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2023 Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$7,392 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,864 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Textile & Apparel Studies School for You

With 158 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, textile and apparel studies is the #119 most popular major in North Carolina.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Schools in North Carolina to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in North Carolina to see which programs offered the best value experiences for textile studies students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Schools in North Carolina

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

Best North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality in Textile & Apparel Studies

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our analysis found East Carolina University to be the best value school for textile and apparel studies students who want to pursue a degree in North Carolina. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ECU are $7,297 a year. After completing their degree, textile studies graduates from ECU carry an average student debtload of $26,000.

ECU also claimed a spot on our Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

Read full report on Textile & Apparel Studies at East Carolina University

The excellent programs at Appalachian State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best textile and apparel studies schools in North Carolina. Located in the town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a very large student population.

Appalachian State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Textile Studies majors at Appalachian State take out an average of $23,305 in student loans while working on their egree.

In addition to its great value ranking, Appalachian State is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools in North Carolina list.

Read full report on Textile & Apparel Studies at Appalachian State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UNC Greensboro are $7,468 per year. On average, textile studies graduates from UNC Greensboro take out $26,000 in student loans while working on their degree.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UNC Greensboro also is in the top 20% of our Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools in North Carolina ranking.

Read full report on Textile & Apparel Studies at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Value Textile & Apparel Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 237
Virginia 48
Florida 151
Tennessee 21
Kentucky 98
South Carolina 0
Louisiana 48
Arkansas 87
Alabama 150
Mississippi 35
West Virginia 1

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

Majors Similar 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 3 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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