Online fashion design schools can open doors for future fashion designers.
If colors excite you and you live to mix and match patterns and textures, then a career in fashion design might be the perfect fit. Fashion designers work for clothing manufacturers, wholesalers or are self-employed as an independent designer or a personal stylist. The Occupational Outlook Handbook reports that that there are approximately 22,700 fashion designers employed in the industry.
International Academy of Design and Technology
The International Academy of Design and Technology offers a Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree in Fashion Design. This program is designed to prepare future fashion designers by equipping them with the knowledge of design combined with the ability to present their personal point of view. Students take classes covering topics such as entrepreneurship, draping, computer-aided pattern-making, and trend forecasting.
5104 Eisenhower Blvd.
Tampa, FL 33634
888-315-6111
academy.edu
Penn Foster Career School
The Penn Foster Career School offers a career training program in dressmaking and design. This program will teach you identify different types of fibers, fiber care, sew and finish garments and alter patterns. Students who graduate from this program are prepared to work for a design agency, as a tailor, or independent fashion designer.
925 Oak Street
Scranton, PA 18515
800-230-7206
penn-foster.com
Art Institute of Pittsburgh-Online
The Art Institute of Pittsburgh was established in 1921 and is accredited by Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools, Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE). Their online fashion and retail management program will prepare students to work in retail sales or as a stylist in a boutique. Students learn skills such as buying or coordinating runway shows.
420 Boulevard of the Allies
Pittsburgh, PA 15219-1301
800-275-2470
aionline.edu
Ashworth College
Ashworth College provides a fashion retailing course designed to equip students with skills such as forecasting, coordinating fashion shows, store managers and personal stylists. Students learn through 17 lessons, which include topics such as consumer behavior, merchandise pricing, fashion show organization and the marketplace.
430 Technology Parkway
Norcross, Georgia 30092
888-230-4013
ashworthcollege.edu
Academy of Art University
Louis Vuitton, Max Studio and Gap, Inc are a few of the design firms that are hiring graduates from the Academy of Art University. The program offers a Master of Fine Arts, Bachelor of Fine Arts and Associate of Arts degree program. The fashion degree prepares students for the workplace through portfolio requirements, and students take classes that center around design, merchandising, and textiles.
79 New Montgomery Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105-3410
800-544-2787
academyart.edu
Collins College
Collins College offers a Bachelor's of Fine Arts degree in fashion design and merchandising. Coursework is designed to teach future fashion designers about every aspect of the fashion industry and how a garment will progress from "design to runway to retail." Students learn fabric selection, garment construction, store design and marketing principles.
Liberty Cotton Center
4750 South 44th PlacernPhoenix AZ 85040
888-574-6777
collinscollege.edu
Berkeley College
Berkeley College's online programs include a Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A) Fashion Marketing and Management, a Bachelor of Science (B.S.) Fashion Marketing and Management, and a Associate in Applied Science (A.A.S.) Fashion Marketing and Management. Berkeley College graduates are hired by firms such as J.Crew, Guess and Calvin Klein. Berekely's program focuses on trianing graduates to understand the entire fashion industry process.
Central Admissions Office
Box 440
Little Falls, New Jersey 07424
800-446-5400 ext. WWA
berkeleycollege.edu/home.htm
Westwood College
College offers an online fashion merchandising degree. The program centers around consumer behavior, fashion advertising and marketing principles, as well as an introduction to the fashion industry. Graduates have a professional portfolio upon graduation and are prepared to work as fashion coordinators, retail managers, and fashion buyers.
1551 S. Douglass Road
Anaheim, CA 92806
877-840-8999
westwood.edu
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