<p>Indiana U does have a fashion merchandising program:
[Retail</a> Design + Merchandising Group | Department of Apparel Merchandising and Interior Design | Indiana University Bloomington](<a href=“http://design.iub.edu/rdmg/]Retail”>http://design.iub.edu/rdmg/)</p>
<p>You might also check out the retailing major in the school of human ecology at U Wisconsin, and the textile & apparel design program, which has an option for a joint degree with the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York.
[Textile</a> & Apparel Design Major - UW-Madison Design Studies Department](<a href=“The School of Human Ecology – UW–Madison”>http://www.sohe.wisc.edu/etd/undergrads/TAD.html)
[Consumer</a> Science: Retailing Major](<a href=“The School of Human Ecology – UW–Madison”>The School of Human Ecology – UW–Madison)</p>
<p>The College of Design at U Minnesota also offers programs in apparel design and retail merchandising.
[College</a> of Design](<a href=“http://www.design.umn.edu/]College”>http://www.design.umn.edu/)</p>
<p>Both Wisconsin and Minnesota also have good journalism schools.</p>