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2023 Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools

17 Colleges
$34,996 Avg Salary
$24,229 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Textile & Apparel Studies School for You

In 2020-2021, 150 people earned a degree or certificate in textile and apparel studies, making the major the #244 most popular in the United States.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best educational experiences for students.

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2023 Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools in the United States

Check out the textile studies programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top 10 Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best school for textile and apparel studies students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The excellent programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best textile and apparel studies schools in the United States. Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Fargo, North Dakota State University is a public school with a large student population.

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#4

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

The excellent programs at University of Georgia helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best textile and apparel studies schools in the United States. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great place for textile and apparel studies students. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.

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Washington State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools ranking. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

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#7

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

Florida State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools ranking. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Colorado State University - Fort Collins ranked #8 on this year’s Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools list. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

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Savannah College of Art and Design did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for textile and apparel studies students. It came in at #9 on the list. SCAD is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Savannah.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Best Textile & Apparel Studies Schools list. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the town of Athens.

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Textile & Apparel Studies by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
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 1,589
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 1,214
General Family & Consumer Sciences 368
Family & Consumer Economics 251
Human Sciences Business Services 58

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 17 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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