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2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in California

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$23,214 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor's Degree School for You

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the #34 most popular major in California with 773 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor's Degree Schools in California ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for film students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Film, Video & Photographic Arts

Our analysis found University of California - Berkeley to be the best value school for film, video and photographic arts students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in California. UC Berkeley is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Berkeley.

UC Berkeley graduate students pay an average of $14,160 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UC Berkeley also made our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list, coming in at #3.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Los Angeles. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. UCLA is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCLA are $13,036 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UCLA also is in the top 20% of our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California ranking.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of California - Santa Barbara is a great value for film, video and photographic arts students working on their doctor’s degree. UCSB is a very large public school located in the suburb of Santa Barbara.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCSB are $13,581 a year.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of California - Santa Barbara Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Santa Cruz. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the small city of Santa Cruz, UC Santa Cruz is a public college with a large student population.

UC Santa Cruz graduate students pay an average of $13,895 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Southern California. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, USC is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at USC are $61,396 per year.

USC also claimed a spot on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Doctor’s Degree Schools in California list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 6
Oregon 6
Nevada 3

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 5 schools only.

  • 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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