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 - Santa Barbara. We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in film, such as diversity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. UCSB is in the top 10% of the country for film. More specifically it was ranked #28 out of 344 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #7 in California.
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Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $11,442 | $41,196 |
Fees | $2,964 | $2,964 |
Books and Supplies | $1,259 | $1,259 |
On Campus Room and Board | $15,903 | $15,903 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $5,381 | $5,381 |
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You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at UCSB in Film walked away with an average of $18,616 in student debt. That is 31% lower than the national average of $27,015.
The median early career salary of film students who receive their bachelor’s degree from UCSB is $29,141 per year. That is 29% higher than the national average of $22,656.
Online degrees for the UCSB film bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the UCSB Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in film in 2019-2020, 44.0% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 47.6%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 50.3% of the film bachelor’s degrees at UCSB in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 35%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 15 |
Black or African American | 5 |
Hispanic or Latino | 38 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 1 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 65 |
International Students | 12 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 23 |
Film, Video & Photographic Arts students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Film/Cinema/Media Studies | 159 |
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Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Dance | 26 |
Drama & Theater Arts | 41 |
Fine & Studio Arts | 111 |
Music | 32 |
*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.
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