2026 Best Value General Apparel & Textiles Schools in Iowa
[General Apparel & Textiles](/majors/family-consumer-human-sciences/apparel-textile-studies/apparel-and-textiles-general/) degree programs vary widely in price and payoff across the country. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for general apparel & textiles students.
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2026 Best Value General Apparel & Textiles Schools in Iowa
Below are the schools that deliver the strongest value in general apparel & textiles, balancing cost against outcomes.
Best Value General Apparel & Textiles Schools
For return on investment in general apparel & textiles, no school beat Iowa State University this year. Set in the city of Ames, Iowa State University is a very large public institution. In-state tuition and fees average $10,787, with out-of-state students paying around $28,881. General Apparel & Textiles graduates carry a median of $23,204 in student loans. Early-career general apparel & textiles graduates make about $40,849. That is a strong return on a $23,204 median debt. Roughly 89% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
This list is compiled by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs the cost of a degree against the earnings graduates go on to achieve, 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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