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2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$36,542 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,157 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 67 degrees and certificates were awarded to film, video and photographic arts students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #112 most popular major in the state.

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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Illinois to see which 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 Schools in Illinois

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality in Film, Video & Photographic Arts

$27,786 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia College Chicago the best value school in Illinois for film, video and photographic arts students. Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Columbia undergraduate students pay an average of $27,786 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Columbia College Chicago Report

$15,603 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Chicago. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Illinois list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIC are $15,603 a year.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, IL
$42,012 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, DePaul University landed the # 3 spot on the list. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

DePaul undergraduate students pay an average of $42,012 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at DePaul University Report

#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL
$60,768 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northwestern University landed the # 4 spot on the list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northwestern are $60,768 per year.

Northwestern did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Illinois list.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Northwestern University Report

Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 9
Ohio 22
Wisconsin 0

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 4 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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