The main focus area for this major is Film/Cinema/Media Studies. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.
Film, Video & Photographic Arts is a major offered under the visual and performing arts program of study at University of California - Berkeley.
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Film students who received their bachelor’s degree at UC Berkeley took out an average of $15,000 in student loans.
That is 44% lower than the national average of $27,015.
How Much Can You Make With a Bachelor’s in Film From UC Berkeley?
$29,141Average Salary
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film who receive their bachelor’s degree from UC Berkeley make an average of $29,141 a year during the early days of their career.
That is 29% higher than the national average of $22,656.
Does UC Berkeley Offer an Online Bachelor’s in Film?
Online degrees for the UC Berkeley film bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time.
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UC Berkeley Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Film
82Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
48.8%Women
51.2%Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 82 students received their bachelor’s degree in film. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.
Male-to-Female Ratio
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in film in 2019-2020, 48.8% of them were women.
This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 47.6%.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 51.2% of the film bachelor’s degrees at UC Berkeley in 2019-2020.
This is higher than the nationwide number of 35%.
Race/Ethnicity
Number of Students
Asian
13
Black or African American
3
Hispanic or Latino
19
Native American or Alaska Native
0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0
White
23
International Students
17
Other Races/Ethnicities
7
Bachelor’s in Film Focus Areas at UC Berkeley
Film, Video & Photographic Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.