Best Fashion Schools In The World For 2024

Despina WilsonFebruary 26, 2024Education and Career Special Reports

Parsons School of Design ranked No. 1 on the list of the Best Fashion Schools In The World For 2024, according to a new study by the CEOWORLD magazine; Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) placed second on the list, followed by the London College of Fashion at the University of the Arts London at No. 3.

The 2024 rankings placed the Drexel University’s Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design in fourth ahead of ESMOD (École supérieure des arts et techniques de la mode) in fifth, while Polimoda (Ente per le Arti applicate alla Moda e al Costume) ranked sixth; and Royal College of Art seventh.

Overall, among the top ten best fashion schools in the world for 2024, the eighth, ninth, and tenth positions are held by Central Saint Martins at the University of the Arts London, the Swedish School of Textiles at the University of Borås, and the National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), New Delhi.

Best Fashion Schools In The World For 2024

Rank	Fashion School	Country	Learning and Research Rank	Alumni Network Rank	Entrepreneurship Rank	Overall
1	Parsons School of Design	United States	96.15	96.22	96.73	96.37
2	Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT)	United States	96.07	95.88	96.53	96.16
3	London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London	United Kingdom	95.6	95.83	96.35	95.93
4	Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design	United States	93.81	95.17	96.23	95.07
5	ESMOD (Ã‰cole supÃ©rieure des arts et techniques de la mode)	France	93.17	95.08	94.66	94.3
6	Polimoda (Ente per le Arti applicate alla Moda e al Costume)	Italy	92.77	94.29	94.44	93.83
7	Royal College of Art	United Kingdom	91.69	94.19	92.53	92.8
8	Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London	United Kingdom	91.61	93.45	92.35	92.47
9	Swedish School of Textiles - University of BorÃ¥s	Sweden	91.54	93.36	92.33	92.41
10	National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT)	India	91	92.78	91.72	91.83
11	Fashion Design Institut	Germany	90.2	92.44	91.59	91.41
12	PCA - Paris College of Art	France	90.11	91.29	91.28	90.89
13	Bunka Fashion College	Japan	90	90.49	91.12	90.54
14	Savannah College of Art and Design (SCAD)	United States	89.63	90.06	90.43	90.04
15	School of Arts, Design and Architecture at Aalto University	Finland	89.48	89.76	90.16	89.8
16	Stephens College	United States	88.93	89.28	88.83	89.01
17	Cornell University, College of Human Ecology	United States	88.92	88.65	88.36	88.64
18	Design School Kolding	Denmark	88.66	88.6	88.35	88.54
19	Royal Academy of Fine Arts Antwerp	Belgium	87.74	87.74	87.78	87.75
20	IED Istituto Europeo di Design	Italy	87.32	85.6	87.44	86.79
21	Geneva School of Art and Design (HEAD - GenÃ¨ve)	Switzerland	87.2	85.36	87.02	86.53
22	Miami International University of Art & Design	United States	87.09	84.94	86.92	86.32
23	Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London	United Kingdom	85.91	84.93	86.89	85.91
24	School of Fashion at Kent State University	United States	85.84	84.51	86.57	85.64
25	Cambridge School of Visual and Performing Arts	United Kingdom	85.79	84.23	86.5	85.51
26	Accademia Koefia	Italy	85.18	83.99	86.48	85.22
27	University of South Wales (USW)	United Kingdom	85.15	83.68	86.4	85.08
28	LIM College	United States	84.7	83.21	86.22	84.71
29	Thomas Jefferson University	United States	83.86	82.99	85.92	84.26
30	Art Institute of Tampa, a branch of Miami Int'l University of Art & Design	United States	82.95	82.73	85.91	83.86
31	Fashion, Textiles and Technology Institute (FTTI), University of the Arts London	United Kingdom	82.71	82.63	85.9	83.75
32	University of Westminster	United Kingdom	82.21	81.79	85.42	83.14
33	Shenkar College of Engineering, Design and Art (Shenkar)	Israel	81.9	81.7	84.8	82.8
34	Domus Academy	Italy	81.67	81.06	84.61	82.45
35	Institut FranÃ§ais de la Mode (IFM Paris)	France	80.55	80.72	84.43	81.9
36	Manchester School of Art â€“ Manchester Metropolitan University	United Kingdom	79.86	80.48	84.21	81.52
37	University of Minnesota	United States	79.2	79.33	84.01	80.85
38	New York University	United States	79.1	78.84	83.08	80.34
39	University of California, Davis	United States	78.94	78.43	83.06	80.14
40	Indiana University	United States	78.39	78.41	82.78	79.86
41	AMFI Amsterdam Fashion Institute	Netherlands	77.95	78.12	82.75	79.61
42	De Montfort University	United Kingdom	77.9	77.41	81.93	79.08
43	UTS Fashion and Textiles Design at the University of Technology	Australia	77.04	77.1	81.54	78.56
44	School of Fashion at Toronto Metropolitan University	Canada	76.73	76.63	80.67	78.01
45	University of Washington	United States	76.35	76.11	80.5	77.65
46	National Institute of Design (NID)	India	76.05	75.14	80.26	77.15
47	University of Illinois At Urbana Champaign	United States	75.75	74.78	79.82	76.78
48	Ohio State University	United States	74.8	74.31	78.51	75.87
49	University of Wisconsin	United States	74.25	74.17	77.89	75.44
50	California State University, Long Beach	United States	73.82	73.96	77.23	75
51	Marist College	United States	73.73	73.78	77.2	74.9
52	Kyiv National University of Technologies and Design	Ukraine	73.46	73.74	76.82	74.67
53	Pratt Institute	United States	73.25	73.01	76.81	74.36
54	SALFORD SCHOOL OF ARTS, MEDIA AND CREATIVE TECHNOLOGY	United Kingdom	73.22	72.92	74.73	73.62
55	The Ullman School of Design, University of Cincinnati	United States	72.93	72.19	74.36	73.16
56	ArtEZ University of Arts	Netherlands	72.88	72.06	74.19	73.04
57	University for the Creative Arts	United Kingdom	72.86	71.79	74.11	72.92
58	University of Colorado Boulder	United States	72.39	70.39	73.92	72.23
59	Studio BerÃ§ot	France	72.26	69.85	72.8	71.64
60	Accademia Costume e Moda	Italy	71.06	69.8	72.21	71.02
61	Michigan State University	United States	70.21	69.42	72.06	70.56
62	Nuova Accademia di Belle Arti (New Academy of Fine Arts)	Italy	70.01	69.25	71.38	70.21
63	York University	United Kingdom	69.1	68.59	71.02	69.57
64	Victoria University of Wellington	New Zealand	67.66	68.35	70.55	68.85
65	Kingston University	United Kingdom	67.64	68.13	70.12	68.63
66	Wilson School of Design at Kwantlen Polytechnic University	Canada	67.44	67.84	70.06	68.45
67	Department of Fashion Design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago	United States	67.37	67.28	69.91	68.19
68	Rhode Island School of Design	United States	67.08	66.53	69.35	67.65
69	Experimental Fashion at Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA)	United States	66.66	66.26	67.21	66.71
70	Division of Fashion Studies at Lund University	Sweden	66.32	66.14	66.64	66.37
71	Department of Fashion Design at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago	United States	65.9	66.13	66.63	66.22
72	Fashion Design and Technology at Loughborough University	United Kingdom	65.72	65.96	66.49	66.06
73	Iowa State University - APPAREL, MERCHANDISING, AND DESIGN (FASHION)	United States	65.41	65.07	66.06	65.51
74	Fashion Studies at Stockholm University	Sweden	65.35	64.51	65.48	65.11
75	SoFI - School of Fashion Industry (Kristiania)	Norway	64.75	64.48	64.83	64.69
76	Ecole Canvas	Switzerland	64.69	63.08	64.51	64.09
77	Fashion Design at Buckinghamshire New University	United Kingdom	63.15	62.03	64.32	63.17
78	Studio Berçot	France	63.09	61.41	64.25	62.92
79	Fashion Design at Otis College of Arts and Design	United States	62.93	60.72	64.17	62.61
80	Fashion Design at Columbus College of Art and Design	United States	62.59	58.98	63.94	61.84
81	HEAD – Genève, Geneva School of Art and Design - Fashion Design	Switzerland	61.75	58.65	62.53	60.98
82	Scandinavian Academy of Fashion Design	Denmark	60.79	58.62	61.16	60.19
83	Fashion Studies at Sapienza University of Rome	Italy	60.48	57.95	61.03	59.82
84	Copenhagen Academy of Fashion Design	Denmark	60.38	57.91	60.97	59.75
85	Fashion Design at Paris College of Art	France	60.25	57.62	59.74	59.2
86	Technology and Textiles at the University of Innsbruck	Austria	59.99	57.31	59.54	58.95
87	Academy of Art University - Fashion Design College	United States	59.57	57.13	58.7	58.47
88	Fashion at the University of Applied Arts Vienna	Austria	59.39	56.99	58.56	58.31
89	Marbella Design Academy - International Design School	Spain	58.23	56.74	57.81	57.59
90	Fashion at Edinburgh College of Art	United Kingdom	57.78	56.73	57.73	57.41
91	University of Lisbon - Fashion Design	Portugal	57.62	56.45	56.99	57.02
92	Royal Academy of Art, The Hague - Textile and Fashion	Netherlands	57.6	55.92	56.79	56.77
93	Fashion and Textile Technologies - Saxion University of Applied Sciences	Netherlands	57.5	55.65	55.37	56.17
94	Fashion Design Academy of Ireland	Ireland	57.29	55.36	54.86	55.84
95	Fashion at Kingston School of Art	United Kingdom	57.18	55.06	54.67	55.64
96	Fashion Studies at University of Bologna	Italy	56.48	54.67	54.07	55.07
97	RMIT School of Fashion and Textiles	Australia	56.2	54.31	52.8	54.44
98	Fashion at University for the Creative Arts (UCA)	United Kingdom	55.92	54.27	51.71	53.97
99	The business of Fashion - Trinity College	Ireland	55.66	53.86	50.84	53.45
100	Fashion and Image Design at Frederick University	Cyprus	54.31	52.73	50.37	52.47
101	Fashion Design at University of Central Lancashire	United Kingdom	54.12	52.13	50.26	52.17
102	University of Zagreb Faculty of Textile Technology	Croatia	54.09	50.75	49.89	51.58
103	Politecnico di Milano - School of Design	Italy	53.95	50.54	49.52	51.34
104	Fashion Design at The Glasgow School of Art	United Kingdom	53.62	50.52	49.23	51.12
105	Textile and Fashion Design – Textile Design and Technology at at Technical University of Liberec	Czech Republic	53.34	50.15	48.83	50.77
106	Fashion Design — Estonian Academy of Arts	Estonia	53.18	49.73	48.77	50.56
107	Fashion Design Studio Sydney (TAFE)	Australia	52.01	49.68	48.52	50.07
108	Fashion at UWE Bristol	United Kingdom	51.99	49.6	48.46	50.02
109	Fashion Design — Art Academy of Latvia	Latvia	50.25	49.36	48.01	49.21
110	Fashion Design at Vytautas Magnus University	Lithuania	49.88	49	47.89	48.92
111	ISTITUTO DI MODA BURGO IN ROMANIA	Romania	48.4	48.99	47.72	48.37
112	Department of Fashion DesignBelarusian State University	Belarus	48.37	48.94	46.92	48.08
113	Iceland University of the Arts	Iceland	47.96	48.54	46.91	47.8
114	Fashion at Lasalle College Montreal	Canada	47.38	48.3	46.8	47.49
115	The Fashion Institute Sydney	Australia	47.29	47.32	46.37	46.99
116	Universidad Jeanette Klein	Mexico	46.36	47.14	46.16	46.55
117	Richard Robinson Fashion Design Academy	Canada	46.02	47.03	45.82	46.29
118	Textiles and Fashion at University of Sao Pulo	Brazil	45.69	46.79	45.17	45.88
119	FBI Fashion College Glebe NSW Australia	Australia	45.24	46.02	44.8	45.35
120	Fashion Arts and Business - Humber College	Canada	44.7	45.78	44.62	45.03
121	International Hellenic University - Creative Design and Clothing	Greece	44.67	45.49	44.6	44.92
122	Fashion Business Management at The University of Alberta Fashion	Canada	43.96	45.39	44.08	44.48
123	Seneca Polytechnic School of Fashion	Canada	43.65	45.17	43.7	44.17
124	Uberglam Fashion Design School	South Africa	43.31	44.02	43.59	43.64

Detailed findings & methodology: CEOWORLD magazine surveyed 286,000 fashion executives, graduates, global fashion influencers, industry professionals, fashion school academics, employers, and recruiters in 1600 territories between November 15, 2023, and February 22, 2024. Ten percent of the interviews were conducted by telephone, 82% online, and 8% by post or face-to-face. All quantitative interviews were conducted confidentially without relying on institutions’ data submissions.

CEOWORLD magazine Research, our global center of excellence for primary research and evidence-based consulting services, undertook the study. We collected information and statistics from publicly available sources, research, and survey to establish our list. Participants were asked to rate institutions on a scale of 1 “marginal” to 100 “outstanding” or “don’t know.” The CEOWORLD magazine carried out the 2024 Global Fashion Schools survey – the website for corporate executives, business leaders, and high-net-worth individuals.

The rankings are based on seven major metrics of quality and reputation. The overall Score (100%) is the sum of:
1. Perceived Global Brands Influence (20%)
2. Recruiters Responses (20%)
3. Employers Feedback (10%)
4. Job Placement Rate (10%)
5. Admission Eligibility (10%)
6. Specialization (10%)
7. Academic Reputation (20%)

However, this is by no means a comprehensive list. At the same time, the institutions above are the CEOWORLD magazine’s “best fashion schools in the world for 2024,” there may be many other fashion schools that offer excellent programs. This ranking should not be viewed as the most essential aspect when choosing a fashion school and is merely one element to consider.

The margin of sampling error for the total sample of 286,000 respondents is plus or minus 1.2 percentage points. In addition to sampling error, one should bear in mind that, as in all survey research, there are possible sources of error—such as coverage, nonresponse, and measurement error——that could affect the results.

Not all figures add up to 100% due to rounding percentages and excluding ‘neither/nor’ and ‘don’t know’ responses from the exhibit. Unless otherwise stated, the base for global figures is 286,000 (global respondents). All answers are confidential, allowing survey participants to share their perspectives in a respectful, truthful, unbiased, and collegial setting. For more information, please contact info@ceoworld.biz.

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Despina Wilson

I am a senior editor and data journalist at CEOWORLD magazine. My job involves using infographics to report on news topics related to business and policy, with a global perspective. I hold a master's degree in journalism and have worked for newspapers and reporting projects in both the US and the UK, giving me a unique transatlantic perspective. I believe that data can enhance coverage of all news topics. As a contributor, I plan cover a wide range of issues, such as gender equality, climate change, labor, and immigration, using relevant statistics and insightful visualizations.

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