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  • Students who enroll as Textile Development and Marketing majors enter into a competitive program with small class sizes and a high faculty-to-student ratio, providing for considerable individualized advisement.
  • A departmental advisory board, composed of top textiles professionals, ensures a curriculum that is reflective of the most current industry practices, bridging the gap between the classroom and the working world.
  • FIT's Textile Development and Marketing boasts an international student body reflective of the global marketplace, with over half of its enrollees coming from outside the United States.
  • Students are required to complete a full liberal arts foundation, which engages their creativity and critical thinking skills, and expands their global perspective.
  • New York City, with its vast creative and commercial resources, serves as an extended campus—offering internships, field trips, guest lectures, and industry- sponsored competitions available nowhere else.
  • Textile Development and Marketing graduates enjoy an employment rate of over 90%, obtaining careers with competitive salaries in all areas of the textile and related fields.

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