Need a little help with finding the right college.

College Majors Visual Arts and Film Majors
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<p>Hi. I'm looking to go to school for a degree in costume design. Right now I'm having a tough time finding a college in the south or southwest (I live in Texas) that offers that type of degree plan. I can find colleges that offer fashion design majors, but fashion design and merchandising is not really the career path I'm interested in. I love making costumes and want to have a focus on the stage or screen. </p>

<p>I had heard the University of Central Florida had an actual costume design program, but I've yet to find any actual information on it. I sent an email asking if they offer that major and the response was a simple yes they did, but I've yet to receive any type of clarification on what the degree program for it is. As far as I can tell right now UCF does not offer a costume design degree.</p>

<p>I've looked into technical schools like the Art Institute of Dallas, but they seem to only offer fashion and merchandising degree plans. Any help would be greatly appreciated.</p>

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<p>FIDM [Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising] has several campuses in California - you might want to look into that. If I'm correct, it has a good focus for costume design.</p>

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<p>Not the south/southwest, but I believe Carnegie Mellon has what you are looking for.</p>

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<p>^ Agreed, pretty selective design program though.</p>

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<p>Try University of Houston or Houston Community College. They both work with the theater district in Houston and the opera and ballet. Good luck!</p>