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2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

8 Colleges
$27,446 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,916 Avg Salary

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

Film, Video & Photographic Arts is the #106 most popular major in the country with 1,704 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for film students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Great Lakes Region

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

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Film, Video & Photographic Arts

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 Great Lakes Region . Columbia is a moderately-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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#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, MI

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Michigan University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant, Central Michigan is a public college with a large student population.

Central Michigan graduate students pay an average of $15,644 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Athens is a very large public school located in the distant town of Athens.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OHIO Athens are $17,712 per year.

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#4

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend DePaul University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. DePaul is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

DePaul graduate students pay an average of $18,341 in tuition and fees each year.

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Out of the 8 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a very large student population.

UIC graduate students pay an average of $28,468 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #6, Ohio State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s best value schools for film, video and photographic arts students working on their master’s degree. Ohio State is a very large public school located in the city of Columbus.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ohio State are $38,377 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Ohio State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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#7

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

Northwestern University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for film, video and photographic arts students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Evanston.

Northwestern graduate students pay an average of $56,567 in tuition and fees each year.

Northwestern also took the #1 spot in our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region rankings.

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#8

Cranbrook Academy of Art

Bloomfield Hills, MI

Cranbrook Academy of Art ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Carnbrook Academy is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bloomfield Hills.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Carnbrook Academy are $42,110 a year.

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Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best film, video and photographic arts colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 9
Illinois 67
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 8 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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