Stephens College
Bachelor of Arts in Apparel Studies

Columbia, USA

DEGREE TYPE

DURATION

4 years

LANGUAGES

English

PACE

Full time

APPLICATION DEADLINE

EARLIEST START DATE

STUDY FORMAT

On-Campus

* rolling admission; for optimum scholarship consideration: priority admission I: apply by November 1; priority admission II: apply by February 1

Key Summary

About: Apparel Studies at Stephens College lets you combine fashion, business, design, and communication to craft a tailored major. You take core fashion and business courses, choose electives in design or communication, complete professional internships, study abroad, and a capstone project. You’ll learn from visiting industry professionals, work on the student-run Stephens Life magazine, contribute to The Collections runway show, and use the Costume Museum and Research Library for hands-on research and exhibition.

Career Outcomes: Graduates move into fashion design, fashion communication, merchandising, editorial, costume curation, retail management, and entrepreneurship, including brand marketing, styling, visual merchandising, production, museum, archival roles.

Fashion, business, design, communication. With apparel studies as your core, you’ll have the flexibility to shape a major that’s right for you.

Apparel Studies is the right choice for students who are looking for the flexibility to pursue their own unique pathway in the global fashion industry. Students take courses in both fashion and business to build a core foundation, then choose additional coursework tailored to their interests and goals. Coursework can include fashion communication or fashion design, both of which offer a wide range of topics.

Program Features

Benefit from the same faculty, guest artists, internship, and study abroad opportunities of our top-ranked Fashion Design, Fashion Communication, and Fashion Marketing programs while tailoring your curriculum to your particular interests.

Learn from more than 30 industry professionals who visit Stephens every year.
Take study trips to international fashion capitals for college credit.
Intern at companies such as Elle Magazine, WWD, and emerging brands.
In your final year, design a capstone project that showcases your talents and aligns with your career and professional goals.

Gain editorial experience.

Work on the staff of Stephens Life, our student-run feature magazine. The Voyage issue won Best of Show at the Fall 2019 National College Media Convention in Washington, D.C.

Be part of The Collections.

Contribute to interdisciplinary projects like The Collections, our annual student designer fashion show, a dynamic runway event established in 1944.

Network with the pros.

Interact with top industry professionals who visit Stephens every year, including prestigious designers invited by the Jeannene Booher Fashion Lecture Series.

Costume Museum and Research Library

Find inspiration while working with Missouri’s most extensive holding of historical garments, which provides both research and exhibition opportunities.