In order for Fashionista.com to rank all nation apparel colleges, they considered annual tuition, famous and successful alumni, student and alumni feedback, quality of the faculty, practical and business training offered, social life and financial aid.

Here is a list of the top-20 apparel colleges in the world:

1. Central Saint Martins (London)

2. London College of Fashion (London)

3. Parsons, the New School For Design (New York)

4. Kingston University (London)

5. Antwerp Royal Academy of Fine Arts (Antwerp)

6. Fashion Institute of Technology (New York)

7. Royal College of Art (London)

8. Bunka Fashion College (Tokyo)

9. Instituto Marangoni (Milan)

10. ESMOD (Paris)

11. Savannah College of Art and Design (Savannah and Atlanta)

12. Ecole de la Chambre Syndicale (Paris)

13. La Cambre (Brussels)

14. University of Westminster (London)

15. Studio Bercot (Paris)

16. Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (Los Angeles)

17. Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication (London)

18. Pratt Institute (Brooklyn)

19. Rhode Island School of Design (Providence)

20. Iowa State University (Ames, Iowa)