Overview

Prepare to become the next leader in the fashion industry and join a career with bountiful growth opportunities around the globe. At South Carolina State University, our fashion merchandising degree prepares you to learn every aspect of the industry—from development and production to sales and purchasing.

Quick Facts:

In our immersive, hands-on Fashion Merchandising major, you’ll start off by gaining a greater understanding of fashion, history, trends, and its impact on our daily lives. Your foundational coursework will prove beneficial as you dig deeper and learn how to work with designers on planning, developing, and executing product lines in numerous industries.
When you complete SC State’s fashion merchandising degree, you’ll be ready to explore career paths in various areas of fashion and apparel merchandising, including in coordinating, managing, promoting, purchasing, and more.
Many of our fashion merchandising degree students are involved with the Fashion Merchandising Association and the American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences. These are great opportunities to connect and network with other Fashion Merchandising majors, as well as industry-leading professionals here in the Palmetto State and beyond.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Apparel Construction and Analysis
Apparel Merchandising Quantitative Analysis
Contemporary Aspects of Clothing
Essentials of Textiles
Merchandising Management

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-18 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-15 00:00:00 , International
Starting 2027-01-15 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-15 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus, Blended

Campus Location

Orangeburg, United States

Disciplines

Fashion, Textiles and Luxury Goods View 171 other Bachelors in Fashion, Textiles and Luxury Goods in United States

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

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Other requirements

General requirements

Completed application;
Official high school transcript including GPA and class rank (with confirmation of receipt of a valid high school diploma) or GED certificate. A student who is attending high school and has not yet graduated can be considered for admission pending completion of required courses;
SAT I combined (Critical Reading + Mathematics only) or ACT composite score.
Specified nonrefundable application fee

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

20218 USD / year

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Out-of-State

20218 USD / year

≈ 20218 USD / year
Domestic

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In-State

9528 USD / year

≈ 9528 USD / year

Living costs

Orangeburg

United States

876 - 1523 USD / month

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Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Orangeburg

Funding

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Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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