Fashion Merchandising
Associate in Arts
Program Details
The Fashion Merchandising Associate in Arts Degree is designed to prepare students for employment in the ready-to-wear industry, department stores, specialty shops, and wholesale fashion showrooms. This degree requires 25 units in required courses. An additional 4-6 units must be chosen from the restricted units list. This degree requires a total of 29-31 units. A grade of C or better is required in each course taken.
Fashion Merchandising Pathways
Pathways listed below are for the catalog year 2025-2026.
Featured Careers
Find your calling. Explore high-earning careers with entry-level data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary
Master's degree, Doctoral degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 47,040
- High salary: 194,530
- Average salary: 80190
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary
Doctoral degree, Master's degree
- Job growth: Stable
- Low salary: 47,580
- High salary: 133,180
- Average salary: 77280
Farm and Home Management Educators
Master's degree, Bachelor's degree
- Job growth: Declining
- Low salary: 36,780
- High salary: 85,230
- Average salary: 58120
All Careers in Fashion Merchandising (4)
| Fashion Designers | Bachelor's degree, Associate's degree | Stable | 80,690 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Art, Drama, and Music Teachers, Postsecondary | Master's degree, Doctoral degree | Stable | 80,190 |
| Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary | Doctoral degree, Master's degree | Stable | 77,280 |
| Farm and Home Management Educators | Master's degree, Bachelor's degree | Declining | 58,120 |
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Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes help you work towards your educational goals.
- Evaluate retail business analytics to create and communicate measurable results of a fashion business.
- Examine and differentiate the role of the retail fashion buyer in today's environment, developing goals and strategies for employment in fashion merchandise.