Fashion Careers College(FCC) is a private post-secondary business school founded to provide a collegiate-level education for students seeking successful careers in the fashion industry. Fashion Careers College has developed Degree and Certificate programs to train students entering the fashion industry, as well as short-term seminars. As such, FCC responds to the trend toward higher education among fashion professionals by providing classroom-based, instructor-lead education.
Founded by Patricia O'Connor in 1979. FCC is located in San Diego, California and offers a 2-year Associate's degree|associate of arts degree in Fashion Business or Fashion Design and Certificates in Fashion Business and Fashion Design. FCC is the only “Fashion Only” college in San Diego.
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The mission of Fashion Careers College is career and life preparation for individuals seeking to become professionals in the fashion industry. Through Specialized Associate Degrees in Fashion Business and Technology and Fashion Design and Technology, Certificates in Fashion Design and Technology and Fashion Business and Technology, FCC seeks to impart a large body of fashion-related theory and practical knowledge augmented by general education skills and knowledge from the student’s participation in special workshops, elective tracks, courses, fashion tours, internships, volunteer work and counseling. Students should expect that their FCC education will equip them with skills for adult life and a fashion career. Faculty should expect students to acquire fashion knowledge, critical thinking, analytical skills and to adopt the value if life-long learning. Employers will expect graduates to apply their new values, skills and knowledge to a career in the fashion industry. The community at large will expect excellence, both in its programs and its graduates.
For Degree and Certificate programs, the typical graduate will be trained for entry level positions including, but not limited to the following job titles: Visual Display Artist, Assistant Buyer, Computer Patternmaker, Merchandise Manager, Store Manager, Production Assistant, Computer Marker Maker, Boutique Owner, Showroom Sales Representative, Special Events Coordinator, Assistant Product Developer, Assistant Inventory Control Analyst, Assistant Designer, Patternmaker, Buyer, Sample Maker, Computer Grader, Cutting Assistant, Costume Designer and Assistant Allocator. Students may enroll in fashion-related, short-term seminar programs.
FCC is accredited by the ACICS, Accrediting Council for Independent Colleges and Schools. ACICS is listed as a nationally recognized accrediting agency by the U.S. Department of Education, and is recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation. FCC is recognized as an eligible educational institution by the United States Department of Education, United States Department of Homeland Security's United States Citizenship and Immigration Services, Social Security Administration , State Department of Administration, State Department of Rehabilitation, The Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA) and the Veteran’s Administration Agency. FCC is also a member of San Diego Workforce Partnership. We are approved by the California Bureau for Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education.[1] Approval means we have met certain minimum standards imposed by the state for degree-granting and vocational institutions on the basis of the state’s evaluation of our written application to the state and other information available to the state. We have been granted the maximum five year approval to issue Degrees in both Fashion Business and technology and Fashion Design and Technology Programs and Certificates in Fashion Business and Technology and Fashion Design and Technology. ACICS – 750 First Street, NE, Suite 980 Washington, D.C. 20002-4241. (202) 336-6780.