2026 Best Value Fashion Design Schools in Maryland
[Fashion Design](/majors/visual-and-performing-arts/design-and-applied-arts/fashion-design/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. 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 design students.
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2026 Best Value Fashion Design Schools in Maryland
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the fashion design degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value Fashion Design Schools
For return on investment in fashion design, no school beat Stevenson University this year. Set in the suburb of Owings Mills, Stevenson University is a mid-sized private not-for-profit institution. Students from in state pay about $40,560 in tuition and fees. Students borrow a median of $27,000 to complete the fashion design program here. Fashion Design graduates of Stevenson University earn a median of $27,969 early in their careers. That is a strong return on a $27,000 median debt. The acceptance rate is 79%.
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Notes and References
The ranking above is published 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
