program prepares students for a business-related career in the fashion/textile industry. This program provides students a theoretical foundation in marketing as well as hands-on experience in laboratory settings. It includes a combination of area-specific fashion/textiles and business courses that place an emphasis on national and international markets, and an internship is required. The program is nationally accredited by the American Association of Family and Consumer Sciences and is listed in the top 15 fashion marketing schools.

Most fashion designers, however, work for apparel manufacturers, creating designs of men’s, women’s, and children’s fashions for the mass market. Large designer brands which have a 'name' as their brand such as Abercrombie & Fitch, Justice, or Juicy are likely to be designed by a team of individual designers under the direction of a designer director.