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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

10 Colleges
$29,873 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$21,607 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. 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 Schools in the Southeast Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Southeast 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 Southeast Region

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

Top 10 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools

$16,433 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Central Arkansas the best value school in the Southeast Region for film, video and photographic arts students. UCA is a large public school located in the small city of Conway.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCA are $16,433 per year.

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#2

Regent University

Virginia Beach, VA
$18,820 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Regent University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best film, video and photographic arts schools in the Southeast Region . Regent is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Virginia Beach.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Regent are $18,820 per year.

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#3

Lipscomb University

Nashville, TN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Lipscomb University is a great value for film, video and photographic arts students. Lipscomb is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Nashville.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Lipscomb are $35,752 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Lipscomb is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#4

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Florida State University is a great value for film, video and photographic arts students. Located in the midsize city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Florida State are $21,683 a year.

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$26,175 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina School of the Arts. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Southeast Region list. UNCSA is a small public school located in the city of Winston-Salem.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at UNCSA are $26,175 a year.

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University of Central Florida landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value film, video and photographic arts programs. Located in the suburb of Orlando, UCF is a public college with a very large student population.

UCF undergraduate students pay an average of $22,467 in tuition and fees each year.

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University of South Carolina - Columbia came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Located in the city of Columbia, UofSC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UofSC undergraduate students pay an average of $33,928 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UofSC is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#8

Full Sail University

Winter Park, FL
$25,687 Average Tuition & Fees

Full Sail University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Southeast Region list. Located in the suburb of Winter Park, Full Sail University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Full Sail University are $25,687 a year.

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$38,840 Average Tuition & Fees

Savannah College of Art and Design ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Southeast Region list. SCAD is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Savannah.

SCAD undergraduate students pay an average of $38,840 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

University of Miami

Coral Gables, FL

University of Miami landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value film, video and photographic arts programs. Located in the small city of Coral Gables, U Miami is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

U Miami undergraduate students pay an average of $54,760 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, U Miami is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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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 Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 46
Florida 107
Georgia 93
North Carolina 30
Tennessee 15
Kentucky 13
South Carolina 2
Mississippi 0
Arkansas 6

More Film, Video & Photographic Arts Rankings in the Southeast Region

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 10 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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