2026 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools in Connecticut
[Fashion Merchandising](/majors/business-management-marketing-sales/specialized-sales-merchandising-marketing/fashion-merchandising/) programs reward a close look at where your money goes furthest. A high-value program keeps cost low while graduates go on to earn well.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for fashion merchandising students.
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2026 Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools in Connecticut
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in fashion merchandising, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value Fashion Merchandising Schools
For return on investment in fashion merchandising, no school beat Sacred Heart University this year. Located in the suburb of Fairfield, Sacred Heart University is a large private not-for-profit university. Students from in state pay about $50,404 in tuition and fees. Students borrow a median of $25,831 to complete the fashion merchandising program here. Early-career fashion merchandising graduates make about $62,864. That is a strong return on a $25,831 median debt. Roughly 65% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 1 ranked 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 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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