2024 Best Film, Video & Photographic Arts Schools in Minnesota
9Colleges in Minnesota
165Film Degrees Awarded
$20,976Avg 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 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 9 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for film, video & photographic arts students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 165 degrees in film, video & photographic arts to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Film, Video & Photographic Arts School
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
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Best Schools for Film, Video & Photographic Arts in Minnesota
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.
Any student who is interested in film, video & photographic arts needs to take a look at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis. A Best Colleges rank of #51 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were approximately 34 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available. Graduates who receive their degree from the film program make an average of $20,951 for their early career.
St Olaf College is a good choice for students interested in a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the distant town of Northfield, St. Olaf is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #190 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means St. Olaf is a great college overall.
There were roughly 3 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at St. Olaf in the most recent data year.
It is hard to beat Century College if you wish to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Century College is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of White Bear Lake. This college ranks 19th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 12 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Century College in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Minnesota State University - Moorhead if you want to pursue a degree in film, video & photographic arts. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead, MSU Moorhead is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 25th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 14 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at MSU Moorhead in the most recent year we have data available. Students who graduate with their degree from the film program report average early career wages of $21,000.
Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a public college with a moderately-sized student population. This college ranks 39th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 36 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Minneapolis Community and Technical College in the most recent data year.
Located in the town of Winona, Winona State is a public university with a moderately-sized student population. A Best Colleges rank of #408 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Winona State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 9 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Winona State in the most recent year we have data available.
Minnesota State Mankato is a large public university located in the city of Mankato. A Best Colleges rank of #351 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Minnesota State Mankato is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at Minnesota State Mankato in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the small city of Saint Cloud, St. Cloud State University is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 24th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 11 film, video & photographic arts students who graduated with this degree at St. Cloud State University in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
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).