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2023 Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$14,853 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,239 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for textile studies majors pursuing a associate degree.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Textile & Apparel Studies

Our analysis found Minneapolis Community and Technical College to be the best value school for textile and apparel studies students who want to pursue a associate degree in the United States. Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

Minneapolis Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,906 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Santa Ana College

Santa Ana, CA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Santa Ana College is a great value for textile and apparel studies students working on their associate degree. SAC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Santa Ana.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SAC are $7,684 per year.

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The excellent associate degree programs at San Joaquin Delta College helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value textile and apparel studies schools in the United States. Located in the city of Stockton, Delta is a public college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Delta are $9,072 per year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fashion Institute of Technology. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools list. Located in the city of New York, FIT SUNY is a public school 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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#5

Fresno City College

Fresno, CA

The excellent associate degree programs at Fresno City College helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value textile and apparel studies schools in the United States. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno City College is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Fresno City College are $8,504 per year.

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#6

El Camino College

Torrance, CA

El Camino College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Associate Degree Schools ranking. El Camino College is a large public school located in the suburb of Torrance.

El Camino College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,008 in tuition and fees each year.

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#7

Academy of Art University

San Francisco, CA

Academy of Art University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value associate degree textile and apparel studies programs. Located in the city of San Francisco, Academy of Art University is a private for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Academy of Art University are $25,424 a year.

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#8

College of the Sequoias

Visalia, CA

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 medium-sized city of Visalia, College of the Sequoias is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at College of the Sequoias are $8,338 per year.

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With a ranking of #9, FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles did quite well on this year’s best value schools for textile and apparel studies students working on their associate degree. Located in the city of Los Angeles, FIDM Los Angeles is a private for-profit school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at FIDM Los Angeles are $32,645 per 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 by Region

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New England
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

One of 7 majors within the area of study, textile and apparel studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Elisa.rolle.

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