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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$23,634 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,916 Avg Salary

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

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 Illinois ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois 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 Illinois

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia College Chicago the best value school in Illinois for film, video and photographic arts students working on their master’s degree. Columbia is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $2,350 per year.

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

Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the large city of Chicago, UIC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UIC graduate students pay an average of $17,277 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

The excellent master’s degree programs at DePaul University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value film, video and photographic arts schools in Illinois. DePaul is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

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

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#4

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Northwestern University is a great value for film, video and photographic arts students working on their master’s degree. Northwestern is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Evanston.

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

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

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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 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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