About
The Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (FIDM) was a private college founded in 1969 by Tonian Hohberg in downtown Los Angeles. In 2023, Arizona State University (ASU) announced that FIDM would become a part of ASU's fashion education program. The school officially closed on March 31, 2025 with its final graduating class.
Admissions & acceptance rate
How selective is this institution, and how many admitted students choose to enroll?
Graduation rate & outcomes
Completion, retention, and the equity gap between Pell and non-Pell students.
Pell equity
Non-Pell students graduate at a 5.0-point higher rate than Pell recipients.
Tuition & cost
What families actually pay, broken down by family income.
Net price by family income
Negative values mean aid exceeds the published cost of attendance for that income band.
Academic programs at FIDM
Top program areas ranked by completions.
Top program families by completions
Enrollment trends & demographics
Fall headcount, 12-month unduplicated enrollment, and student body composition.
Gender split
Race / ethnicity composition
Student-faculty ratio
Student-to-faculty ratio and instructional staff counts.
FIDM vs Peer comparison
The peer institutions FIDM selected for federal comparison reporting.
A larger shape on any axis means this institution outperforms its peers on that dimension. For acceptance rate and net price, lower raw values are inverted so "more selective" and "more affordable" appear larger.
| Carnegie | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
SubjectFIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising | 65% | — | 564 | $41,493 | Baccalaureate |
Academy of Art University | 34% | — | 5,498 | $39,778 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
California State University-Long Beach | 69% | 46.3% | 42,003 | $8,931 | R2 Research |
Fashion Institute of Technology | — | 60.2% | 8,206 | $22,024 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Small Programs |
Kent State University at Kent | 64% | 86.3% | 26,374 | $19,614 | R1 Research |
LIM College | 49% | 95.9% | 1,467 | $37,514 | — |
Otis College of Art and Design | 66% | 81.8% | 1,267 | $45,864 | — |
Savannah College of Art and Design | 69% | 83.0% | 18,550 | $45,450 | Masters Colleges & Universities: Larger Programs |
The New School | 69% | 63.5% | 9,068 | $55,359 | R2 Research |
| Peer group median | 66% | 81.8% | 8,206 | $39,778 |
Reports & documents (1)
Dashboards, factbooks, data dictionaries, and other reference material published by the IR office.
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