Ohio

Ohio

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

Programs to consider:

The Art Institutes
Locations:
  • Indianapolis, IN
  • Pittsburgh, PA
Programs available:
  • Fashion Design (BS)

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Midwest

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 20 Fashion School Programs in the Midwest. For the record, we define the Midwest as Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, South Dakota, and North Dakota. 

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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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Cleveland

The Cleveland Fashion Scene

Cleveland is the second largest city in Ohio. With nearly 400,000 residents, it is also one of the largest cities in the U.S. Although fashion isn’t the top industry in the Cleveland, the scene is energetic and growing. For starters, Cleveland hosts a number of fashion events including Cleveland Fashion Week. The event features multiple runway shows, showcasing deigns by both emerging and established designers from Ohio and around the country.

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Kent State University

Kent State University: Fashion Design, Fashion Merchandising
Kent, Ohio
Shannon Rodgers & Jerry Silverman School of Fashion Design & Merchandising

Kent State University’s Fashion Design & Merchandising program combines an industry-based curriculum with a strong liberal arts program to prepare students for careers in the fashion industry.  Students gain broad perspective and experience through lectures, seminars, study tours in the United States and abroad, and internships.  The program is committed to staying current with fashion technology to better prepare students for the workplace.

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Columbus Ohio

The Columbus Fashion Scene

Columbus is one of the largest cities in the U.S. and in 2006, it was ranked as the 8th best big city in the country by CNN. This art and culture mecca is home to five of the biggest retail brands in the U.S. including Victoria's Secret, Abercrombie & Fitch, Bath & Body Works, Hollister, and Big Lots. Columbus is also packed with museums such as the Columbus Museum of Art, elaborate entertainment venues such as Nationwide Arena, and hundreds of shopping venues from the upscale shops of Polaris Fashion Place and Easton Town Center, to the thrift stores of West 5th Avenues’ Resale Row.

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