Costume Design programs are offered at a focused set of schools across the country. The schools below stand out for the quality of their costume design programs.
To produce this 2026 ranking, College Factual evaluated 21 schools to find the best for costume design students.
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Choosing a Great Costume Design School
Where you study costume design matters for your future. That is why we built our Best Costume Design Schools rankings. Our overall ranking combines our degree-level rankings, weighted by degrees awarded at each level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
We offer several rankings, including this Best Costume Design Schools list, to help you decide. Want schools in a particular part of the country? Narrow the list by region or state.
Want to compare schools head to head? Try our College Combat tool to weigh the factors that matter most to you.
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Best Schools for Costume Design in the United States
If you are not interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the costume design degrees they offer, see the list below.
No school ranked higher than Mesa Community College this year for costume design. Located in the city of Mesa, Mesa Community College is a very large public university. About 10 costume design degrees were awarded at Mesa Community College in the most recent year. Costume Design graduates of Mesa Community College earn a median of $54,730 early in their careers. Mesa Community College graduates carry a median of $13,750 in student loans.
Get the full costume design details for Mesa Community College
A rank of #2 makes Fidm Fashion Institute Of Design And Merchandising Los Angeles one of the top schools for costume design. Set in the city of Los Angeles, Fidm Fashion Institute Of Design And Merchandising Los Angeles is a small private for-profit institution. There were roughly 14 costume design students who graduated with this degree at Fidm Fashion Institute Of Design And Merchandising Los Angeles in the most recent data year. Graduates of the costume design program make about $28,741 in their early career. Fidm Fashion Institute Of Design And Merchandising Los Angeles graduates carry a median of $20,498 in student loans.
See the full costume design program report for Fidm Fashion Institute Of Design And Merchandising Los Angeles
The ranking above is published by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. The methodology weighs graduation rate, post-graduation earnings, cost, and program quality, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Top Ranked · 21 schools evaluated.
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).
