Here's Where You Can Get a Degree in Fashion History Right Now

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If you're considering a degree in fashion history, we've got you covered. To get you started, here are all the schools in the U.S. and internationally that offer relevant programs in fashion history, fashion studies, fashion theory and the like.

United States

Fashion Institute of Technology 

  • Location: New York, NY

  • Degrees offered: MA in Fashion and Textile Studies: History, Theory, Museum Practice

  • Tuition cost: $5,771/semester (in-state), $11,793/semester (out-of-state)

  • School size (approximate): 8,150 (undergraduate and graduate)

  • Examples of courses: Fashion History Through the Nineteenth Century, History of Textiles Through the Nineteenth Century, Dress and Textiles in World Cultures, Proseminar: Critical Writing, Research Techniques, and Documentation Methods, Fiber and Fabric: Identification and Analysis

Parsons, the New School for Design

  • Location: New York, NY

  • Degrees offered: MA in Fashion Studies

  • Tuition cost: $1,945/credit (graduate)

  • School size (approximate): 5,755 (undergraduate and graduate)

  • Examples of courses: Fashion, History and Mediation, Interpreting Fashion, Fashion Studies: Key Concepts

International

Central Saint Martins

  • Location: London, England

  • Degrees offered: BA (Honors) in Fashion Communication: Fashion History and Theory

  • Tuition cost: £9,250 (domestic), £25,970 (international)

  • Examples of courses: The Development of Fashion from Renaissance to Present Day, Contextual Studies, Fashion Communication: New Perspectives, Fashion Communication: Creative Collaborations

  • Other details to note: three years full-time or four years full-time with Diploma in Professional Studies

Royal College of Art

  • Location: London, England

  • Degrees offered: MA in Fashion

  • Tuition cost: £14,175 (domestic), £33,600 (international)

  • School size (approximate): 2,300 (graduate)

  • Examples of courses: New Perspectives: Talk Debate Draw, Advanced Practice

  • Other details to note: one-year program

University of Brighton

  • Location: Brighton, England

  • Degrees offered: BA in Fashion and Design History

  • Tuition cost: £9,250 (domestic), £14,300 (international)

  • Program size (approximate): 17,836 (undergraduate and graduate)

  • Examples of courses: Art and Design History, Material Matters, Local and Global: Concepts and Ideas in Cross-Cultural Histories of Art and Design, Cultural Politics of Fashion and Design

  • Other details to note: three-year program

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