California College of the Arts offers an undergraduate degree program in fashion design that combines traditional design practices with an innovative focus on sustainability and conceptual thinking. The curriculum combines interdisciplinary studio coursework with guest lectures, field trips and juried reviews. The degree culminates in a senior thesis in which students must present their individual collection in a group runway show.
California College of the Arts
1111 Eighth Street
San Francisco, CA 94107
415-703-9500
cca.edu
Academy of Art University offers a BFA and an MFA in fashion design at its San Francisco campus as well as an online associate's degree program. The program curriculum includes coursework in fashion design, merchandising, marketing, history of fashion, sustainable design and fashion journalism. Students may specialize in textile design, knitwear design, fashion merchandising or fashion design for men's wear, women's wear and children's wear. Graduating students have the opportunity to present their work during New York Fashion Week.
Academy of Art University
Admissions Department
79 New Montgomery Street, 4th Floor
San Francisco, CA 94105
800-544-2787
academyart.edu
Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising offers students the chance to pursue undergraduate degrees in fashion design at one of its four California campuses. Individual majors include fashion design, textile design, costume design, footwear design and fashion merchandising and marketing. The Fashion Institute is a former host for the fashion reality show "Project Runway."
FIDM
919 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90015
800-624-1200
fidm.edu
Otis College of Art and Design offers an undergraduate degree program that teaches students the basics of fashion design, pattern-making, textile design, fashion marketing and merchandising and the history of fashion. Students work in teams under the leadership of professional fashion design mentors to create collaborative collections. Student work has previously been featured in Neiman Marcus window displays and the "Los Angeles Times."
Otis College of Art and Design
9045 Lincoln Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90045
310-665-6800
otis.edu
The Fashion Institute of Technology at the State University of New York offers associate's, bachelor's and master's degrees in several areas of study including fashion design, fashion and textile studies, global fashion management, fashion merchandising, menswear and textile design. FIT also offers students the opportunity to study fashion internationally, with study-abroad programs in London, Paris, Hong Kong, Florence and Milan.
Fashion Institute of Technology
Seventh Avenue at 27th Street
New York, NY 10001
212-217-7999
fitnyc.edu