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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$24,121 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,676 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. 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 Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which programs offered the best value experiences for film students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Southwest Region

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

Best Southwest Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Film, Video & Photographic Arts

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the best value school in the Southwest Region for film, video and photographic arts students. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Texas Tech are $24,121 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Texas Tech also did well on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Film, Video & Photographic Arts at Texas Tech University Report

#2

Baylor University

Waco, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Baylor University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Southwest Region list. Baylor is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waco.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Baylor are $50,232 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Baylor also did well on our Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Southwest Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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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 Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 13
Arizona 0

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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 2 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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