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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$15,144 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,884 Avg Salary

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

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the #175 most popular major in Michigan with 9 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Michigan ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Michigan 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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

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

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

$17,193 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Michigan - Ann Arbor the best value school in Michigan for film, video and photographic arts students. Located in the midsize city of Ann Arbor, U-M is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at U-M are $17,193 a year.

U-M did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Michigan list.

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#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI
$13,094 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in Michigan that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Michigan University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Central Michigan is a large public school located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Central Michigan are $13,094 a year.

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#3

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Bloomfield Hills, MI

The excellent programs at Cranbrook Academy of Art helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best film, video and photographic arts schools in Michigan. Located in the large suburb of Bloomfield Hills, Carnbrook Academy is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Illinois 67
Ohio 22
Wisconsin 0

One of 9 majors within the area of study, film, video and photographic arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 3 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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