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2025 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Indiana

3 Colleges in Indiana
104 Film Degrees Awarded
$25,982 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in film, video & photographic arts, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #62 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for film, video & photographic arts students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 104 degrees in film, video & photographic arts to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Film, Video & Photographic Arts School

Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Indiana The film program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts rankings. For our Best Overall Film, Video & Photographic Arts School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.

In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.

Film, Video & Photographic Arts Rankings by Degree Level

Bachelor's Degrees in Film

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Indiana list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Indiana

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the film degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Indiana Schools in Film

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In IN
36 Film Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in film, video & photographic arts needs to check out Purdue University - Main Campus. Located in the city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #65 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.

There were about 36 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.

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Huntington University
Huntington, IN

Huntington University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the distant town of Huntington, Huntington is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 36th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.

There were approximately 18 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Huntington in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the film program state that they receive average early career wages of $27,455.

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DePauw University
Greencastle, IN
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In IN

DePauw University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the distant town of Greencastle, DePauw is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #418 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means DePauw is a great university overall.

There were approximately 6 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at DePauw in the most recent data year.

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Taylor University
Upland, IN
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In IN
55.2% Growth in Graduates

Taylor University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Taylor U is a small private not-for-profit university located in the rural area of Upland. This university ranks 18th out of 41 schools for overall quality in the state of Indiana.

There were approximately 29 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Taylor U in the most recent year we have data available.

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Located in the city of Bloomington, IU Bloomington is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #30 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.More information about a degree in film, video & photographic arts from Indiana University - Bloomington

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
8th Most Popular In IN

Located in the large city of Fort Wayne, University of St. Francis Fort Wayne is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 17th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.

There were about 2 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at University of St. Francis Fort Wayne in the most recent data year.

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In IN
20.0% Growth in Graduates

Located in the small city of Anderson, Anderson University Indiana is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 27th out of 41 colleges for overall quality in the state of Indiana.

There were about 5 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Anderson University Indiana in the most recent data year.

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Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Michigan 322 414
Ohio 314 297
Illinois 304 535
Wisconsin 273 166

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One of 10 majors within the Visual & Performing Arts area of study, Film, Video & Photographic Arts has other similar majors worth exploring.

Film Concentrations

Major Annual Graduates
Film & Video Production 56
Film/Cinema/Media Studies 43
Photography 5

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Majors Similar to Film

Related Major Annual Graduates
Music 629
Fine & Studio Arts 593
Design & Applied Arts 549
Drama & Theater Arts 320
Arts & Media Management 102
Dance 37
General Visual & Performing Arts 20

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