Indiana

Indiana

List of Indiana schools offering degree programs in fashion design, fashion marketing, fashion merchandising, and more.

Programs to consider:

The Art Institutes
Locations:
  • Indianapolis, IN
  • Schaumburg, IL
  • Chicago, IL
  • more...
Programs available:
  • Fashion Design (BS)
  • Fashion Design (BFA)
  • Fashion Retailing (D)
International Academy of Design and Technology
Locations:
  • Chicago, IL
Programs available:
  • Fashion Design
  • Merchandising Management: Fashion Merchandising
Academy Of Art University
Locations:
  • San Francisco, CA
Programs available:
  • Associate-Jewelry and Metal Arts
  • Master-Jewelry and Metal Arts
  • Bachelor-Jewelry and Metal Arts
  • more...

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In preparing this list, we reviewed the program offerings of over 200 schools in the US that offer fashion related programs. Our goal with this list is to give students who are interested in fashion merchandising a starting point by which they can identify the schools that offer fashion merchandising specific programs. The criteria we used in making this list consists of the following, in no particular order: academic reputation, admission selectivity, depth and breadth of the program and faculty, and geographic location. More info on our criteria.

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Each day we receive emails from aspiring fashion designers asking us for advice as to which fashion design schools are the “best” in the US, a given state, or in a particular area of the country.  As such advice is difficult to provide on an individual basis, we have instead created this list of the Top 75 Fashion Design School Programs in the US.

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Harrison College

Harrison College: Apparel Merchandising
Indianapolis, Indiana
Fashion Merchandising, School of Business

Students in the apparel merchandising program at Harrison College take courses that focus on both the creative and business side of the apparel industry. The merchandising curriculum includes management courses, which prepares students for professional work as a merchandise manager, assistant buyer, fashion coordinator, and retail store manager among other apparel related careers.

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Ball State University

Ball State University: Fashion Merchandising/ Fashion Design/ Fashion Minor
Muncie, Indiana
Fashion Merchandising, Department of Family & Consumer Sciences

The fashion merchandising program concentrates on training students to be both marketable and adaptable in a dynamic fashion industry, which includes retail, manufacturing, and distribution. Merchandising majors take courses in several areas of fashion such as dimensions of clothing, textiles, clothing construction, CAD, buying, and promotion. Design students will learn the knowledge and skills they need to be competitive in the global market place as designers, illustrators, pattern makers, textile designers, apparel manufacturers, clothiers, among many other roles.

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Vincennes University

Vincennes University: Fashion Merchandising/ Interior Design.
Vincennes, Indiana
Department of Family & Consumer Sciences

Vincennes University’s fashion merchandising and interior design programs are designed to prepare students for careers in the fashion industry as well as to assist them in transferring to a four-year university to pursue a Bachelor’s in merchandising, interior design, or a related field. The fashion program offers small class sizes and labs, free tutoring, and high course transferability. Students in the merchandising and interior design program have the opportunity to visit fashion markets/business, and to participate in hands-on activities in visual merchandising, fashion wholesaling, and clothing construction.

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Purdue University

Purdue University: Apparel Design and Technology.
Lafayette, Indiana
Consumer Sciences and Retailing

Graduates of Purdue University’s apparel design and technology program will have received a degree from a Big Ten university. Students will gain a solid understanding of the scientific and technical aspects of pattern making, creative design and rendering, consumer business, drawing, and 2D and 3D design. 

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Indianapolis

The Indianapolis Fashion Scene

Indianapolis’s fashion scene is growing and it shows no signs of slowing down. Over the last several years, designers, stylists, photographers, dealers, and make-up artists have come out of the woodwork, opening shops and promoting services all over the city. Vintage and local shops have popped up in areas such as Fountain Square, and fashion groups have formed all over. The Indianapolis Fashion Collective and the Fashion Arts Society are two local organizations that help promote Indianapolis’s fashion. The Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA) also sponsors one of the country’s most unique fashion events—Project IMA: Fashion Unbound. The event does not use professional models. Instead it features women of all shapes and sizes. 

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Indiana

Overview

Indiana is home to a handful of fashion designers, hundreds of visual merchandisers, andthousands of shopping venues. Indiana’s largest city, Indianapolis, is the birthplace of Midwest Fashion Week (MFW). MFW has been a part of Indiana’s fashion scene for over five years. Its main goal is to showcase local designers.

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