The master's program in Fashion Management at Parsons prepares you to advance and transform your career in the evolving fashion business landscape. You learn to challenge existing paradigms in the fashion world and develop groundbreaking ideas for fashion businesses, start-ups, and fashion-related services. Graduates return to the workforce with in-depth knowledge and advanced skills in global and local manufacturing, ethical production, value chains, marketing, and merchandising. This program can be completed on campus or fully online.
Master of Fashion Management at The New School
University Rank:#801
Duration1 year(s)
Tuition FeeUSD 1,494 / credit
Next IntakeAugust 28, 2026
Fashion Management
The New School offers the Master of Fashion Management as a full-time degree delivered on campus at its On Campus campus in New York City, United States of America. Taught in English and completed over 1 year, the program equips students with the theoretical knowledge and practical skills required for fashion management and related professional fields. The next available intake begins on August 28, 2026.
About Fashion Management
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Future of Fashion Business
Immerse yourself in the future-facing fashion industry and explore its intersections with technology, innovation, local and global leadership, entrepreneurship, and new business models.
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Industry Access in NYC
Learn alongside leading New York City–based industry professionals and experts who teach, guest-lecture, and open their studios and workshops to you. Draw on the extensive networks that have kept Parsons at the global forefront of fashion education.
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Creativity + Commerce
Learn to reinvent fashion industry systems, create disruptive strategies for social media and e-commerce, and integrate sustainability, diversity, equity, and inclusion into fashion practices.
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Business Innovation
Design new ways to streamline processes, explore methods for rapid innovation in retail, and develop strategies to influence consumer behavior.
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Professional Relevance
Create a unique professional portfolio of new fashion business models and ventures or gain immediately applicable skills in the art and science of fashion for your current apparel industry setting.
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Applicant Profile
The program cultivates a community of self-driven students with fashion industry and business experience along with individuals from other backgrounds relevant to the creative, retail, and consumer goods industries.
Requirements
Entry Requirements
- Admission Requirements: International applicants are required to follow all admission procedures for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Please pay special attention to the transcript requirements for applicants with foreign credentials.
- Transcripts: Review the admission procedures for U.S. citizens and permanent residents. Please pay special attention to the transcript requirements for applicants with foreign credentials.
- TOEFL, IELTS, and PTE, Cambridge English, or Duolingo: A TOEFL, IELTS, or PTE, Cambridge English, or Duolingo score is not required for applicants whose primary language is English or who have earned a four-year degree from a U.S. college/university or from a university where English is the primary language of instruction. Test score requirements are outlined in the application instructions.
- English Language Writing Diagnostic Examination: At Orientation, The New School for Social Research will administer an English Language Writing Diagnostic Examination to all newly enrolling international students who do not meet the criteria for exemption from the TOEFL requirement. Based on the results of this examination, students may be asked to take a supplemental writing course at no cost. The New School maintains the right to require English proficiency testing when deemed necessary.
English Requirements
- PTEMin 68
- IELTSMin 7.5
- TOEFLMin 100
Career
Graduates are prepared to develop new paradigms in the fashion world and devise groundbreaking, disruptive, compelling concepts enabling them to succeed in fashion-related careers including fashion styling and visual merchandising, product merchandising and production, fashion editorial content development, and brand management.
Fee Information
Application Fee 50
How to Apply
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Fashion Management
The New School
United States of America, New York City