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2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

9 Colleges
$33,701 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 1,704 people earned a degree or certificate in film, video and photographic arts, making the major the #106 most popular in the United States.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Graduate Certificate Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for film students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for film majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Film, Video & Photographic Arts

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in the United States for film, video and photographic arts students working on their graduate certificate. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at The Graduate Center are $23,640 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, The Graduate Center also did well on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Texas Tech University Report

#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Kansas helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value film, video and photographic arts schools in the United States. Located in the city of Lawrence, KU is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at KU are $25,007 per year.

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

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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 Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Cincinnati, UC is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UC are $26,644 per year.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Cincinnati - Main Campus Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend George Washington University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

GWU graduate students pay an average of $32,904 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, GWU also is in the top 10% of our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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University of Michigan - Ann Arbor landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate film, video and photographic arts programs. U-M is a very large public school located in the city of Ann Arbor.

U-M graduate students pay an average of $50,464 in tuition and fees each year.

U-M also claimed a spot on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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American Film Institute Conservatory came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the city of Los Angeles, American Film Institute is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at American Film Institute are $63,575 per year.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at American Film Institute Conservatory Report

#8

University of Oregon

Eugene, OR

University of Oregon did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for film, video and photographic arts students to get a graduate certificate. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Eugene, UO is a public school with a very large student population.

UO graduate students pay an average of $30,567 in tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Oregon

University of Massachusetts Amherst came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. UMass Amherst is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Amherst.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMass Amherst are $32,809 per year.

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Film, Video & Photographic Arts by Region

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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 9 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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