2025 Best Fashion Merchandising Associate Degree Schools

If you pursue a associate degree in fashion merchandising, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #89 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 10 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for fashion merchandising students pursuing a associate degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,084 associate degrees in fashion merchandising during the <nil> academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Choosing a Great Fashion Merchandising School for Your Associate Degree

The fashion merchandising associate degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. Important measures of a quality fashion merchandising program can vary widely even among the top schools. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we consider a school's overall Best Colleges ranking which itself looks at a combination of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on fashion merchandising students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other fashion merchandising students want to attend this school to pursue a associate degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized fashion merchandising related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for fashion merchandising students working on their associate degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Fashion Merchandising Associate Degree Schools list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Associate Students to Study Fashion Merchandising in the United States

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for fashion merchandising students seeking a an associate degree.

10 Top Schools for an Associate in Fashion Merchandising

1

Fashion Institute of Technology
New York, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

660 Annual Graduates

Fashion Institute of Technology is one of the best schools in the United States for getting an associate degree in fashion merchandising. FIT SUNY is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.More information about a associate in fashion merchandising from Fashion Institute of Technology

2

FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

173 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in an associate degree in fashion merchandising needs to look into FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles. Located in the city of Los Angeles, FIDM Los Angeles is a private for-profit school with a small student population.More information about a associate in fashion merchandising from FIDM/Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising - Los Angeles

3

LIM College
New York, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

14 Annual Graduates

LIM College is a good choice for students pursuing an associate degree in fashion merchandising. LIM is a small private for-profit college located in the large city of New York.More information about a associate in fashion merchandising from LIM College

4

Southern New Hampshire University
Manchester, NH

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Southern New Hampshire University if you want to pursue an associate degree in fashion merchandising. SNHU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize suburb of Manchester.More information about a associate in fashion merchandising from Southern New Hampshire University

5

Houston Community College
Houston, TX

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

Houston Community College is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Houston.More information about a associate in fashion merchandising from Houston Community College

6

Miami Dade College
Miami, FL

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

17 Annual Graduates

MDC is a fairly large public college located in the city of Miami.More information about a associate in fashion merchandising from Miami Dade College

7

Brookdale Community College
Lincroft, NJ

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

15 Annual Graduates

Brookdale Community College is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Lincroft.More information about a associate in fashion merchandising from Brookdale Community College

8

Nassau Community College
Garden City, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

Nassau Community College is a large public college located in the suburb of Garden City.More information about a associate in fashion merchandising from Nassau Community College

9

New York City College of Technology
Brooklyn, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

37 Annual Graduates

City Tech is a large public college located in the city of Brooklyn.More information about a associate in fashion merchandising from New York City College of Technology

10

Genesee Community College
Batavia, NY

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

10 Annual Graduates

Located in the distant town of Batavia, GCC is a public college with a small student population.More information about a associate in fashion merchandising from Genesee Community College

Fashion Merchandising by Region

View the Best Fashion Merchandising Associate Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Other U.S. Territories
Great Lakes

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Rankings in Majors Related to Fashion Merchandising

Fashion Merchandising is one of 10 different types of Specialized Sales, Merchandising & Marketing programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Fashion Merchandising

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Tourism and Travel Services Marketing Operations	29
Business and Personal/Financial Services Marketing Operations	21
Tourism Promotion Operations	19
Apparel and Accessories Marketing Operations	18
Vehicle and Vehicle Parts and Accessories Marketing Operations	6
Hospitality and Recreation Marketing Operations	4
Other Specialized Merchandising, Sales, and Marketing Operations	3
Special Products Marketing Operations	1

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 Qfamily. More about our data sources and methodologies.