<p>You might look at Penn State. I know a girl from my daughter’s school went there and she had lots of choices as far as where she could go.</p>
<p>My daughter is in the same boat as the OP: wants fashion design but not necessarily a design school. She wants a larger university setting with a more diverse student body, as well as traditional college experiences like football games and, well, some dating potential, shall we say.</p>
<p>We’re looking at U Cincinnati and Kent State.</p>
<p>On topic of ratings or lists of fashion schools, I have heard that the CFDA member school list might be used for this purpose in the absence of more quantifiable ratings.</p>
<p>[Participating</a> Schools | Council of Fashion Designers of America](<a href=“CFDA”>CFDA)</p>
<p>Once again sorry for the delayed reply. I keep forgetting about this group, even though it generates such good feedback… :-)</p>
<p>Drae - her top choices are Syracuse, Indiana, Delaware & Wisconsin. Other programs we found were at UT Austin, Virginia Tech, Drexel & Minnesota. You really have to ferret out these programs, because they’re not always housed in the obvious places (such as the art department) and they don’t generally come up on sites such as College Board.</p>
<p>MD mom - as best I can tell, Penn State does not offer fashion design - at least not at University Park.</p>
<p>WUSTL has fashion design too - [Fashion</a> Design | Sam Fox School](<a href=“http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/node/4154]Fashion”>http://samfoxschool.wustl.edu/node/4154)</p>
<p>There’s a book I saw at the library “The Book of Majors” that lists every major and which school offer it, state by state. It would need fact checking, in case things get out of date, but it seems like a good resource to look for. Sometimes it’s just to browse through to see the bizarre majors that there out there!</p>
<p>I am so glad that I found this site & specifically this forum. My daughter will be a HS Junior next year so we are obviously looking into schools now, and your comments have been very informative. She has been sketching since she was about 5 years old but hasn’t put together a portfolio. I know that she wants to go to a school and experience the “campus” life but that’s about it. Now that I’ve read your comments I can go to her w/some more information.</p>
<p>I also went to a fashion institute but after I graduated I took some fashion courses at my community college. The quality of education does not compare to being at an institute. I completely understand her wanting to have the college experience because I missed out on it too. I felt really good in community college being surrounded by “typical college kids” but in terms of the education I was getting, I learned nothing helpful to me. Being at a fashion institute, it does a better job of preparing you for the industry.</p>