fresno City College is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Fresno City College are $8,504 a year.
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With a ranking of #6, El Camino College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for textile and apparel studies students working on their associate degree. El Camino College is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Torrance.
El Camino College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,008 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #7, Academy of Art University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for textile and apparel studies students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Academy of Art University are $25,424 per year.
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College of the Sequoias did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for textile and apparel studies students to get a associate degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Visalia, College of the Sequoias is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at College of the Sequoias are $8,338 a year.
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FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools ranking. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, FIDM Los Angeles is a private for-profit school with a small student population.
FIDM Los Angeles undergraduate students pay an average of $32,645 in tuition and fees each year. While working on their Associate Degree, textile studies majors at FIDM Los Angeles accumulate an average of around $20,474 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $570.
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Textile & Apparel Studies Related Majors for Textile Studies
One of 7 majors within the area of study, textile and apparel studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Textile Studies
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Human Development & Family Studies | 42,112 |
| Food, Nutrition & Related Services | 4,858 |
| General Family & Consumer Sciences | 2,906 |
| Family & Consumer Economics | 1,454 |
| Human Sciences Business Services | 704 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 9 schools only.
- 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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