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2023 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region

10 Colleges
$23,608 Avg Salary
$26,594 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts School for You

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the #106 most popular major in the country with 1,704 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best programs for students.

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2023 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for film majors pursuing a .

Top 10 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the best school in the Great Lakes Region for film, video and photographic arts students. U-M is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

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#2

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great place for film, video and photographic arts students. Northwestern is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Ohio State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbus.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Cincinnati - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public school with a very large student population.

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#5

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

The excellent programs at Central Michigan University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best film, video and photographic arts schools in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Illinois at Chicago did quite well on this year’s best schools for film, video and photographic arts students. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a very large student population.

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Ohio University - Athens Campus came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

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Columbia College Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best schools for film, video and photographic arts students. It came in at #8 on the list. Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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#9

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

With a ranking of #9, DePaul University did quite well on this year’s best schools for film, video and photographic arts students. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

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#10

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Bloomfield Hills, MI

With a ranking of #10, Cranbrook Academy of Art did quite well on this year’s best schools for film, video and photographic arts students. Carnbrook Academy is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bloomfield Hills.

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Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best film, video and photographic arts colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 9
Illinois 67
Ohio 22
Wisconsin 0

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Film, Video & Photographic Arts is one of 9 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 7,675
Fine & Studio Arts 3,224
Design & Applied Arts 1,979
Drama & Theater Arts 1,699
Arts & Media Management 1,184

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 10 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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