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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$15,202 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,916 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 35 degrees and certificates were awarded to film, video and photographic arts students who went to a Connecticut college or university. This makes it the #80 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Connecticut 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. 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 Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut

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

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

#1

Sacred Heart University

Fairfield, CT

Our 2023 rankings named Sacred Heart University the best value school in Connecticut for film, video and photographic arts students working on their master’s degree. Located in the suburb of Fairfield, Sacred Heart is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Sacred Heart are $34,509 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Sacred Heart is ranked #5 for overall quality for film in Connecticut.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Sacred Heart University Report

#2

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT

The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Hartford helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value film, video and photographic arts schools in Connecticut. Located in the city of West Hartford, UHart is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UHart are $15,202 per year.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at University of Hartford Report

#3

Yale University

New Haven, CT

The excellent master’s degree programs at Yale University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value film, video and photographic arts schools in Connecticut. Located in the medium-sized city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Yale are $45,700 a year.

Yale not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut list.

Read full report on Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Yale University

Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 20
Rhode Island 5
New Hampshire 3
Vermont 7

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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