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 Yale University.
We’ve gathered data and other essential information about the bachelor’s degree program in film, such as if the program is offered online, ethnicity of students, how many students graduated in recent times, and more.
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Yale does not offer an online option for its film bachelor’s degree program at this time.
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Yale Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Film
14Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
50.0%Women
57.1%Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There were 14 bachelor’s degrees in film awarded during the 2019-2020 academic year. Information about those students is shown below.
Male-to-Female Ratio
Women made up around 50.0% of the film students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020.
This is higher than the nationwide number of 47.6%.
Racial-Ethnic Diversity
Around 57.1% of film bachelor’s degree recipients at Yale in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*.
This is higher than the nationwide number of 35%.
Race/Ethnicity
Number of Students
Asian
1
Black or African American
1
Hispanic or Latino
4
Native American or Alaska Native
0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander
0
White
5
International Students
1
Other Races/Ethnicities
2
Bachelor’s in Film Focus Areas at Yale
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.