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2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

71 Colleges
$19,401 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,916 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master's Degree 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.

The Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 71 schools in the United States to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

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

Top 10 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Columbia College Chicago to be the best value school for film, video and photographic arts students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Columbia is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

Columbia graduate students pay an average of $2,350 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Brigham Young University - Provo is a great value for film, video and photographic arts students working on their master’s degree. BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at BYU are $7,700 per year.

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

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#3

Mount Saint Mary's University

Los Angeles, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Mount Saint Mary’s University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the city of Los Angeles, MSMU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

MSMU graduate students pay an average of $13,099 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

National University

La Jolla, CA

The excellent master’s degree programs at National University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value film, video and photographic arts schools in the United States. Located in the large city of La Jolla, National University is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at National University are $15,480 a year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Atlantic University College is a great value for film, video and photographic arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Guaynabo, Atlantic University College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Atlantic University College are $4,605 per year.

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University of Central Arkansas landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree film, video and photographic arts programs. UCA is a fairly large public school located in the city of Conway.

UCA graduate students pay an average of $11,835 in tuition and fees each year.

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Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools list. Located in the suburb of Madison, FDU is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

FDU graduate students pay an average of $10,722 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Loyola Marymount University

Los Angeles, CA

Loyola Marymount University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree film, video and photographic arts programs. Located in the large city of Los Angeles, Loyola Marymount is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Loyola Marymount are $19,922 per year.

Loyola Marymount excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools list.

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#9

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA

Regent University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools ranking. Regent is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Virginia Beach.

Regent graduate students pay an average of $17,190 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

With a ranking of #10, Central Michigan University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for film, video and photographic arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Central Michigan are $15,644 a year.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts graduate students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
11 Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, CA
12 Lipscomb University Nashville, TN
13 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL
14 Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY

Film, Video & Photographic Arts by Region

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Region
Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

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 25 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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