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2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

22 Colleges
$39,145 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,505 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 22 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 10 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for film, video and photographic arts students. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New York.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at The Graduate Center are $15,360 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, The Graduate Center also is in the top 10% of our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking.

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$40,054 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best film, video and photographic arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Madison, FDU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

FDU undergraduate students pay an average of $40,054 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham Campus Report

#3

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY
$15,390 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brooklyn College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Brooklyn College are $15,390 a year.

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#4

American University

Washington, DC
$51,334 Average Tuition & Fees

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

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at The American University are $51,334 a year.

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#5

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY
$28,702 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University at Buffalo helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best film, video and photographic arts schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at University at Buffalo are $28,702 a year.

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#6

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA
$30,602 Average Tuition & Fees

Temple University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for film, video and photographic arts students. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Temple are $30,602 a year.

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#7

New Jersey City University

Jersey City, NJ
$25,364 Average Tuition & Fees

New Jersey City University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. NJCU is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Jersey City.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NJCU are $25,364 per year.

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$15,290 Average Tuition & Fees

With a ranking of #8, The City College of New York did quite well on this year’s best value schools for film, video and photographic arts students. Located in the city of New York, CCNY is a public school with a large student population.

CCNY undergraduate students pay an average of $15,290 in tuition and fees each year.

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George Washington University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at GWU are $57,984 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, GWU also did well on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#10

New York University

New York, NY

New York University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at NYU are $56,500 a year.

NYU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges by State

Explore the best film, video and photographic arts schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 295
Pennsylvania 14
Maryland 29
New Jersey 7
District of Columbia 44

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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 22 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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